Photo Philanthropy: Giving Back with Prints

Photo Philanthropy: Giving Back with Prints: "In the third installment of our photo philanthropy series (see 1st and 2nd editions), we feature an organization giving photographers a platform to sell prints in order to raise money for charities of their choosing. collect.give is another simple model making a big impact, $17,355 raised to date. It's a great option for holiday (or any day) gifts.

On the eve of celebrating their 1 year anniversary*, I got a chance to ask founder Kevin Miyazaki a few questions about the project and share more details on the photographers, the prints, and the causes they have helped so far.


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Q: Where did the idea come from to put collect.give together?

Kevin: It started as a small idea: to sell a print on my blog, with all profits going to charity.  That led to the idea of a small scale, holiday-related sale with a few photographer friends.  Finally, the idea really gelled, with a website that would have greater potential and an ongoing structure.  The site was up and running in about a week, in time for people to buy prints for the holidays last year.

The other photographers involved at the launch all had active blogs and understood the possibilities of the website: John Loomis, Susana Raab, Dalton Rooney, Emily Shur and Allison V. Smith.  We'll celebrate our one year anniversary on December 2nd!




Photographer: John Loomis
Title: World's Largest Rocket, Kennedy Space Center, 2009
Edition Size: 40
Price: $40

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