Do you want to help the people of Haiti without inflating Simon Cowell’s ego even bigger than it already is? Then you could purchase Onè Respe. It’s a photography magazine curated by photographer Lane Hartwell.
Lane stated putting a magazine together the day the quake struck. She contacted photographers who had shot in Haiti and got them to donate images of everyday Haitian life before the disaster. The result is a beautiful portrait of Haiti before it was devastated. Within 24 hours of Lane starting the project this magazine was on sale on Mag Cloud for $12. The full $12 will go to American Red Cross International Response Fund for Haiti relief because Hewlett Packard (Mag Cloud’s parent company) is paying for all the printing costs. It’s like you donating $12 dollars and getting a free photography magazine out of it. Mag Cloud is a print on demand service that allows anyone to design then start selling a magazine.
I know this post might seem a bit late but Haiti is still in a bit of a massive pickle and is going need an ongoing load of dough to put it back together again.
Posted: February 16th, 2010 | No Comments »
This fantastic 40 page magazine landed on my door mat today, well that is a lie I was handed it on my way out by the DHL man. Strange Light was curated in 48 hours buy one Derek Powazek after he found him self amazed buy all the incredible images coming out of Sydney’s recent dust storm. The magazine is published by Mag Cloud and is printed on demand, get yours here. Anyone can publish a magazine with the help of Mag Cloud. The service allows you to design then up load you own magazine and offer it for sail, very clever stuff. And guess what as well as being a grate curator Derek also helped HP set up the Mag Cloud in the 1st place, what a clever chap! You can read about how he went about putting it together in 48 hours on his blog here.
Derek Powazek is a friend and I look forward to seeing him in San Francisco in a few days! Derick and his good wife Heather Champ also wrote the forward to my book Hot Shots. I will be having a signing for Hot Shots and giving a talk in San Francisco on Monday the 12th of October. I am up to quite a bit while I am in San Francisco including running my photo workshops on Thursday 15th to Friday 16th and Saturday 17th to Sunday 18th of October Click here for more info.
The images in the above magazine spread are:
Left: Dusty Dawn buy Mathew Sacco
Top right: Untitled by: Mark Pinto
Bottom right: The Haven, Terrigal by Mike Hartz
Posted: October 1st, 2009 | 1 Comment »