Let's Connect! — Kelly Ranck (Johnson)

I currently call Central Vietnam home.

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Phone #: +84 122 910 0632 (Vietnam)

Email: kelly.ranck@gmail.com

Instagram: @kelranck and @aboutthemoms

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HOME. It’s been 14 years since I’ve lived in Santa Barbara - yet its salt air, flora//fauna, and treasured people will always have a space in my 🧡

His expression is an accurate reflection of his work's intentions: “If words were spoken it could only be done in a whisper so as not to spook the quiet.
And that's what they're doing. Whispering about the ways of the world. Wondering about the ways of the world.” I'm so proud of @spennysculptures willingness to be vulnerable in creating and sharing what is nearest to him. I'm also proud of his NEW website: www.spennysculptures.com [Thus ends my shameless husband-promoting.]

The birthday QUEEN- lover of animals, humans, wine, Zumba and all things that SHINE . @alexlydia you are one to celebrate. 🧡🧡🧡

The ever-radiant My at home. /// I met My a few months ago while facilitating a @100cameras Snapshot project. My lives at home with her mother and two younger sisters. Her father passed away a few years ago, leaving her mother to care for their family businesses and their children. This is especially challenging considering that My is unable to walk and cannot hear. Despite these difficult circumstances, My often cares for herself and siblings while her mother works. An she, without an ounce of exaggeration, always exudes joy and light. More of My’s story to come. // Da Nang, VN

Seen in Da Nang, VN.

As seen at 5:30pm. // Son Tra, Da Nang

Oh man, you guys. I am so excited to share this Snapshot project with you. These 6 student’s photos glow and offer profound insight into, and an expression of, life as a non-hearing teenager in C. Vietnam. I am evermore convinced that photography is one of the most powerful tools of expression. [Link to project in bio]. ///////// @100cameras stated it so well: This Spring, 6 incredible students from Da Nang, #Vietnam (who also happen to be hearing impaired) learned to tell their stories through the 100cameras Snapshot Platform, in partnership with Snapshot leader @kelranck and Central Deaf Services (CDS). For majority of their lives, these students did not have access to learning Vietnamese Sign Language (VSL), which limited their ability to interact with those around them. The world to them is bright and glowing, yet without the ability to hear, many of them have spent their lives isolated - without an education, excluded from activities, left out of conversations with their friends and family. Photography as a tool for processing and expression provided each student with a new and vivid outlet to articulate their unique perspectives and understandings of the world in a way that all can experience and find connection.
100% of proceeds from the students' photo sales will go directly back to their community. Link in bio. 📷: @kelranck

One year more the wise, gentle, disciplined, steadfast, kind, passionate human that you’ve always been. Happy 30th, @spennysculptures!

Still here amidst the green and married and stuff (and apparently so is our invisible friend to my left?). 🇻🇳🌿🌴

Hà Giang, you show off.

Planet 🌏 sculpture

This month I have the joy of facilitating a @100cameras Snapshot course with six incredible students at Central Deaf Services in Da Nang, 🇻🇳. We are learning the art of photography as a powerful storytelling tool - as well as a form of processing and self-expression. This is particularly profound for these students, who only learned sign language within the last five years and face daily communication barriers. I am so proud of their eagerness to photograph anything and everything and their boldness to share. Stories to come. 🧡#100camerasDaNang

Not the worst. Every Da Nang day. 4/19

Summer’s here, folks. Every Da Nang day. 3/19

Morning 🐠 market. // Vietnam 🇻🇳

In Vietnam it’s tradition for a woman to remain inside her home, often solely in her bedroom, for up to three months after giving birth. This is intended to be a time of bonding and protection for baby and mama. Hoang is two months in to living life with her An. She can now leave her bedroom, but only to move around the house. // Hoi An, Vietnam

I am SO very proud of the 7 students who committed eight Saturdays of their summer to learn about photography & how to better love, understand, and tell their own stories.
THANK YOU, @100cameras, for creating such a fabulous curriculum & for so beautifully sharing the student's photos and words.
To see the student’s pics, purchase prints (which 💯 support their community) and learn more about the Snapshot Project, see link in bio!
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READ 100cameras POST: New Project Alert! Introducing Snapshot Hoi An in Vietnam. Held in partnership with local organization, Bright Futures For Kids seven incredible students learned how to process and tell their stories through photography in a way that impacts how they view themselves and their roles in their community. 100% of the proceeds from their photo sales will fund much-needed educational supplies for themselves and their peers. Learn more & purchase their prints.
📷 by #100camerasSnapshotHoiAn leader, Kelly Johnson.

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