EEKKKK! Been dying to share with you all – in just over 3 weeks I’m flying to Cambodia to photograph tigers, elephants, gibbons, bears (and many more) at the Wildlife Alliance sanctuary (https://www.facebook.com/
For more information on these organisations, please go to;
Wildlife Asia
http://www.wildlifeasia.org.au/
Wildlife Alliance
http://www.wildlifealliance.org/
Houndstooth Studio invites
you to
Look Twice – the animals of Bali as never seen before.
One Night Only
Photographic Exhibition & Fundraiser
6:30pm – 9:30pm Friday 8th June 2012
Tompkins on Swan, cnr Dunkley Ave & Canning Hwy, Alfred Cove, Perth WA
The Look Twice exhibition showcases the animals of Bali as never seen before. These uplifting and poignantly beautiful images reveal their strength and spirit, and are a testament to the valuable work undertaken to save their lives. You will fall in love with every one.
Just like our pets at home, Bali animals deserve to be loved, cared for and nourished. Yet thousands of street dogs, cats and other domestic animals in Bali endure starvation, disease and neglect. Left unattended these animals suffer enormously. Tourists in Bali can be overwhelmed by the distressing sight of animals in pain and often don’t know how to help.
The Bali Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) is dedicated to reducing the suffering of Bali’s street dogs and other animals by running a 24 hour animal ambulance rescue service, a mobile sterilisation clinic for population control and rabies eradication, a fully staffed veterinary clinic and rescue centre in Ubud, an animal adoption program, and a continually expanding range of community education programs to improve the health and welfare of Bali animals …but it is increasingly difficult for BAWA to continue this amazing work without the desperately needed funds to support these operations. BAWA is funded entirely by individual donations, fundraising projects and the kind efforts of volunteers. They don’t receive government support and urgently need our help!
In January 2012 we flew to Bali and photographed more than 50 rescued street dogs, cats, puppies, kittens and other species including rabbits, piglets, ducks, lizards, turtles, snakes, roosters, ducks and monkeys in temporarily constructed studios around Ubud. This is the first time Bali street animals have been photographed in the clarity of a studio environment and the results are deeply moving.
Sixty exhibited images will be available for purchase in two sizes and fabulous silent auction items, generously donated by compassionate businesses, are up for grabs.
We invite you to be a part of this special one-night-only exhibition. Together we can help BAWA change the lives of Bali animals. 100% of profits from “Look Twice” go to BAWA.
RSVP via our event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/164042030377765/
Thanks to everyone who came to the Dog’s Refuge Home of WA’s Santa Paws / In the Doghouse event last weekend. And special thanks to Jules and Santa (Wally) for being part of our team – we couldn’t have photographed 115 dogs without you!
Earlier this month the Animal Aid Abroad (AAA) fundraising luncheon was held at the Pagoda Hotel, South Perth. AAA aims is to improve the living conditions and treatment of companion, working and farm animals around the world. It was founded by WA’s very own Janet Thomas in 2007 and currently runs projects in India, Nepal and Egypt, the latter being home to a 24 hour vet clinic set up in conjunction with Animal Aid Egypt – one of the few clinics in the city.
We attended the lunch with 20 friends, all of whom were keen to support AAA and participate in the day fully – which they did by bidding on the auction items and winning two of the raffle baskets! The event featured a lovely table-buffet luncheon, live and silent auctions, raffles, prizes, merchandise and contests. MC Nicholas Duncan was masterful on the mike, and guest speaker Lorenzo Montesini was enthralling when he spoke about life in Egypt and how he came to be involved with AAA after rescuing a tiny kitten found on an Alexandria beach.
Houndstooth Studio sponsored the event by donating a studio pet photo session, a framed Blue Clams limited edition print, and several of our images printed on canvas or mounted on aluminium – courtesy of our generous suppliers who manufactured and printed them pro bono. Some of my online friends from the website Red Bubble also sent through photographs at their expense! Such awesome supporters of this worthy charity!
One of the more expensive items up for grabs was a painting by artist Lauren Wilhelm valued at $1500 and it was quickly snapped up at auction after a hotly contended bidding war!
It was also refreshing to see other animal charity groups supporting the event, with Bali Dog, SAVE, Cats Haven, and Free the Bears all in attendance!
AAA was hoping to raise $10,000 from the event – and they did, making just over their desired amount! So happy that they achieved their target as the funds will now be used to continue helping animals overseas, and to fund the vet clinic.
Many of the horses and donkeys in Egypt are working animals and are forced to continue pushing on regardless of pain from poor health. Just $4 buys a fly net to prevent fly strike.
Stop Live Exports (SLE), formerly PACAT, is a WA based animal welfare lobby group focused on changing Australia’s barbaric live sheep export laws. They are also one of the charity organisations we provide pro bono images to, and as such we strongly support their cause.
SLE are hosting a movie fundraiser afternoon at the Windsor Cinemas, 98 Stirling Highway, Nedlands on Sunday 25th July commencing at 3:30pm. The screened film is called “Creation” and tickets are $20 waged and $18 unwaged. You can download the booking form here.
The July 2010 SLE newsletter is out now too (with Houndstooth Studio sheep pic on page 1). Click here to read the latest SLE news.
Perth photographer Tim Pokorny has made it his new year’s resolution to get out from behind the camera, and to get out from behind it in the biggest bravest way…like EVER! If 52 people donate $10 to the RSPCA, for the grand total of $520 in donated funds Tim will face his greatest fear and has pledged to not only pose for a photo, he’ll do it in the nude! Tasteful nude mind you! Not only is he brave, but he’s helping a charity to boot!
Full details of Tim’s proposal can be found on his Little Blue Frog blog.
You can donate a $10 share directly online via the RSPCA Australia website – just click here. And don’t forget to email Tim at tpokorny@gmail.com to let him know he is $10 closer to Nude Day. He’s already at $400!
