Photo Auction for Haiti: over 36000 euro

Over 36000 euros was bid & won in the Photoq Haiti auction, all profit went to the orphanage in Haiti run by Dutch people.
I am proud my photo with Amiso & Jermaine of my series & photobook PURE. Proud young (teen)mothers was sold for 390 euro. I hope our contribution helps Haitians and the orphanage thanx Photoq/Edie Peters!

De meest recente fotoveiling van PhotoQ heeft een opbrengst van 36.181 euro gehaald en is daarmee wat de organisatoren betreft een enorm succes geworden. Het hele bedrag wordt gestort op de rekening van het weeshuis in Haiti dat aan het begin door de organisatoren van de veiling als bestemming is vastgesteld.

Ik heb mijn steentje bij mogen dragen met een foto uit de serie PUUR. Trotse tienermoeders, de foto van Amiso & Jermaine bracht 390 euro op :)

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PUUR. in de Melkweg

PUUR. (PURE.) in de Melkweg Gallery Amsterdam 1 April - 3 May 2009

The project PURE. Proud young mothers is getting there. After 3 years of hard work I now have collected 75 portraits of naked young mothers, who posed pregnant and/or with child(ren). Being a teenmom life is hard, and their choice (they chose LIFE) isn't always respected.
In Holland teenage pregnancies are the last taboo, as all seems to be possible in NL, having a baby at a younger age (< 25) is almost a sin. But our mothers were 21, so what's so wrong with being a young mother nowadays?? By publishing the photos in a beautiful book called PUUR. Trotse Tienermoeders I hope people will change their minds and, like me, see that motherhood is a beautiful thing, no matter what age the mom is.
Check it Out @ d'JongeHond Miranda Baas text, Paperback, 16 x 24 cm, 120 pages, circa 100 photos ISBN 978-90-89101-03-7, € 19,95