15 Sep 2026
On Tuesday, September 15th, 2026, we welcomed Daniel Epstein of Portraits in Faith as our keynote speaker, and he reminded us of the extraordinary power of listening to another person’s story.For more than 25 years,
2 Aug 2026
Portraits in Faith was pleased to be a Legacy Sponsor of the 2026 Cincinnati Festival of Faiths held at the Xavier University’s Cintas Center. The highlight of the day was a Sacred Listening Workshop for
29 Jul 2026
Daniel Epstein was invited to present at the Cincinnati New Thought Unity Wellness & Craft Fair on Saturday, July 25th. The focus of the presentation was sharing how the project started, the impact it has
11 Jul 2026
The Center for Wild Spirituality had Daniel Epstein on as a guest for its podcast “The Holy Wild” hosted by Victoria Loorz. Daniel met Victoria when she was one of the leaders and creators of
3 Jul 2026
Our Founder, Daniel Epstein, was the featured guest on the podcast called “Natural Genius” which is hosted by Samantha Bell in Australia. Our connection to Samantha is Aunty Barbara Randall, Uncle Bob Randall’s wife, who
2 Dec 2025
On December 2nd, Daniel Epstein facilitated two Portraits in Faith workshops at The University of Michigan partnering with the Department of Religious, Secular, and Spiritual life. The first was a design thinking workshop with 15 university
21 Oct 2025
We are so very grateful to Vatican News for covering the Portraits in Faith press conference at the Vatican on October 21, 2025. The article is in Italian so we provide an English translation following
21 Oct 2025
We shared at the Vatican last week a new video for Portraits in Faith and the depth revealed in the interviews. Wonderful work by our video producer Laura Friedmann and our graphic designer Petra Fernandez. I
21 Oct 2025
Portraits in Faith held a joint press conference at the Vatican on October 21, 2025 with the Vatican Dicastery of Communication as part of the Jubilee “Open Doors” program. We were very blessed to have the
18 Oct 2025
On Saturday, October 18th, 2025 in Trento, Italy, Daniel Epstein was the guest of producer/curator, Lia Beltrami from the organization Emotions To Generate Change. The forum was a stage in the downtown square of Trento
13 Oct 2025
I am so grateful that tonight we concluded three evenings of Portraits in Faith engagement with the Crossroads Church “Breaking Chains” group for men recently released from prison. Three months ago I first came to
1 Jul 2025
Portraits in Faith was invited to HER Cincinnati on July 1st to share the story of our documentary project and to also share stories of faith from around the world. PIF was introduced to HER
8 Jun 2025
On Sunday, June 8th, Reverend Theresa Fieberts of the CSLCC engaged her congregation by using Portraits in Faith images for a guided meditation. She said, “Using a variety of black and white portraits from Daniel Epstein’s
8 Apr 2025
Thank you to Ron Frost and the “Raising The Consciousness of Humanity” podcast for hosting Daniel Epstein on a recent episode. “Raising The Consciousness Of Humanity” is an inspiring podcast where Ron engages diverse guests from
22 Mar 2025
Reverend Gina Alicea, curator of Seeing the Other exhibition presented the creation of this project and the related classroom pedagogy at the annual National Association of Art Educators (NAEA) conference held in Louisville, Kentucky this
22 Mar 2025
Portraits in Faith was so very grateful to have a double-header event with the AHAVA Centers for Spiritual Living in Lexington, Kentucky. On Saturday, March 22nd fifteen members of the community took a field trip to
7 Feb 2025
Thank you to Sister Bernadette Reis for publishing this article about my journey and Portraits in Faith in Vatican News. We are so grateful for her long term encouragement and for the encouragement of the Daughters
21 Dec 2024
On December 21st, 2024 we were pleased to hold our 2nd annual fundraiser concert for the Portraits in Faith Foundation. This time we were very fortunate to feature Netanel Goldberg from Israel. Netanel’s beautiful high tenor voice led
11 Oct 2024
On Yom Kippur, our Founder, Daniel Epstein, was invited by Rabbis Lizzi Heydemann and Steven Phillip of Mishkan Chicago to conduct a specially designed Sacred Listening Workshop. The session was specially adapted for themes of
