Artist: Emily Shur
Title: Hollywood Sign, Los Angeles, California
Date: 2004
Size: 20×24 in.
Medium: Digital C-Print
Edition: 5/15
Signed Verso

The Nymphoto Collective is proud to announce its online auction and print sale to benefit the relief effort in Haiti.

The Art for Haiti auction will be coordinated by eBay Giving Works and 100% of the proceeds will go to Partners in Health. The auction & print sale will take place February 27 through March 9, 2010.

Partners in Health is a recognized non-profit organization that, over the course of 20 years, has established 12 medical non-profit facilities in Haiti. Partners in Health is committed to continue to work with the people of Haiti for better health care.

It has been only a month since the earthquake in Haiti, but the press is already beginning to slow down its coverage, which is why the Nymphoto Collective has organized this online auction. The Haitian people have a very long road ahead to recovery. The artists participating in this fundraiser want to show their solidarity and let the Haitian people know that they will continue to support them in the months and years ahead. Some of the participating artists have family and friends in Haiti, and some have built relationships with the Haitian people and culture through photography.

Work by (in alphabetical order by last name) Keliy Anderson-Staley, Nina Büsing Corvallo, Jeff Cate, Rona Chang, Cameron Goodyear, Candace Gottschalk, Laura Heyman, Geoffrey Hutchinson, Hee Jin Kang, Michelle Kloehn, Yijun Liao, Minette Lee Managhas, Tiana Markova-Gold, Stephen Meierding, Maria Passarotti, Suzanne Révy, Jon Shireman, Emily Shur, Brea Souders, Tema Stauffer, Julianna Swaney, Jane Tam, Hidemi Takagi and Jennifer Williams.

This eclectic group of artists has shown in museums and galleries around the world. The fundraiser offers an opportunity for collectors to acquire artwork and contribute to an important cause.

Click here to start bidding on artwork.

Free photographic print, 5×7 on archival inkjet paper, from Asleep at Sea, © Jane Tam

I’m planning to sell a few prints soon to offset costs for finishing my Asleep at Sea project. My trip to Vietnam has been canceled due to unfortunate circumstances but my trip to Hong Kong is still on. Before I finalize which prints to offer for sale, I want to gift a print to a reader.

Please send an email your name and mailing address to jane (at) janetam.com with the subject: weekend print gift.

***The photograph has been requested. Thanks!

Hope the first reader who responds enjoys it!

Three Stray Dogs, Lau Fau San, Hong Kong, from Asleep at Sea, © Jane Tam

Daniel Cooney asked me to participate in the Emerging Photographer’s Auction this time around, and I am certainly in good company. The image above is up for bidding over at iGavel. Nymphoto cohort, Maria Passarotti, is also participating!

I wouldn’t have been able to go to Lau Fau San by myself last winter. My aunt’s best friend lived in the outlying islands of Hong Kong and is lucky enough to have a car. They drove us to this area, known for oyster farming and fresh seafood. It is also an area where many films were shot because it is one of the few old-school seafood markets. Nowhere close to the city and secluded from everything. The ocean looks out over to a distant bridge that connects Hong Kong to mainland China. I was so close that even my phone service changed to mainland China. This area, although very rural, reminds me of what my parents and grandparents grew up knowing, or from what I hear. Hopefully I can return and visit the actual villages of my relatives someday.

I hope you look through all the auction lots. There is certainly a fair amount of good work. Whether you bid on my image or not, I’d suggest investing in art. Invest in what you like and can’t live without. Spread the news.