PictureHOPE Exhibit Update

pictureHOPE exhibition update: As of this moment we have sold a total of 160 photographs to benefit Doctors Without Borders. That's $8,000.00 raised so far! Please revisit our exhibition and consider purchasing a print.

To purchase my photograph (only $50) taken in Nicaragua, click here.
All proceeds go to Doctors without Borders to benefit the people of Haiti.

PICTURE HOPE FOR HAITI: Women Photographers Benefit Doctors Without Borders

Soulcatcher Studio is honored to present "picture HOPE", our exhibition and sale of limited edition fine art photographs, benefiting the people of Haiti through Doctors Without Borders USA.

Limited edition fine art photographs from amazing female artists, all for only $50.00 each! 100% of the proceeds benefit Doctors Without Borders to support their work in Haiti. THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

On January 28, 2010, the opening day of this exhibition,105 prints sold! That adds up to $5,250.00 for Doctors Without Borders!

Today, January 29,2010 they will be adding one of my images, Nicaraguan Angel, to the exhibit. I took this photograph on Christmas Eve, 2008 outside of San Martin Church in Bluefields, Nicaragua. I lived in the town of Bluefields for 3 months during my Peace Corps Training and did my youth development preparation work (a Pedagogy of Photography project) at San Martin Church. I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nicaragua from 2003-2006.



Here is what Eric J Keller, Gallery Director of Soul Catcher Studio is saying about the online benefit exhibit.

On January 12, 2010 a major 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, causing catastrophic damage and casualties. The quake was followed by several aftershocks with magnitudes over 5.0. The Haitian government has said more than 111,000 people died in the earthquake.

On January 21, 2010, I began to reach out to female fine art photographers from around the country, asking for their kind assistance in producing a benefit exhibition and sale of limited edition photographs. The premise was simple: Offer a limited edition print from each artist, in a numbered edition of ten prints, and sell them for just $50.00 each with 100% of the proceeds to be donated to Doctors Without Borders.

Their response was immediate, and now, just seven days later, I am very pleased to present the work of the following group of photographers:

Angela Bacon-Kidwell (Wichita Falls, TX)
Brigitte Carnochan (Portola Valley, CA)
Katie DelaVaughan (Brooklyn, NY)
Desiree Edkins (Scottsdale, AZ)
Cat Gwynn (Los Angeles, CA)
Jessica M. Kaufman (New York, NY)
Karen Keating (Washington, D.C.)
Laurie Lambrecht (Bridgehampton, NY)
Lisa Levine (Alameda, CA)
Heather McClintock (Boone, NC)
Meg Madison (Los Angeles, CA)
Karen Morgan (Chicago, IL)
Ann Pallesen (Seattle, WA)
Sarah Renkes (Chicago, IL)
Lauren Rosenbaum (San Francisco, CA)
Jennifer Schlesinger (Santa Fe, NM)
Jennifer Shaw (New Orleans, LA)
Joni Sternbach (New York, NY)
Melissa Weiss Steele (Santa Fe, NM)
Sarah Wilson (Austin, TX)
Natalie Young (Los Angeles, CA)

Every one of these photographers has my eternal gratitude for answering the call to donate, and for their assistance in getting this exhibition together so quickly. - Eric J. Keller, Soulcatcher Studio Gallery Director


Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The official death toll from this disaster rises every day. The people of Haiti need our help now more than ever. Please consider supporting our cause by purchasing a limited edition fine art photographic print today.

Print Information: All prints are priced at just $50.00 each (plus $15.00 shipping within the USA). Orders of multiple prints will incur the same base rate of $15.00 for shipping. International clients may inquire about overseas shipping costs. Click on the thumbnail images below to view enlarged print examples and detailed print information.

We expect these limited editions to sell out quickly, so please call Soulcatcher Studio at 505-310-7685 to purchase yours today. We can take your VISA, Mastercard or American Express information over the phone, or if you prefer we can send you an electronic invoice to complete your secure transaction online through PayPal.com.


