[Leica] Crowdfunding for photographers.

[lrzeitlin at aol.com (lrzeitlin at aol.com)]

No money for your photography project? Don't despair. On today's Internet 
news:


For photographers who seek dollars but don?t want to get lost in the vast 
sea of Kickstarter projects, there is?Fotofund, a new crowdfunding platform 
exclusively for photo-based works. The site is the latest initiative of the 
non-profit?Lucie Foundation, which is dedicated to supporting, honoring, and 
cultivating photographic talent.
Fotofund was created ?to provide financial backing to photographic projects 
through online contributions and to support photography worldwide by 
bringing photographers? visions to life.? Distinct from other crowdfunding 
sites, the platform offers two models: a flexible funding model in which the 
project creator receives all donations whether or not their full funding 
goals are met or alternatively, they can select to only receive funding if 
the full amount of their goal is reached. Among the first campaigns to hit 
Fotofund are those?aiming to create an official archive of the late?Jerry 
Stoll?s photography from the California jazz era,?a documentary project 
showcasing men and women who live off the grid throughout Europe, and?a 
personal interpretation of the music and lyrics of?Tom Waits?we suspect 
?Picture in a Frame? will figure prominently.
Larry Z