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With the world moving at an ever-quickening pace, it is very important to document the change process as it is happening. Static Photography has had the opportunity to be at some of these world-changing events such as the United Nations Climate Change Conference that took place in Copenhagen, Denmark in December of 2009.

Another such event is taking place in Bolivia this week called the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth. This conference is more directed towards a people's movement for negotiating climate justice legislation on a global level.

This past year has been a really great experience for Static Photography. In the past twelve months there has been many trips, many photos and many events. Our photographer Kris Krüg and our studio manager Danielle Sipple have travelled all over the world, to Shanghai shooting photos for the book Chinameme Vol. 1 Shanghai, China with Christine Lu, to Austin, TX covering SXSW 2009 , to NYC shooting NYFW 2009, to Copenhagen, Denmark shooting photos during the United Nations Climate Change Conference  and to Camden, ME shooting Pop!Tech 2009 to name just a few. 

Sometimes opportunities arise that are once in a lifetime photographic events. The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen is one of those global events. This conference, named COP15 , is the 15th meeting of international leaders from nations around the world, to discuss global negotiations on climate change and carbon pollution.  Climate change is a global issue with its effects creating devastating damage on communities in varying degrees. This conference, like its 14 predecessors, was initiated to create change by brokered negotiators appointed by various countries but COP15 is particularly special because the entire world has rallied together to in global campaigns to promote the responsibility that COP15 carries.

Photo by Kena Betancur / EPA. Used with permission by Oxfam International . Gonaivez, Haiti.

In less than 100 days, over 180 nations will be meeting in Copenhagen to discuss international negotiations around the global community's carbon emissions. This is not an easy task in any means for this is the 15th time these nations have met and the past 14 times, have failed to come up with a common solution. Many initiatives have started up around this important conference to spread the word of the importance of COP15 conference negotiations. Static Photography has been working with the global initiative TckTckTck with their project called Time To Click to spread the word of climate change through the use of photos taken around the world.