Live Event
Tue Jun 26, 2007
7PM - 7PM EDT
Welcome to Operation Azra!
Photojournalists from prestigious organizations such as National Geographic, the photo agency VII, TIME, Newsweek and The New York Times donate iconic works in an Exhibition and Online Print Auction to benefit victims of acid burning in Pakistan.
Auction open NOW and closes midnight EDT July 1, 2007
Please BID or DONATE CASH NOW for this life changing cause!
Note* Steps for international account and credit card registration are at the bottom of this page
Thanks to all who came to The Bubble Lounge in support of Operation Azra!!!
Our silent auction of prints by photographers James Nachtwey , John Stanmeyer and Jan Grarup, was a great success! And the performance by singer Sparlha Swa made the night extra special!
A special thank you as well to Emmanulle Chiche, Jamie Wellford, and Jake Price. Without them, this event would have not be possible!
World-renowned photojournalists are donating their favorite images, signed and printed, to raise money for female victims of acid burning and to raise awareness about a fate inflicted on many women in Pakistan. Marked with dishonor, their harsh disfigurement often forces them to live in the shadows of every-day life--excluded by family and society.
Here is your chance to literally change a woman's life while also owning some of the most compelling photojournalism of the modern era.Online Auction items include never before available work by such photographers as The New York Times' Todd Heisler, whose emotional Pulitzer Prize-winning work on the return of deceased soldiers from Iraq will be available for purchase for the first time.
Participating photographers include:
- Lynsey Addario
- Samantha Appleton
- Andrea Bruce
- Marcus Bleasdale
- Tamas Dezso
- Jessica Dimmock
- Balazs Gardi
- David Gillanders
- David Guttenfelder
- Todd Heisler
- Lynn Johnson
- Ed Kashi
- Gary Knight
- Antonin Kratochvil
- Yuri Kozyrev
- Teru Kuwayama
- Shaul Schwartz
- Stephanie Sinclair
- Kadir Van Lohuizen
- Ami Vitale
Initially, the proceeds will help Azra Latif, a Pakistani woman who suffered third-degree acid burns on her face and torso and faces a lifetime of agony as her injuries continue to scar and worsen the longer they remain untreated.
BackgroundAzra, 33, was severely burned two years ago when her brother-in-law threw acid on her face during an argument.
When Photojournalist Stephanie Sinclair first met her in 2005, at a shelter in Lahore, Pakistan, Azra said to her, "Everyone photographs me but no one helps."
So Sinclair contacted Marie Jose Brunel, a nurse with the French NGO HumaniTerra, who convinced the organization to provide Azra reconstructive surgery for free starting July 2. She will spend three-months in the hospital receiving multiple skin grafts. The money raised will help provide transportation, housing and other living expenses for Azra, and her husband, Abdul Latif. Any extra money will go towards helping future victims through the same life-saving process.
Special thanks to Chris Pacetti, Natasha Chandani, and Jon Resh, who helped with the graphic design on this project.
All are museum quality 24x18 inch prints on silver rag by Crane, 100% fiber paper. The printing has been offered at cost by William Broadway of Broadway Digital Prints.
Quick Steps for International Registration:
OPTION #1: INTERNATIONAL BIDDER REGISTRATION
Users who have not registered with cMarket can complete the long registration form, entering both an international mailing and billing address. Here are the account registration steps:
1• From the auction homepage, click the Sign In button
2• On the right-hand side of the page, complete the First Name, Last Name, Email Address, Username, and Password fields
3• Next, select your country from the drop-down menu
4• Complete the Address 1, City, Region, Postal Code, and Phone fields
(note* if you have no Region simply enter your city in both the City and Region fields)
5• Agree to the Terms of Use, and click 'Register Now'
OPTION #2: CREDIT CARD REGISTRATION FOR EXISTING ACCOUNTS
Users who have already registered but not yet added a credit card can complete their billing information using a US state.
Even though a U.S. state does not apply to you, at this point you will be prompted to enter a U.S. state. This is something that currently must be done. It does not matter which state is entered; you can simply chose the first one on the list. Due to the nature of how credit card information is validated, the U.S. state information will not affect your credit card transaction.
Thanks for bidding to support this cause!
