[Leica] [OM] IMGS: Syrian Refugees

Thu May 19 07:47:34 PDT 2016

Thanks, Gerry.  I'll ask the committee about Paypal contributions.  We have
a meeting on Monday.

The prints in the exhibit will be B&W.  I'm loading some of those on the
website now.

Thanks!

Tina

On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com>
wrote:

> Tina
>
> I am pleased they will have a ‘how to help’ message on them which makes
> then far more palatable to me, but personally I would go for b&w. Is there
> a way I can contribute through Paypal?
>
> Gerry
>
>
> > On 19 May 2016, at 15:22, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Gerry  -
> >
> > I didn't choose to do the notecards.  It was determined by a committee
> who
> > wanted to offer options to those who could not afford to buy a print but
> > still wanted to contribute to the scholarship fund.  The notecards will
> > have a message on them about the children and how to help.  We are also
> > having barbecues and other fund-raisers throughout the year.  There will
> be
> > lots of college students attending who will not be able to afford much!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 10:10 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I am with those that vote for b&w. In my opinion, whilst 100%
> >> well-meaning, the whole idea of making refugees into some kind of
> greeting
> >> card/notelet goes against my good feelings. I appreciate fully the idea,
> >> and admire the work you are doing (the refugees sure as hell need help!)
> >> but I just have issues with the notelets idea - sorry!
> >>
> >> Gerry
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 19 May 2016, at 14:27, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> If you have to sell the stuff, I prefer the sepia, it is more
> >> romanticized
> >>> and idealized, and tugs at the heartstrings better.
> >>>
> >>> If you just have to exhibit, the standard gray scale is my preference!
> >>>
> >>> Cheers
> >>> Jayanand
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 6:28 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> How did I know you would say that?
> >>>>
> >>>> I'll post the straight B&W later today.  The sepia ones would only be
> >> for
> >>>> note-cards.  The exhibit and prints will all be B&W.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>> Tina
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 12:43 AM, Nathan Wajsman <
> photo at frozenlight.eu>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I prefer the straight B&W style, but that’s just one person’s
> >> preference.
> >>>>> Let the public vote with their wallets ;-)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Cheers,
> >>>>> Nathan
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Nathan Wajsman
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> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On 18 May 2016, at 21:24, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> 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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> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>
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