[Leica] IMGS: Syrian Refugees

[Tina Manley]

Thanks, Ted!  I hope I'm showing how beautiful they are.

Tina

On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 3:37 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Tina,
> Champion idea using the children in this fashion. Just beautiful!
> cheers,
> ted
>
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>
> 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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