Seattle-based Blue Earth Alliance has accepted two new projects by western U.S. photographers — Annie Marie Musselman of Seattle and Jon Orlando of Boulder, Colo. — in its fall 2008 sponsorship round.

Blue Earth funds photo-documentary projects twice a year in an effort to foster social change. Musselman's "Finding Trust" project seeks to capture the human-animal connection in wildlife centers. Orlando's "Warriors for Peace" will depict the efforts of war veterans who are opposing the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.