About this page: This is a temporary recovery page assembled quickly from bits and pieces to establish an online presence after a malware attack. Donation dollars go toward sustaining Lisa’s work and community programs, and toward fully designing and rebuilding her sites.

Recovery Phases

1. Malware Isolation & Containment

⟳ In Progress

2. Interim / Temp Website Deployment

✓ Complete

3. Asset Recovery

⟳ In Progress

4. Architecture Rebuild & Migration

Pending Step 3

5. Domain Recommissioning

Pending Step 4

6. Social Media Audit

Pending Step 5

7–13. Content, Storefront & Launch

Pending Steps 3–6

Active Incident Detected September 2026

Malware Attack — Multiple Domains Affected

Temporary site deployed — complete

Lisa’s portfolio, blog, videos, and GoFundMe campaign are live at the temp site while the permanent domains are rebuilt.

Malware scan & cleanup — in progress

Oct 8 update: Cleanup underway on the front and back end of affected sites. Imunify360 scan queued via Namecheap cPanel. Visitor data was not compromised.

Full rebuild — pending funding

Three WordPress sites require complete rebuild and hardening. Work is ready to begin once the $2,000 initial goal is reached.

Domains back online

Pending completion of rebuild and security hardening. Timeline depends on fundraising progress.

Affected Domains

lisahartouni.com

Rebuild in Progress

lhartouni.com

Rebuild in Progress

fromheretomanzanar.com

Rebuild in Progress

intersectionsproject.com

Rebuild in Progress

myphotorecords.com

Rebuild in Progress

Help Get This Across the Finish Line

$815 raised toward the $2,000 initial goal — every contribution and share moves the needle. The rebuild is ready to begin the moment funding is in place.

Donate on GoFundMe →

💳 Venmo · @Lisa-Hartouni 🅿 PayPal · lisahartouni@ymail.com

Recovery Fund — Active

Help Lisa Hartouni Rebuild.
Long Beach Documentary Photographer.

Decades of community photography. Three websites hacked and taken offline. A career that deserves to continue — and a community that can make it happen.

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$815 raised of $2,000 microgoal · $15,000 full goal

10+ donors — every share reaches new people.

Who Lisa Is

A Career Built Around Making Communities Visible

Lisa Hartouni has spent decades using photography and community storytelling to document the people, neighborhoods, and movements that shape Southern California. From organizing tenants and building neighborhood associations in Santa Monica, to working as a photojournalist, independent photographer, and web designer, Lisa has built a life around making change visible.

Over the years, that work has grown into deeply rooted long-term projects: Intersections: Portraits of Neighborhoods, archival work connected to the Manzanar Pilgrimage, and a moon photography series created through years of patient observation. Her photographs have documented social justice struggles involving detention, voting rights, and police abuse — always grounded in the belief that communities deserve to see themselves reflected with care.

Now Lisa needs help to preserve and sustain that work. Contributions will restore her websites, set up print sales so she can earn from her archive, and lay the groundwork for a more stable path forward — one where a hack can never hold her work hostage again.

Where Your Money Goes

Two Milestones. Real Outcomes.

This isn’t a vague fundraising total. Here’s exactly what each milestone unlocks:

$2,000

Microgoal — First unlock

Initial security response: isolate the breach, audit what was compromised
Restore access to site archives and existing content
Set up tools to accept commissions and sell prints again
Lay groundwork for grant eligibility

$15,000

Full Goal — Complete rebuild

Fully design and rebuild all sites from scratch
Full CMS restoration + database recovery
Security hardening so this can’t happen again
Etsy storefronts + e-commerce setup
Fiscal sponsorship (future donations become tax-deductible)

Campaign Updates

From Lisa — In Her Own Words

October 4, 2026

The malware cleanup is underway on both the front and back end of the affected sites. Lisa is focused on the $2,000 initial goal — every donation and share helps move the needle.

September 27, 2026

We are slowly moving towards our fundraising goal and that is exciting! Every couple of days someone makes a donation and that is so great! We are going to be posting update pages on my URLs — a small step that’s actually huge in the scheme of things. Thank You!

September 25, 2026

I am going to set a goal for raising $1,500 by the end of the weekend. Every bit of a donation, and sharing this fundraiser on your social network pages will go a long way. Thank you.

All updates posted directly on the GoFundMe page.

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