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New York City, NY, USA - 2012

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HELP-PORTRAIT SITES 2012....

 

Specific Help-Portrait Event for Hurricane Sandy families who were affected.....

MEETING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12th, 2012

289 Grand Street (Btwn. Roebling & Havemeyer Street) 

Brooklyn, NY 11211 (Williamsburg)

Time: 6pm

 

Sorry I have been off radar....I finally got power back myself and am back online....

In a nutshell, I have created a Facebook group page for us to communicate better as many people on this forum have been inactive for years...

Please follow the link and add yourself to the group.  I will then agree to have you on the group. Very easy. 

Group Name: Sandy Relief Help-Portrait NYC (Free Family Portraits)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/498860610153588/

Simply:

I am looking to focus this year on the areas most affected by Hurricane Sandy in NYC.  Sites I am organizing in are Rockaways, Breezy Point, Staten Island and Coney Island....

We have a fast turnaround time here folks  this is what we need:

This is a group for Photographers, Make up artist and anyone who wants to participate in volunteering for this years Help-Portrait NYC 2012 (Free Family Portraits) specifically for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Many of them have lost everything including family photos. The goal is to create a loving space where we can offer free family portraits as a gesture of levity and joy during this time.

What we need:
-Lead Photographers to connect with a community based organization to host the event and be the primary liaison. 
-Photographers with full lighting set up
-People who can edit and print the images for the families
-Make up artist and/or Hair dressers
-General volunteers to greet, sign in families, share a smile and overall assistance. 
-Donations for the paper and ink

 

From now on all communications will go through the facebook group: Sandy Relief Help-Portrait NYC (Free Family Portraits)

 

My email is will@willsalomon.com for any questions or by phone at 347.683.7466

 

Peace and blessings,

 

Will Salomon Orellana

 

 

BROOKLYN

 

Brooklyn  YWCA

(LEAD Organizer- Nicole)

 

Hey anyone stopping by, I'm organizing Help Portrait session on 12/8 for the Brooklyn YWCA. We'll be photographing women who live at the YWCA and would otherwise be homeless. This is a special group of women who have likely not had the opportunity to see themselves captured in a portrait. The YWCA is super excited that we're bringing this to them this year.

We'll need all kinds of assistance, so if you're looking to join a Help Project team as a photographer, assistant, makeup or hair artist, helper, etc. Please contact me via this site.

Looking forward to and appreciate your help!

Nicole

Discussion Forum

I want to help this 2012 in NY city...

Started by Alberto Lama. Last reply by EBeekman Dec 4, 2012. 2 Replies

I am a Photographer> how can I help this year?Continue

Bronx

Started by Jérôme Aoustin. Last reply by Susan Sermoneta Nov 27, 2012. 21 Replies

Sub-group for Bronx. Reply here if that's your area, and mention whether you want to organize or participate.

Help Portrait 2012

Started by Photolight. Last reply by Photolight Nov 16, 2012. 2 Replies

Hello Everyone,We're holding a second organizing call this Sunday night at 9 p.m EST for the Brooklyn YWCA Help Portrait event taking place on 10/8. We'll be providing portraits to underserved women…Continue

Brooklyn 2011

Started by WillSalomon. Last reply by Alberto Lama Sep 24, 2012. 35 Replies

Hello.  I am the lead organizer for the Brooklyn SiteBrooklyn--(Williamsburg) El Puente 211 South 4th Street(Lead Organizer - WillSalomon)(100 Families 200-500 people will be photographed) We have a…Continue

I want to Help!

Started by Rebecca Sahn. Last reply by Rebecca Sahn Jan 5, 2012. 2 Replies

Hi!  Sorry I am not exactly sure how it works to get involved but I absolutely would love to!!  I feel passionate about this cause and am  a photographer and photo editor living and working in…Continue

NYC Help Portrait 2011. It's ON!

Started by WillSalomon. Last reply by WillSalomon Dec 11, 2011. 46 Replies

What's up Everybody.  OMG.  It is that time of year again and I just read an email from Jerrome that he is living in France and therefore we are running late for the organizing of the NYC…Continue

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Comment by Sirin Samman on December 18, 2011 at 12:53am

.... Just wanted to share this...since it really is a Thank You to ALL Help Portrait volunteers!!

Comment by Chris Mills on December 14, 2011 at 12:49pm
I still need one more photographer for a help portrait project this Friday night! Any suggestions?

Dec.,16th
Hudson Guild Community Center (Chelsea)
5:00p - 8:00p
20-30 portraits

Email nycmills@gmail.com
Comment by Kendra Alexis on December 12, 2011 at 5:20pm
Thanks to WILL SOLOMON ORELLANA for putting his Heart into this Project.without him this group would not have been Possible. And thanks to all the fabulous photographers and volunteers on my Team.You guys Rock!

"The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own."
-Benjamin Disraeli
Comment by Carlos F. Meneses on December 12, 2011 at 12:04pm

So glad I was a part of it.. Thanks to Paul Katcher and all of the kids and faculty at the Incarnation Children's Center for making this possible. Can't wait to do it again next year! Happy Holidays everyone!

Comment by Tony Marchesano on December 11, 2011 at 6:29pm

Had a fantastic time yesterday. It was great meeting the tenants of the Community Access center in Manhattan, all of you, and Kendra especially for her work getting it all together. Can't wait to do this again next year!

Comment by Susan Sermoneta on December 11, 2011 at 6:26pm

I'd like to add my thanks to Kendra, whom I've had the pleasure of working with before.  Kendra, you outdid yourself!  Your positive attitude is inspiring.  You kept everything running smoothly.  You did a great job.  And I want to add how much I enjoyed working with "the team."  You guys are great - upbeat, talented, and fun.  

Comment by Ivan Boden on December 11, 2011 at 5:52pm

Huge thanks to our leader, Kendra Alexis of the Community Access venue, for her amazing efforts. I'm so honored to have met and participated with such an amazing group of giving volunteers and people from the community center. My bones are aching today, but in a good way.

Comment by WillSalomon on December 11, 2011 at 5:08pm

Yesterday, 12/10/11 was something very special.  Big thanks again to all the volunteers and special shout out to the Lead Organizers throughout NYC. For us folks in Brooklyn, the 13 hour day was so rewarding for all the volunteers and 70+ families that showed up to get pictures taken.  We laughed, cried, shared stories, built community and received the greatest gift, the gift of serving people.  ABC World News w/ Diane Sawyer came by and will be running a story on our site.  I believe it's airing tomorrow or Tuesday.  With much gratitude to all who gave; from greeters to snack servers, photogs to image editors, runners to make up artist, organizers to doc. photographers and all the families and communities who made this possible, and every volunteer who gave of their heart and spirit; you lead by example and are inspiring. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Comment by Rima Berzin on December 11, 2011 at 4:53pm
I want to thank Kendra Alexis for the amazing generosity and energy she gave to Help-portrait. She single-handidly brought a desktop and pro Epsom printer, an array of lighting equipt. , not to mention her incredible talent. We had a GREAT team at Community Access and met some very special people. It was an exhausting but wonderfully rewarding day.
Comment by James Russo on December 11, 2011 at 1:56pm

Yes, thank you everybody!

 

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