AVI-SYS FOR CHARITY
PROJECT, PARTICIPANTS & REALIZATION
The photo-book-project „CHILDREN moments of humanity“ is the result of a worldwide cooperation using the internet and its existing networks for collecting photographs from 89 countries. About 50 photographers from all over the world have joined the call of the initiator Birgit Yoneda, famous prize-winners, professional photographers but also amateurs, as doctors working in crisis zones and staff of international aid organizations, donating their pictures for charity without any refund. From the 300 photographs received for this project 130 have been selected and sorted under the subjects innocence, joy/fun, siblings affection, trust, beauty, friendship, curiosity, pleasure, skills and hope. Furthermore they have been decorated with matching poetry. The book will be distributed in the first step through sales at charity events, the second step should be taken by a publishing house. Also it will be possible to purchase the book at the websites of the participating photographers and under www.avisys.at.
CENTRAL THEME
The leading motive of the initiator was not to create another book for charity, filled exclusively with the sorrow and despair of children in order to receive donations. It is clearly stated here, that neither the good intentions nor the great service provided by these books should not be criticised in any way. Every kind of help is needed. This book should be regarded as an attempt to create a counterexample, focussing on positive similarities, revealing themselves in expressions, emotions and symbolic actions captured by the camera, becoming visible connections between children of different skin, origin and life situation. This photo-book is celebrating these little gestures, sometimes high-spirited, sometimes thoughtful, sometimes touching, of children in their daily life all over the globe. It is a kaleidoscope of encounter, of understanding and silent agreement through gestures, glances, postures showing that all children have the same feelings and wishes in common, regardless of where they live, their standard of life and level of education. Their ability to show feelings open, their unadulterated truth and their compassion should remind us: The life of these children is our life! Now you will have the chance to discover the result of our worldwide research and we hope that you will flick through this collection of pictures, finding yourself in some of these children, taking you back to your own childhood and your inner child. We hope that you will find your own personal connection to the feelings of the children of our world opening a door to all human beings and the whole universe. We kindly ask you to support us to achieve this high aimed, idealistic target.
Help us with the purchase of this book to continue the long march for mutual support.
All sales from the book-project will be exclusively donated to charity-organizations.
(www.amref.org, www.sos-kinderdorfinternational.org)
NOTE OF THANKS
I herewith express my deep thanks to all these magnificent photographers for their great pictures, their support, encouragement and counselling. In the appendix you will find a part dedicated to all participants of the project listing their names and curriculum vitae as well as their homepages and links. Furthermore I thank Stefano Foppiani and Karen Diemberger, my valuable friends, who have helped the book with their translation work to gain access to a broader audience. All other helping hands who have not been named here, but who have cared for the book already or will take care in the future, should be thanked here as well. Without their help and support the realization of the project would not have been possible.
Birgit Yoneda
August 2006
HOW TO ORDER
Pls. send us an e-mail including your address to following e-mail-adress: birgit.yoneda@avisys.at
Price: Euro 30.-- | distribution international | Payment against remittance-form.
