About a couple of months ago I received an email from a photography student at a school for the arts in Ohio. I was asked if I would like to donate prints for the school’s annual fundraiser . “The auction consists of student work and donated work from professional photographers. All the proceeds raised through the auction go directly to the photography department and are used to buy cameras for the students, darkroom equipment, and general photography supplies which keep our program running each year.”
First of all I was astonished. Wow. Me? A professional photographer? Are you talking to me?
But after the initial shock I thought to myself, this is definitely a worthy cause.
I can help the school with a nice donation of prints while for me the cost of prints is nearly nothing.
I wrote back and said I would love to help out.
Well, it took me a while to get around and actually do it but finally yesterday I shipped them six 8X10 signed black & white prints. And I have to admit it felt really good!
I know, I know, donations and such are better done in private and without letting the whole world know about it but the reason I wanted to share it here with you is to encourage you all to do the same and donate your art.
This way you can contribute to a deserving cause and then bathe in a pool of satisfaction and self admiration.
And you will finally prove your parents, co-workers and ex they were all wrong and you’re actually quite a nice person.
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Je decouvre vos photos (et vos travaux) et je suis sous le charme. J’adore cette mise en forme de vos photos, bravo. Je sens que je vais m’essayer a travailler vos transferts et vos b&w ;o)) bonne continuité
I discovered your photos (and your work) and I’m in love. I love this layout of photos, bravo. I feel that I will try to work your transfer and your b&w ;o)) good continuity
“And you will finally prove your parents, co-workers and ex they were all wrong and you’re actually quite a nice person. ”
Fantastic!
Ciao
Giovanni B.
I think that being asked to donate is even better feel than selling your first photo. Many people manage to sell… Few are important enough to be asked to donate.
Kudos!
A few years ago I donated some prints for a silent auction to help cover the costs of a massive family reunion we had. For some reason at one person looking at them kept insisting on telling multiple other people who were looking at them things like “No way he could have taken that.” Go figure.
Still, much better to donate to a cause then to get offered the always lucrative “Do this work for my corporate entity for no pay, and we’ll get you a photo credit somewhere in the final materials”
How wonderful, though I must confess, the last sentence is the best. We are all “nice”, if people would just take the time to notice!