[Leica] 100 art and documentary photographs auctioned on ebay in support of PhotoVoice

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100 art and documentary photographs auctioned on ebay in support 
ofaward-winning charity PhotoVoice.
Mighty names from the worlds of art and documentary photography havedonated 
100 prints for a charity auction to be held on ebay.fr between19th and 29th 
January 2006.
Among the contributors are Robert Doisneau, Sebastiao Salgado, SarahMoon, 
Mary Ellen Mark, Marc Riboud, Martine Franck, Paolo Roversi,Gilles Perress, 
Willy Ronis and William Klein. Many prints are signedand a number are rare 
vintage prints. Starting prices on ebay willrange from  ?1 to ?3000.
The high-tech Reuters auditorium is a prestige venue to display 
thephotographs and a challenging contrast to the context in whichPhotoVoice 
carries out its work.  From orphanages in Cambodia to thestreets of Kabul, 
PhotoVoice is the first international charityproviding training in 
photography to some of the world's mostvulnerable people, with a particular 
focus on women and children. Itwas named 'Best New Charity' at the 2004 UK 
Charity Awards.
For the last three years PhotoVoice has held an annual print auctionin 
London, at Bloomberg L.P in 2003 and 2004 and in December 2005 atReuters, 
Canary Wharf to raise money for its projects. Renownedphotographer and 
long-term supporter of PhotoVoice, Sarah Moon hasextended this initiative 
and personally invited many friends andcontemporaries in the photographic 
industry to donate to the 2006 ebayauction.
Sarah Moon wrote, "Tiffany Fairey & Anna Blackman created PhotoVoicefive 
years ago. One went to Nepal, the other to Vietnam. This is howit all began. 
They gave cameras to child refugees and to streetchildren. They taught them 
how to use them and made them understandthat choosing a subject was itself a 
language, a way of asserting whothey were. Now, in the use of a camera, they 
have a voice to be heardand listened to, a 'PhotoVoice' to echo throughout 
the world. Insupport of PhotoVoice, I join my voice to those of Robert 
Delpire andof Michel Christolhomme, in the organisation of a charity 
internetauction of photographs taken by all those who listen to 
the'PhotoVoices' and who, like us, intend to help them."
Funds raised through the auction will enable PhotoVoice to establish anew 
project in 2006 working with children infected and affected byHIV/AIDS in 
Africa and to continue its work with disadvantaged youngpeople in Nepal, 
Cambodia, Vietnam and the United Kingdom.
1) Images will be auctioned on ebay.fr from 19th to 29th January.Please 
follow the links: http://art-antiquite.ebay.fr (click on  'Art du XX?me 
si?cle &contemporains') or http://collections.ebay.fr (click on 
'Photographies')
2) A full list of donating photographers and select prints can bepreviewed 
on at www.photovoice.,org. Prints can also be viewed inperson at Gallery 
Guillaume, 32 rue de Picardie, 75003 Paris from 5thJanuary until the 29th 
January.
3) The auction has been made possible through the support of 
theorganisation, Pour Que l'Esprit Vive (www.pgev.org) of which 
MichelChristolhomme is chair of the board of directors.
4) A corresponding exhibition 'Wings to Fly': an exhibition of 
imagesphotographed by Sarah Moon and from PhotoVoice projects focussed 
onrefugee and displaced children can be seen until 4th February 2006 atthe 
Fait & Cause Gallery, 58, rue Quincampoix, 75004 Paris, France. Tel. 00 33 
(0)1 45 08 41 66.  Robert Delpire is the Artistic Directorof this gallery 
dedicated to social photography.
52) PhotoVoice is an award-winning international organisation thatempowers 
some of the most disadvantaged groups in the world withphotographic skills 
so that they can transform their lives. PhotoVoiceprojects enable 
participants to build self-esteem and gain confidencein their right to be 
heard. The images they create become a vitalmeans for self-advocacy and 
income generation.  PhotoVoice wasestablished in 2000 by Anna Blackman and 
Tiffany Fairey, both 29.
6) For more information on this auction or the work of PhotoVoiceplease 
telephone: 020 7033 3878 or email: jo@photovoice.org
'PhotoVoice is working to bring new voices to photojournalism: hearthe world 
through their eyes.'Sebastiao Salgado, Photographer