26 Sep 2024
Daniel’s photography teacher, David H. Wells, featured Portraits in Faith and Seeing the Other in his regular newsletter, The Wells Point. Daniel created Portraits in Faith as part of David’s Personal Storytelling Workshop at the
1 Jul 2024
We are very excited to have been featured in Anabaptist World, the publication of the Mennonite denomination worldwide. Gina Alicea, curator of Seeing the Other Exhibition grew up in the Mennonite Tradition. Mennonites are known
2 Jun 2024
A Sacred Listening Workshop was held on Sunday, June 2nd by Adath Israel Synagogue in Cincinnati, Ohio. We were very pleased to include a member from Indian Hill Church where we had conducted a previous
31 May 2024
We are so grateful to have opened the Seeing The Other Exhibition at The Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville Friday, May 31st, 2024. 85 people joined us at the opening where we heard from Daniel Epstein,
1 Apr 2024
On Friday, March 15, 2024, Daniel Epstein led a special Sacred Listening Workshop for the Elders Action Network, whose mission is: “Building a movement of elders to address the social, environmental, and governance crises of
2 Mar 2024
On Sunday, February 25, a meaningful “Sacred Listening Workshop” was held between Temple Har Shalom Synagogue of Warren, NJ and The Presbyterian Church at Bound Brook, NJ. We were grateful to welcome 30-40 participants, including
15 Feb 2024
Daniel was able to visit the Daughters of St. Paul who are long time friends of Portraits in Faith. Twenty years ago Daniel made portraits and interviewed three of the sisters in the Rome motherhouse:
2 Feb 2024
A beautiful “Sacred Listening” workshop was held on Sunday, January 28, 2024 at a very unique church in Cincinnati: Indian Hill Church which is one of very few congregations to be dual denomination—both Episcopal and
30 Jan 2024
Portraits in Faith went for a 2nd year to The Laboratory Schools of The University of Chicago. Our curator, Gina Alicea, invited PIF to The Lab School last year for our first exhibition, “Seeing The
9 Jan 2024
Congregation Mishkan Chicago and Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann chose to feature 60 of our PIF portraits and our photographic meditation during this year’s Rosh Hashanah services. During the Musaf Amida (part of the additional service on
9 Jan 2024
The Euphrates Group invited Daniel Epstein to present Portraits in Faith on October 4, 2023. Euphrates is a remarkable organization devoted to helping “grassroots global citizens become peacebuilders who partner, advocate, and deeply connect with
9 Jan 2024
Gina Alicea and Daniel Epstein were invited to present Portraits in Faith and “Seeing The Other” at the Cityside Center for Spiritual Living in Chicago on September 24th, 2023. Gina first gave a sermon on
9 Jan 2024
Portraits in Faith was invited to present to the Sociology of Religions class at California State University Fullerton on September 28, 2023. Jessica Spence Moss is the Lecturer who met Daniel Epstein at the Parliament
9 Jan 2024
Portraits in Faith was excited to be part of its fourth Parliament of the World’s Religions recently in Chicago. This year, PIF partnered with the Charter for Compassion in creating a contemplative space at the
30 Oct 2023
Daniel Epstein, founder and photographer for Portraits in Faith, was featured in SPEAK Magazine in their September issue. In the article, Daniel speaks about the personal transformation he experienced as he worked on Portraits in
2 May 2023
April 29, 2023, Portraits in Faith held a special fundraiser with Israeli performing artist, Bat Ella Birnbaum and Nitzan Birnbaum Watch the video Portraits in Faith held an amazing fundraiser to enable the ongoing production
14 Apr 2023
Daniel Epstein and Gina Alicea presented the Portraits in Faith project and Sacred Listening workshop to the Center for Spiritual Living Cultural Coast in Sarasota, Florida, on March 12, 2023. Gina delivered the sermon that
6 Mar 2023
Gina Alicea, Corvus Gallery Director, first encountered Daniel Epstein’s work through the Portraits in Faith website and book. She was immediately inspired to bring this artwork to the children in the University of Chicago Laboratory
