Prints for Haiti

Thank you all!

Greg Lawler — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:07:25 +0000

Today we are shutting down the print buying storefront after raising almost 10K for the people of Haiti.
I want to extend my sincere thanks and gratitude to the many folks who helped turn this into a wonderful adventure!
And a special shout out to Glen and Gabe at Color Services for their huge contribution, without whom this whole thing would not have been possible.

Thank you!

Greg Lawler

First donation delivered to DRI today!

Greg Lawler — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:03:04 +0000

Prints for Haiti recently passed the $8,000 mark and we decided that it was time to send what we’ve raised thus far to Direct Relief International and the Red Cross.
Today we had the honor and pleasure of giving the first $5,000 check to DRI in Goleta.
I would like to thank the amazing PFH team, Color Services, all the photographers and buyers who made this possible! Also a special thank you to Brooks Institute and Career Education Corporation for their generous matching grant!

Next week we’ll be visiting the Red Cross :)

Haiti is No Exception To Slavery’s Complex Cycle…

Kendall Ruth — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:30:39 +0000

Last week I was in a Twitter conversation with a few people about Slavery. Jason Markow reminded me of a TED talk that I found sitting in my podcasts feed, waiting for my viewing. Like most of us I have been to busy to get around to it, to give it the attention it deserved.

It is a recent video of Kevin Bales discussing the issues of Human Trafficking – modern day Slavery. It’s rather profound. The term “Slavery” has so many meanings to our ears, and “Human Trafficking” is getting more press, finally, but it’s easy to let them be another set of buzz words… like the word “Haiti” likely is now.

Haiti was originally a slave colony, in case you didn’t know. And yes, there is still quite a bit of slavery carrying on post-earthquake. Kevin Bales’ talk gives a right-now perspective on the current state of Slavery world-wide. Astounding and hopefully it will give one more piece of the complex problems that come with recovery:

Chris Orwig Gives a Shout Out

Kendall Ruth — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:00:24 +0000

A huge thanks to Photographer/Brooks Institute Faculty/ Speaker/Author Chris Orwig for his recent post on Prints For Haiti. Chris’s approach to the craft of visual storytelling is one of more refreshing, lively, and simply awesome I know.

I first “met” Chris though his Photoshop CS3 tutorials on Lynda.com. I was just getting my toes wet, stepping into the photography pool and Chris’ instruction moved me from hesitation to diving right in. Within a year, Greg Lawler and I were talking about Lynda.com and I had one of those, “Oh, wait… Chris is a close friend, isn’t he?” moments. Chris’ captures of heroes and legends in surfing speak loud with class. Every time I stroll through his work, I can feel the itch for saltwater, wax, and storytelling. Not to mention he has some outstanding, candid interviews that accompany his photography.

You can read how he got connected with Prints For Haiti here: http://www.chrisorwig.com/flipside/2010/04/10/prints-for-haiti/

Ralph Clevenger donates images to Prints for Haiti.

Greg Lawler — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:48:08 +0000

Renowned Santa Barbara photographer and author, Ralph Clevenger, has donated several of his beautiful nature photography to PFH.
Ralph is a revered mentor and teacher at Brooks Institute and continues to inspire generations of photographers the world over.

To see more of Ralphs photos and a link to his book “Photographing Nature” head on over to http://www.RalphClevenger.com

Lion Gaze by Ralph Clevenger

Amy Postle Joins PFH!

Gabe Cano — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:59:02 +0000

Amy Postle’s photography explores the ideologies of womanhood and the secret lives and fantasies of women. We’re thrilled to have Amy and her insanely beautiful work on board PFH. Take some time to gaze upon this fresh batch of submissions into the PFH gallery. You can also see more of her work at amypostle.com.

Stunning limited edition prints by Norm Clasen!

Greg Lawler — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:13:22 +0000

Renowned, award winning photographer Norm Clasen has donated five of his beautiful images to Prints for Haiti. Each of the photos will be available in a limited edition of only three.

One of the many rewarding aspects of this fund raising effort has been the amazing people that I have met along the way. Norm is one of those people! He called my cell out of the blue, introduced himself and asked how he could contribute to Prints for Haiti!

Thanks for the support Norm and thanks to all of you for supporting PFH – now go get your prints before they sell out :)

Ghost Herd by Norm Clasen

“The Quake”

Kendall Ruth — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:29:48 +0000

As I was getting ready to turn off the TV after watching the latest episode of LOST, I accidentally switched over to the local PBS station. Turns out Frontline was broadcasting their latest episode about drama on an island – Hispaniola – half of which makes up the country of Haiti.
The first part of the report is raw, hard-to-watch footage of amateur video during the initial earthquake and then Frontline’s crew canvassing Port-Au-Prince and the surrounding area. It is the kind of thing you watch because you need to, not necessarily because you want to. It’s the death, the suffering, the amputations, the fighting for food, for water, the failures of everybody in delivering aid in that first week. It’s the stuff we have forgotten. It reminded me why PrintsforHaiti.com was started in the first place.
As much as it is a humble reminder, the report gives some insight into what lay ahead through the rebuilding of a country, given the right tools, and taking the right kinds of risk and innovation.

Take the time to watch, you won’t be disappointed:

One of Many

Kendall Ruth — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:39:47 +0000

Today, I saw on the Twitterfeed a link to a blog post by Capt. Tom Negus, commander of the Bataan Amphibious Relief Mission in which he breaks down the data on a graph detailing relief supplies in Haiti since the day of the Earthquake over two months ago. The graph has a huge spike then trickles down to nothing after February 20th. If I read things correctly, that drop off is because NGO’s picked up the work, leaving the U.S. Navy to take care of other issues.

Granted, it made me think of what I wrote a month ago about how we move so fast in this culture that by now, most of us don’t give much thought to Haiti. If we are honest, most of us never did until it was nearly destroyed. I imagine the same is true of Chile. This isn’t a guilt trip. This is just me admitting how much I’ve been preoccupied with too many other things that Haiti hasn’t entered my mind. But then there is that graph. And there is this picture by Jeremy Cowart on his Haiti relief page called Voices of Haiti, Day 16 in which man his holding a folded piece of paper with the words in French, ”You learn to walk by falling.” This is from a series of photos Jeremy took while in Haiti, a series in which each of the people photographed wrote what they wanted to say on whatever was closest at hand as he snapped the shot.

Prints For Haiti is just one of the many ways people are creatively still trying to help. To modernize Donne, “No Site is an Island.”

This will move you…

Greg Lawler — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:44:49 +0000

Haiti Earthquake Aftermath Video Montage
by Khalid Mohtaseb