ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY POUNDS!!!

That is the total profit from the print auction!! 

£1,190!!

The exhibition wall displaying the work of Matt Wright, Matt Crawford, Kirill Smolyakov, Keith Blundell, Tobey Cameron,  Alex Studer, Sue Milverton, Chris George, John Bulmer, Michal Iwanowski, Simon Whitehead, Mark Simmons, Chiarra Tocci, Nigel Watts, Chris Joyce, John Hannah, Noel Faucett, Thomas Palmer, Daniel Lillie, Justin Quinnell, Tom Farmer, Phill Downes, Will Hartley, Lynsey Smith, Archie Miles, Sam Mason, Laura Montag, Lynn Weddle, Nicky Saunter and Martin Parr.
More photos of the night coming soon!

To be spent on photographic materials (films, paper, printing and processing) - meaning we can now afford to run a brilliant project!! :) 

The auction was a big sucess thanks to;

- Somerset Print house (www.somersetprinthouse.co.uk)

- Harry Rook and Alex Studer for hanging the entire exhibition

- Rosena Powell for being the best auctioneer we could have had!

- James Sargeant, Vicky Baldwin and Cassie Ashbridge for helping on the night

- Chiquitos for supplying 24 free bottles of wine! 

This beautiful print donated by John Bulmer sold for a deserving £135!

Harry hanging the final print on the wall

The best Auctioneer and Spotter I could have hoped for - Miss Rosena Powell and Mr James Sargeant, Muchas Gracias!!

Thank y'all for coming!

SOLD! Mr William Hartley's superb photograph from the award winning series 'In Between Dreams', for £59!

Charity Print Auction for CMAP

This is it!  My final fundraising event... all the proceeds from the night will go toward materials for Participatory Photography with street children in Ecuador.  


I need to make enough money from this night to pay for all the film processing and printing during workshops... this money is not included in my fundraising total of £4290... The photography materials aren't included in that total so I'm going the extra mile to ensure we can afford to run some great workshops & afford to have a final exhibition!

35 of the best photographers from the South West have donated prints to be auctioned on the night... some of the prints are worth over £200!!

Martin Parr has donated a signed copy of his book Small World for auction on the night - worth over £100.

CHIQUITO are poviding South American beers and wines to keep thirsts quenched and encourage generous bidding!

IKEA have provided all of the frames for free, all prints are sold including frame.

Somerset Print House have printed most of the images for the auction (www.somersetprinthouse.co.uk)

Bi-lingual (Spanish/English) auctioneering by the beautiful and entertaining Miss Rosena Pow Pow!!

A beautifully benevolent gift

A couple of months ago Molly and I (and our cream tea fundraising) were featured in a local Reading paper... this article prompted the lovely Ms Della Henry to get in touch with me and ask more about the Participatory Photography project.

Della has been a photography enthusiast for years and gathered quite a collection of wares in her time... when I visited Della for a cuppa she offered me a HUGE box of cameras and accessories, which is worth a lot of money altogether! 

Della doesn't photograph anymore and she'd like them to go to good use, she suggested I sell some for fundriasing and possibly use a couple of SLRs for workshops in Ecuador.  

I am blown away by this generosity from a complete stranger, and the strength of this message about photography - this lady believes as strongly as I do that photography is a worthwhile practice for young people in need of confidence and community.  

THANK YOU DELLA!! You have proved that benevolence isn't a myth... just when I was begining to lose faith!!  

The box was harbouring some real treats - including a Canon AE-1 plus Canon lenses, plenty of Hoya polarizing filter, a Brownie flash and Ross Enisgn Ful-Vue... and much more!