A message from Doctors Without Borders:

We are incredibly grateful for the generous support from our donors for the emergency in Haiti.



MSF/DWB has been working in Haiti for 19 years, most recently operating three emergency hospitals in Port-au-Prince, and is mobilizing a large emergency response to this disaster. Our immediate response in the first hours following the disaster in Haiti was only possible because of private unrestricted donations from around the world received before the earthquake struck. We are currently reinforcing our teams on the ground in order to respond to the immediate medical needs and to assess the humanitarian needs that MSF/DWB will be addressing in the months ahead.

We are now asking our donors to give to our Emergency Relief Fund. These types of funds ensure that our medical teams can react to the Haiti emergency and other humanitarian crises all over the world, particularly neglected crises that remain outside the media spotlight. Your gift via this website will be earmarked for our Emergency Relief Fund.

If you prefer, you may make a direct donation to Doctors Without Borders by phone at their toll-free number: 1-888-392-0392 - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

We hope you enjoy this benefit exhibition and sale of extraordinary fine art photographs

February Issue- SUN Magazine

An analog photograph I took over ten years ago in the fall of 1999 was selected to be on the February 2010 cover of The SUN magazine. This is my third photograph published in the magazine (June'09 & October'09) and my first SUN cover!

In my archives I titled this photograph, "Father/Son" because I felt the image, moment and embrace evoked sentiments of a paternal bond. Perfect timing as we are about to enter parenthood at any moment!!!

Here is the ON THE COVER description of the photograph on the contributors page. Click on the link to order the issue.

KATIE DELAVAUGHN took this month’s cover photograph when she went to Julian, California, to try some of the town’s famous apple pie at a local diner. Upon leaving, she was moved by the tender embrace of a man and boy and asked if she could take their picture. She is the founder and director of Pedagogy of Photography, a project designed to increase literacy skills through photography and poetry. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

www.katiedelavaughn.com


ABOUT THE SUN

The Sun is an independent, ad-free monthly magazine that for more than thirty years has used words and photographs to invoke the splendor and heartache of being human. The Sun celebrates life, but not in a way that ignores its complexity. The personal essays, short stories, interviews, poetry, and photographs that appear in its pages explore the challenges we face and the moments when we rise to meet those challenges.

The Sun publishes the work of emerging and established artists who are striving to be thoughtful and authentic. Writing from The Sun has won the Pushcart Prize, been published in Best American Short Stories and Best American Essays, and been broadcast on National Public Radio.

The Sun invites readers to consider an array of political, social, and philosophical ideas and then to join the conversation. Each issue includes a section devoted entirely to writing by readers, who address topics as varied as Telling the Truth, Neighbors, Hiding Places, Second Chances, and Gambling.

From its idealistic, unlikely inception in 1974 to its current incarnation as a nonprofit magazine with more than 70,000 subscribers, The Sun has attempted to marry the personal and political; to honor the genuine and the spiritual; to see what kind of roommates beauty and truth can be; and to show that powerful teaching can be found in the lives of ordinary people.

The Sun Publishing Company, Inc. is a tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and is supported primarily by subscriptions and reader contributions. Donations to The Sun are tax-deductible.

Upon presenting The Sun its Alternative Press Award for General Excellence, Utne Reader said: "No other magazine provides quite the same atmosphere of intimacy as The Sun. It's a magazine completely unlike any other, always personal, always meaningful, always unexpected."

Published Photograph to Published Painting

I received a kind email from Martha Lavoué, an avid SUN reader who wrote to ask permission to publish a drawing she created inspired by my photograph in the June 2009 issue of the SUN magazine. The painting will appear in the upcoming issue of the Boston Literary Gazette.

¡Feliz Día De Los Reyes!

Happy 3 Kings Day! Today I am remembering the beautiful processions I witnessed celebrating this day in Nicaragua during my three years working there. After spending the following two 3 Kings Day teaching in the Bronx, I was lucky enough to return to Nicaragua last year and document my close friends participating in this festive event. Wish I could be there this again year but I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of my own lil' king.