MANILA – November 20, 2013 – To help victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda, photographers from the Philippines and abroad are selling some of their work, with the proceeds going to the ongoing relief efforts.
Manila-based photographer Peter O’Driscoll is organizing a photo event to be hosted by the 1335 Mabini Gallery in Malate. The date for the event has yet to be announced.
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All proceeds from the final sale of the work will go to a selection of charities that are covering the region. "The response so far has been fantastic and will quite possibly be the biggest collective of Filipino and foreign photographers ever assembled together: all with the same passion for this country; and all focused on using the power of their photographic images to help those currently in need," Driscoll said.
Participating photographers include Alex Baluyut, Rick Rocamora, Marissa Roth, Iver Aldas, Carlo Gabuco, John Javellana, Andy Maluche, Peter O’Driscoll, Minda Monica Ponce-Enriquez, Carsten Stormer, Andri Tambunan, Jake Versoza, Veejay Villafranca, Tsi Wang, and Pierre Wayser.
In Oloron, France, photographer Pierre-Emmanuel Michel put up a special exhibit of photos he took while in the Philippines.
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The price starts at 20€ for small size prints, and the benefits will go to the France Red Cross for the Philippines. "I made a selection of pictures of the Philippines, mostly people, smiling, the simple happiness of the Philippines, also pictures from Manila from the Sky I sell in my gallery in various formats, starting 20, to 200€, and in the online gallery, from 90 to 200€, so people out of Oloron can participate, too. What they like is they can donate and have something to remember about the Philippines," Michel said.
Michel shared that when the typhoon struck in the Visayas, people in Oloron and in the Béarn came to him for news, knowing he had spent extended periods of time in the Philippines, where he held his exhibit "Manila from the Sky" in 2010. "So I felt it was my duty to do something, as Philippines gave so much to me already," he said.
A list of photographers who are selling their works to contribute to Yolanda relief efforts is also posted on artforhaiyan.tumblr.com, with photographers such as Hannah Reyes, Sandra Dans, and Regine David.
