Since 2006, Our Place supports the World Heritage Centre in promoting the World Heritage Convention. Through the Our Place World Heritage project, the New Zeeland based company provides UNESCO with outstanding photographs for the World Heritage Centre website galleries, publications and exhbitions. Documenting cultural and natural world heritage properties around the world with integrity and excellence is at the core of this project. Capturing the Outstanding Universal Value in all shapes of the sites as well as the human dimension linked to it, is the mandate of the team of international photographers asigned for the Our Place World Heritage project.
As photography, with its proven ability to communicate across cultural and geographical boundaries, is an ideal medium to promote worldwide the World Heritage Convention, Our Place is currently developing an official World Heritage photographic database.
News (4)
- Private Sector partners for World Heritage meet in Bonn during 39th Committee session 09-Jul-2015
- UNESCO renews partnership with Our Place, photographer of World Heritage sites 25-Mar-2014
- News from the Our Place-World Heritage Centre Partnership 06-Jun-2008
- Worldwide photography project launched in support of World Heritage 02-Aug-2006
Events (2)
- Panel discussion: World Heritage Partnerships for sustainable development 15-Jul-2016-15-Jul-2016
- World Heritage Partnerships for Conservation panel discussion 02-Jul-2015-02-Jul-2015
Website
www.ourplaceworldheritage.com
www.ourplaceworldheritage.com
Country
New Zealand
New Zealand