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Press Release Checklist Kids With Camera Benefit Exhibition October 18 - October 22, 2005 CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED PHOTOS BY CHILDREN FEATURED IN OSCAR-AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY FILM BORN INTO BROTHELS SPECIAL EVENING TO BENEFIT KIDS WITH CAMERAS FEATURING NEW WORKS BY THE CHILDREN AND EXCLUSIVE AUCTION OF DONATED WORKS BY WORLD REKNOWNED PHOTOGRAPHERS EXHIBIT TO CONTINUE OCTOBER 19-22ND FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WHO: Born Into Brothels co-directors Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski, Julie Saul, curator and owner of the Julie Saul Gallery and Kids with Cameras. WHAT: A SPECIAL EVENING TO BENEFIT KIDS WITH CAMERAS WITH EXHIBITION OPENING OF CHILDREN’S WORK AND EXCLUSIVE AUCTION BY WORLD LEADING PHOTOGRAPHERS INCLUDING PAUL ELLEDGE, AMY ARBUS, MAGGIE STEBER, ANDREW ECCLES, GREG GORMAN AND MANY MORE. A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, Oscar® winner BORN INTO BROTHELS is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in the red light district of Calcutta where their mothers work as prostitutes. Spurred by the kids’ fascination with her camera, Zana Briski (a New York-based photographer) gave each of the children a camera and taught them to look at the world through new eyes. Their images are explosions of color: self-portraits, family pictures, street scenes and stunning tableaus of Bengali life. “The photographs form a close, ravishing, sometimes wrenching exhibition…nearly all the images are amazing in one way or another as documents, artifacts or artworks…it is hard to separate the photographs from the aura of their story, and the determination and hope they reflect…Documenting a little seen world with the grace and intimacy, and infused with the thrill of discovery, they manifest the wonderful availability of photography and the healing power of art.”- NEW YORK TIMES. Benefit Tickets will go on sale Monday, October 3rd. Tickets are $75 and are available at www.kids-with-cameras.org. The ticket fee can be applied toward a print purchase and includes the film soundtrack. Tickets can also be purchased by mail by sending your check made payable to ‘Kids with Cameras’, including “Oct. 18 Benefit” in check note area, and mailing to: Kids with Cameras, 341 Lafayette Street Suite 4407, New York, NY 10012. All proceeds from the benefit and auction and sales of photos will go to Kids with Cameras, a non-profit organization founded by Zana Briski to further the children’s general education beyond photography, either by linking with local organizations to provide scholarships or by developing their own schools with a focus on leadership and the arts. 100% of the net proceeds from print sales go directly to the artists (the children) to fund their education beyond photography. Following the Benefit, the Photos by the children featured in BORN INTO BROTHELS will be on display at Julie Saul Gallery from October 19- 22 FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. WHEN: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18TH, 2005 6-9 PM WHERE: Julie Saul Gallery 535 West 22 Street, 6 Floor (Between 10th and 11th Ave) New York, NY 10011 Phone: 212 627-2410 For further information, please visit: www.kids-with-cameras.org or www.saulgallery.com. Press: please contact Tiffany Woolf at tiffanywoolf33@aol.com or 917-532-3366. top For additional information contact the gallery back |
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