11 Feb 2023
11 Feb 2023
Saturday February the 11th, 2023 on the Mentors Radio Show: The Unhappiness that Comes from Never Having Enough“Portraits in Faith” author and top behavioral marketer, Daniel Epstein, joins me to discuss his personal journey of
1 Feb 2023
The Portraits In Faith “Seeing the Other,” exhibit at the Chicago Laboratory Schools has been covered by Religion News Service. An exhibition envisioned, curated, and installed by Gina Alicea, Corvus Gallery Director. (RNS) — A
7 Jan 2023
Chicago public radio WBEZ aired an interview with Portraits in Faith founder, Daniel Epstein, on Thursday, December 29th in advance of the exhibition of PIF photography at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools January-March, 2023The photography
23 Nov 2022
Organized by interfaith spiritual leader, Chava Gal-Or based out of Houston, Texas.Portraits in Faith conducted its third “Sacred Listening Workshop” recently, this time being our first pilot of the workshop virtually. Organized by interfaith spiritual
25 Aug 2022
Sunday, where I had a PIF table at the in-person event at the Cintas Center on Xavier University campusPortraits in Faith founder, Daniel Epstein, was invited to present the PIF project at the annual Cincinnati Festival
18 Aug 2022
The Charleston Interfaith Coalition hosted a 3 hour Sacred Listening Workshop facilitated by Daniel Epstein on Sunday, July 31st, 2022.The Charleston Interfaith Coalition hosted a 3 hour Sacred Listening Workshop facilitated by Daniel Epstein on
29 Jul 2022
Daniel Epstein presented the Portraits in Faith project and conducted our first “Sacred Listening” workshop on June 26, 2022 at the New Thought Unity Church in East Walnut Hills Cincinnati, Ohio. During the Sunday morning
21 Jan 2022
The Interfaith Center at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio hosted PIF founder Daniel for an hour-long discussion about Portraits in Faith. In this session, Daniel discussed the origin story and history of Portraits in Faith,
20 Jan 2022
Portraits in Faith's Sacred Listening Workshop was featured at Parliament of World Religions this year, which took place entirely online. Sacred Listening is receiving the story, particularly the spiritual story, of someone you perceive to
26 Dec 2021
Portraits in Faith's Book Launch was covered in Movers and Makers, a digital publication on culture, community, and philanthropy. Read more here.
30 Nov 2021
Portraits in Faith has been featured in WCPO Cincinnati leading up to the book launch. You can see more here. Watch the video
30 Nov 2021
The Portraits in Faith's book launch has been covered by the Cincinnati Enquirer. You can see the article here.
29 Nov 2021
Daniel Epstein, the founder of Portraits in Faith, was interviewed on Cincinnati People this week in anticipation of next week's book launch event. You can see it here or watch below. Watch the video
28 Nov 2021
The Portraits in Faith book launch event has been featured in the American Israelite, a publication for Jewish Americans in the Cincinnati area. You can read more here.
18 Oct 2021
Portraits in Faith editor, Laura Friedman, and founder, Daniel Epstein, presented a workshop at the 2021 Parliament of the World’s Religions on “How To Conduct A Sacred Listening Workshop.” This is the 3rd Parliament where PIF
23 Jul 2021
Portraits in Faith launched a Kickstarter campaign to open pre-orders for the first book of portraits offered in our 18 year history. Not only did the Kickstarter reach out fundraising goal in the first week,
21 Apr 2021
Interfaith America, an initiative of the Interfaith Youth Core, featured Portraits in Faith this week, marking the launch of the pre-order campaign for the upcoming book release. You can read the full article here or
31 Dec 2020
We are proud to report that in 2020 you all, our community of support, spent over 988,633 minutes watching Portraits in Faith on YouTube. You also viewed our videos over 70,000 times last year, and
18 Sep 2020
Portraits in Faith founder Daniel Epstein was featured in this weeks episode of Sacred Space, which explores the topic of sacredness in the modern world. You can watch the interview here.
