"Photographers for Japan" extended!

It's been a couple of days now and our fundraiser is indeed generating money for the people in Japan (you can find my initial post about it here). Most photographers who joined us decided to keep this going till the end of the month, so I will do the same. Here is what happened so far on my side:

What happened so far?

- Paulo ordered a large print and let it ship from California all the way to Brazil.- John from Massachusetts got not only one from me, but also one from Steffi.- Veronica from Kentucky got a print, too. She is also supporting the project with her photography services.- My friend Fang ordered a whole stack of postcards that will be shipped to Shanghai. Awesome idea!Now Can from Germany asked for a good way for him to participate. If you are in Europe, buying through my store here on this website is not that feasible. You would have to get stuff shipped all the way from California. In that case you could go through my page on Artflakes.com. This is a rather new account. If your image of choice is not on Artflakes, you can email me and I will add it for you.Below are a couple more images you might like.

For German speaking visitors

So, dann will ich es auch mal auf Deutsch probieren: Mit der Spendenaktion "Photographers for Japan", versuche ich zusammen mit einer Reihe anderer Fotografen Geld für das Rote Kreuz zu sammeln. Ich biete euch an, meinen vollen Erlös, den ich bis zum Ende dieses Monats durch den Verkauf von Bildern erhalte, abzugeben. Das Rote Kreuz existiert ebenfalls in Japan, deswegen kann man den Tsunami-Opfern sehr gut über diese Organisation helfen (siehe Aufruf des Bundespräsidenten). Eine Spende lässt sich ganz einfach online direkt beim DRK durchführen. Wer möchte, dem biete ich wie gesagt an, indirekt über mich zu spenden. Dafür bietet sich meine Seite auf Artflakes.com an. Falls euer Wunschmotiv dort noch nicht vorhanden ist, könnt ihr mir gerne eine Mail schreiben. Ich stelle es dann umgehend für euch zum Kauf bereit. Nochmal in kurz: Alles was ich bis Ende März durch euch erhalte, geht nach Japan. Das ist der Deal.Hier noch ein paar Anregungen:

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Cuba

Europe

New York City

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"Photographers for Japan" Fundraiser

Steffi approached me with an idea today. She had an idea how we as photographers can do our part in raising money for the victims of the catastrophic events taking place in Japan right now. I know that several hundred people are visiting my blog every day, and I'm pretty sure that all of my visitors are aware of what is going on. Half a million people are without homes due to the tsunami and the possible thread of radioactive contamination.

This week I would like to take all money I receive through print sales and donate it to the Red Cross "Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami".

How to donate

You automatically participate by purchasing any kind of print of any image you find in my store. If you don't feel like purchasing a larger print, you can also buy a postcard for only $2.79. After your purchase, I will send you an email to let you know about the amount I received through your purchase. It would also be nice if I could mention you on here in a list of people that will hopefully grow over the week. If you feel like donating, but you are not interested in buying a picture, you can find the Red Cross directly via this link.

Looking for photographers to participate

If you are a photographer selling pictures it would be nice if you would join us in some way. You could send me a link to your website so I can mention you here as well.

Other donating photographers:

Stefanie HöpnerVeronica SparrowD. Travis NorthDave WilsonScott WydenMichael CriswellScott FrederickEhsan AbbasiMichael ConnellPhilip CohenSilvia Ganora

More Store Talk

Even though I want the store to grow and make everything available to you, I'm way too distracted these days to get everything in there. I wanted to let you know that in case you are looking to buy a particular image that is not available yet, you can always drop me a line and I will add the image to the store for you.Micheal from New Jersey sent me this email a couple of days ago:"Hello!My fiance and I are big fans of your work.Her birthday is coming up, and I've been trying to track down a print of 'Sitting and Waiting'.I can't seem to find one (either on your new website store or elsewhere). Any chance there's a place I could order a print?Thanks,Michael"I added the image immediately and by now, the print is already on its way to New Jersey thanks to super fast handling by Fotomoto.A friend from Switzerland just had a request similar to Michael's. Fotomoto ships worldwide, but it is not the best option yet, as everything is being printed in California. To keep the shipping costs low I can work out other ways to get you your print if you are located in Europe. You just need to get in touch with me.Sitting and Waiting (store link)

Creative Commons

I hope you are aware that you are invited to use any of my photography for your own art projects. As long as your project is non-commercial I'm just asking you to add a link to http://fluck.de. This is a new section of my website where I introduce you to some awesome things other people did with my pictures. Let me know in case you have something to show as well - I will add your work to this page here.

Walantis Giosis from Germany developed a cool iPhone app for slide show creation. By default, the app comes with a couple of my pictures.

Seen Loh from Malaysia sings and composes songs.

The beautiful writings of Annie Q Syed. Annie is a New York based writer who wrote eight works inspired by my photographs. The series is known among her fans as Fluck Tuesdays.

Aidan Fritz is a writer from San Francisco.

Mona from Germany builds montages. She created this one named Showdown 2010.

Javi Peláez from Spain introduces music to his readers on his blog named La Aldea Irreductible.