Photographers donate prints to raise funds for colleague battling cancer

[andrewr]

Some of Canada’s leading commercial, fashion and fine art photographers — including Chris Nicholls, Genevieve Caron, Geoff Barrenger and Colin Faulkner, to name just a few — have rallied together with Toronto’s Silverline Studios to help raise funds for 29-year-old photographer Gian Carlo Drueco who is battling cancer.

http://www.canphoto.net/photographers-donate-prints-raise-funds-for-colleague-battling-cancer/

[Peter Wm. Richardson]

Perhaps this idea is something that we could adopt, in a broader sense, to not only help others, but also draw attention to ourselves. That is ourselves, as this organization rather than ourselves, the individual members. An annual, or more frequent,online auction of goods, or services,or both,or another option,( I can think of several) might go a long way to creating a community awareness for Can-photo Network. We want to be a go to place, maybe we should go do first.
Just a thiught.
Cheers,
Peter
Peter Wm. Richardson
Photojournalist
peterw@journalist.com

[andrewr]

I was saddened today to read that Gian lost his battle with cancer and passed away last week. The funeral was on Tuesday July 24, 2012. I didn't know him, but it's always heart breaking to hear that someone so young, someone with so much potential, has been taken from their loved ones by this dread disease.

Here is the final post from the blog maintained by his partner Michelle: Goodbye my love… (http://gianandmichelle.tumblr.com/post/27697316828/goodbye-my-love)