17 Jul 2020
Now more than ever, we at Portraits in Faith recognize the need for comfort, healing, and reflection. That is why we sponsored a 16-part virtual concert series that stretched from March to July. We heard
27 Apr 2020
A longtime friend of Portraits in Faith is Sister Bernadette Reis, who lives in Rome with the Daughters of Saint Paul. She now works in the Vatican Press Office in charge of the English news
11 Dec 2019
Our Founder, Daniel Epstein, presented Portraits In Faith to The International House of Ann Arbor (IHAA) at University of Michigan on November 16th, 2019. International House’s mission is to be a welcoming community for students
8 Oct 2019
We are proud to share that Portraits in Faith founder Daniel Epstein was recently interviewed for The Awakened Life Expo, where he shared on the vision of Portraits in Faith, and how his personal journey
24 May 2019
I am grateful that Portraits In Faith was just featured in Cross Currents, an academic journal article I was asked to write on the role of the aesthetic in interfaith work (or said another way,
20 Apr 2019
Chin Chin Gutierrez, who was once featured in our Portraits in Faith series, has progressed in her journey and is now a fully consecrated nun! We wish to congratulate her on her success and would
13 Nov 2018
Portraits in Faith was featured at the Parliament of World Religions, which took place last week in in Toronto, and was visited by thousands of people! Not only did we do our first installation for
21 May 2018
Portraits in Faith is proud to announce that we will be presented at the Parliament of World's Religions this Fall in Toronto. The Parliament of World's Religion is a global event in which faith and
1 Sep 2015
The wonderful Tajči Cameron, whose moving portrait is the most recent Portrait of the Week, spoke with Daniel on her show "Waking Up In America" about his journey of creating Portraits in Faith, and how the project
15 Jun 2015
Last week, Daniel was featured in a post by Baha'i Blog, which curates weekly content for all things Baha'i. In an interview with the editor, Daniel shares the story of how he first started his
16 Mar 2015
The March 2015 issue of The Interfaith Observer, "Interfaith and the Arts," features a piece written by Daniel about Portraits in Faith. It describes his journey of faith (still in progress!), and the profound impact
26 Jan 2015
26 Jan 2015
Many thanks to Canadian Interfaith Conversation, who listed Portraits in Faith as a resource to "support and facilitate interfaith conversation" on their new website! We are honored to be considered such a resource, and to
8 Sep 2014
8 Sep 2014
Every week, the National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES) publishes a weekly meditation, written by the Rev. Daniel R. Heischman, Executive Director of the organization.For the week of September 2nd, the meditation featured Archbishop Andrew
22 Aug 2014
22 Aug 2014
Many thanks to acclaimed Jewish musician Neshama Carlebach, whose portrait was recently featured as the Portrait of the Week. Amidst such excitement as the release of her first music video and the worldwide reprinting of her recent
17 Jul 2014
It's time to celebrate the one year anniversary of the launch of Portraits In Faith! 47 portraits have been published. 21,444 views on YouTube for an average viewing time of 6.6 minutes (roughly 102 days of
20 Dec 2013
20 Dec 2013
Father Bob's portrait was promoted by the Father Bob Foundation, a charity foundation founded by Father Bob himself. You can read their write-up on their website here.
12 Dec 2013
12 Dec 2013
Dear Friends of Portraits In Faith,I wanted to share an article about Portraits In Faith just published in ORIGAMI, an Asian-Canadian online news journal.The article is entitled "A Return To Faith" and you can read
3 Oct 2013
Speaking and performing professionally since 1999, Lady Khadija is an arts activist, poet, and youth advocate, able to connect with individuals from all walks of life. She performed her moving Sufi Muslim spoken word and
27 Sep 2013
Composer Bonia Shur was a major musical force in the Reform Jewish movement in America, and sadly passed away last year. His work inspired us at the Portraits in Faith Launch, sung by the Maestra
24 Sep 2013
Founded in April 2010, The New Vision Gospel Choir believes in ministry through music, and shared their song with those of us who attended the Portraits in Faith launch event. Watch the video
20 Sep 2013
A subject of a Portrait in Faith herself, Shadi Toloui-Wallace was able to bless us with her music, inspired by her Bahai faith, at the Portraits in Faith Launch. Watch the video
13 Sep 2013
Continuing our interfaith concert to celebrate the launch of Portraits in Faith, we heard african drumming music from Boaku Moses. Watch the video
6 Sep 2013
We were delighted to get to share in the Hindu musical practice with the Sevika Kirtan. Watch the video
1 Sep 2013
We began the interfaith concert for the Portraits in Faith launch with the bluegrass gospel music from Higher Ground. Watch the video
1 Jul 2013
1 Jul 2013
We appreciate Ron Esposito taking the time to interview me on WVXU to talk about Portraits in Faith. At ten minutes, it really gave me a chance to dive deeper into the project than I
6 Jun 2013
A special thanks to Ken Burns, the award-winning documentary filmmaker, for both sharing Portraits in Faith on his social media, which was retweeted by PBS to over 2 million followers, and for his kind words
3 Jun 2013
We're very please to share that Dr. Oz shared about Portraits in Faith on his social media, reaching several million followers with his endorsement. Furthermore, it gained quite a bit of attention, gathering over a
30 May 2013
We're happy to share that the Huffington Post has published a piece on Portraits in Faith! You can find the article here. Please share this with your friends on Facebook and Twitter.
28 May 2013
28 May 2013
Special thanks for Fox 19 in Cincinnati for featuring the Portraits in Faith Launch Party!