[Leica] Re: $12 buys a camera, a print, and great personal satisfaction

[Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com>]

Kyle:

I take one of Tina's and one of yours.

Send details.

Ken Wilcox
1369 Martha Avenue
Burton, MI 48509-2126



At 12:07 -0400 4/24/0, a fine scholar, Kyle Cassidy wrote:

>Hey Lugnutz,
>  Remember when Tina posted a while ago about The Children's Photography
>Project of Guatemala? Nancy McGirr teaches photography to underprivilaged
>children and was looking for donations. Well, the gears have been moving
>in the background and freestylesalesco has offered to sell the project a
>bunch of the famed leica-h models for $11 each.
>
>  Tina and I are having a print sale to raise money for cameras. So here's
>the scoop. You send me a paltry $12, in return you get an 8x10 print and a
>child in guatemala gets a camera.
>
>  Do you remember the person who gave you your first camera and showed you
>how to use it? Think of that person and open your wallet just a tiny bit
>to spread some of that same joy around.
>
>  We're talking the price of a lenscap or processing for a single roll of
>film. You can't get an origional print for that anywhere. Let alone the
>satisfaction of having done something very good. The gift of a camera is
>much more than a physical object, it is an outlet for creativity, it stays
>with a person forever and can change a life -- it has certianly changed
>ALL of ours. To top it off, a print made from a camera that you bought for
>someone might be touring a gallery near you.
>
>  Tina's prints are signed inkjets of the Lenica Church Service seen in
>the LUG's April contest, Faith. My prints are pearl finish RC copies of
>the West Philly Neighborhood shot seen in the March contest. I'll sign it
>if you want. There are 10 prints of Tina's shot and an unlimited number of
>mine. Please contact me _off list_ and specify which print you'd like.
>Once Tina's run out, you won't have an option. If you would like to donate
>MORE than $12, that's great, if you would like to donate something else,
>that's great too. One thing we are looking for is to book venues for a
>traveling exhibition. If you know a gallery, wall, coffee shop, etc. let
>me know.
>
>  You can read more about Nancy McGirr's project here:
>
>http://www.oneworld.org/media/gallery/guatemala/1.html
>
>  You can read more about the Leica-H here:
>
>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/leica-h/
>
>  Nancy McGirr has published a book of her student's photos, it's
>available on Amazon for $19, all proceeds go to the Project. The book is
>entitled Out Of The Dump.
>
>  Thanks for your time. Seriously for once,
>
>  Kyle


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