Fri, September 9th, 2005 by Susan B.
A generous group of toy camera enthusiasts from blogs and various forums have banded together to raise funds for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Donations include prints and cameras.
Toycamera Auction to benefit the Victims of Hurricane Katrina.
If you are in the generous spirit and would like to donate or bid, please email a jpeg, print information (size, type of print and if shipping included), along with your blog or website you'd like listed to tcauction@gmail.com. Thanks!
September 14th, 2005 at 12:37 pm
BTW, bidding ends at 11 pm, September 28. There are some really wonderful photographs in this auction, some of which are usually only available for hundreds of dollars through the donor's gallery. This is a perfect opportunity to not only own a unique work of toy camera art but give something in return to the victims of this terrible disaster.
September 14th, 2005 at 12:38 pm
That's 11 pm Pacific time...
September 15th, 2005 at 4:40 pm
Hurricane Katrina Photography Fund
Photography Fund created to help photographers and imaging professionals rebuild their lives.
In the recent disaster the photography community pulls together to help professionals and business owners rebuild a life and hope for a future in the photo industry. Many photographers have lost equipment, negatives, photos, computer files, you name it they lost it. The damaging effects of the storm have left photographers and labs with nothing. Our business is unique in the fact that most of our work is one of a kind and irreplaceable. So the photography community has pulled together and created a foundation called THE P.H.O.T.O Foundation (Photographic Industry Helping Others To Overcome). The foundation hopes to help photographers and businesses get back on their feet with loaned equipment, extended billing, and other financial help.
You may make donations to the PHOTO Foundation by sending a check to this address: P.H.O.TO. Foundation, PO Box 611, Deerfield, IL 60015
Press Release
Professional Photography Industry Establishes Relief Fund to Aid Colleagues Devastated by Hurricane Katrina
DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS – In response to the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina, members of the professional photography trade have established a relief effort to help industry colleagues get back on their feet. The P.H.O.T.O. Foundation (Photographic Industry Helping Others To Overcome) aims to rally industry support in the form of financial contributions, loaned equipment, extended billing and payment arrangements, and in-kind services to help photographers rebuild their businesses. Donations may be mailed to: P.H.O.TO. Foundation, PO Box 611, Deerfield, IL 60015.
Creation of the foundation was inspired by the story of Neil Hurd, owner of Neil Hurd Photography in Metairie, Louisiana. On August 31, Hurd called his friends at Zookbinders Inc. in Deerfield, Illinois, to let them know he was safe. Karyn Newman, the album company’s key customer representative, learned that Hurd and his wife had evacuated, but lost everything in the storm – all of his photography equipment, files and portraits. Hurd estimates it will take more than a year to rebuild his 27-year-old business.
“Neil had just visited our facility a week before the hurricane. I was trying to reach him to make sure he was okay when, thank goodness, he was able to call us. After I hung up I had to do something to help—we’re like family,†said Newman.
As reports of Katrina’s extensive damage emerged, stories about other photographers, like Neil, were repeated over and over again. In response, Zookbinders Inc. joined forces with Rangefinder Publishing Inc. and WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International) to raise awareness throughout the industry. “The big agencies are there to help in the immediate short term and they need all the help we can give them. This is about going a step farther with photographers helping photographers. The photographic industry is about family – this is our way of showing our colleagues we stand with them,†said Skip Cohen, president of Rangefinder Publishing.
As of September 5, more than 40 organizations had already agreed to help raise funds and awareness regarding the photographers affected by Hurricane Katrina, including: Albums Inc., Amphoto Books/Watson-Guptill Publications, Asuka Book, Auto FX Software, BIG Folio, Blossom Publishing, Blue Skies Marketing, Buckeye Color Lab, DWF (Digital Wedding Forum), DxO Labs, Epson, garyfongestore.com, GNP (Gross National Product), H&H Color Lab, Hahnemuhle USA, Hallmark Institute of Photography, Hasselblad, Kodak, Kubota Image Tools, LabPrints, Leaf America, LexJet, Marathon Press, Media Street, Miller’s Professional Imaging, nik multimedia, Nikon, PDIA (Professional Digital Imaging Association), Phanfare, Photovision, PMA (Photo Marketing Association International), Rangefinder Publishing, S.I.R. Marketing Communications, The Chilcote Company, The MAC Group, VPO (Virtual Press Office), WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International), and Zookbinders.
“The P.H.O.T.O. Foundation is one way for our professional community to help one another. We encourage donations to whatever relief effort individuals feel closest to, whether it’s the Red Cross, Salvation Army or other trusted organization,†said Mark Zucker, president of Zookbinders.
The P.H.O.T.O. Foundation is registered as a not-for-profit corporation in the State of Illinois. The organization’s 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status is pending approval. The newly formed foundation’s board members include: Skip Cohen of Rangefinder Publishing, and Karyn Newman, Leslie Zucker and Mark Zucker of Zookbinders.
To make a donation by mail, please send checks to: P.H.O.T.O. Foundation, PO Box 611, Deerfield, IL 60015. The processing of online and credit card donations is not yet available.
To contribute equipment, services or other assistance, please contact: Karyn Newman at PHOTOReliefFund@zookbinders.com or Skip Cohen at PHOTOReliefFund@wppionline.com
http://blog.fotolia.com/us/archive/001577.html
September 16th, 2005 at 1:40 am
Wow. That's great Michal. Thanks for posting it. I'll post a link as a donation option for the fund.
Thanks again,
Susan
September 16th, 2005 at 8:05 am
My pleasure, Susan. Given a many of us have a photo tool or two just laying around gathering dust, I hope people don't overlook the option of donating equipment.
April 12th, 2006 at 3:02 pm
We had also face disaster,In pakistan 8th october 2006 Earthquake,more then 80,000 was killed and thousand injured/lakhs homeless,pls pray for all our nation especially those who was not in this world after 8th oct (8/10)disaster.Pls visit my site "www.geocities.com/margalatower"this site is consist those images who i was taken in 8/10 disaster in islamabad.If anyone interested in images then pls mail me
July 9th, 2007 at 12:19 am
It also provides general information on health and safety measures as well as lists of aid organizations.