[Leica] IMGS: Syrian Refugees

[Tina Manley]

Thanks, Jim.  I don't usually do sepia but I think it might work for these.

Tina

On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> Tina, those are beautiful portraits.  They should do well.  I, for one,
> like the sepia tones.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 5/18/2016 2:24 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>
>> PESO:
>>
>> I've had to put Iran on hold for now and work on a project that's coming
>> up
>> too soon.  Winthrop University and several churches are sponsoring a
>> project to help Syrian refugees.  As a part of the fund-raising, I will be
>> having an exhibit in the Winthrop gallery called Putting a Face on Syria.
>> It will consist of life-sized black and white prints of Syrian refugees
>> (mostly children) that I have met in Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, and Iran.
>> The
>> prints will be for sale, but I'll also be selling note-cards for a whole
>> lot less. For every $25 we raise, we can send a Syrian child to school for
>> a year.
>>
>> I thought I'd make the note-cards a contrast to the prints with a dreamy,
>> sepia look instead of the direct, confrontational black and white of the
>> big prints.  I've put a few up on my website to think about them for a few
>> days before I do any more.  I will only choose one of each child but I
>> have
>> lots more children to go.  Each one will include the name of the child.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>>
>> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery/Syrian-Refugees/G0000rQI3x98XfMI/
>>
>> Tina
>>
>
>
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