Hurricane Sandy Portraits
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FREE FAMILY PORTRAITS Celebrity and commercial photographer Ali Smith is coming to Staten Island to offer free family portraits to people whose lives were affected by Hurricane Sandy. WHERE: 551 Midland Ave, Staten Island, New York WHEN: Saturday, April 6th, 2013 from 12 noon - 3pm COST: FREE! You’ll leave with a family portrait! “Aſter Hurricane Sandy leſt thousands devastated in its wake, I saw a news story that changed me. A woman siſted through the rubble that was once her home in Rockaway, New York. A reporter watched as the woman plucked a single wedding photo -- buried, dirty and torn -- out of the ruins and stared at it. is was all that was leſt of her family’s history in photos. All the weddings, the bar mitzvahs, all the albums filled with people now deceased… they had been completely destroyed. It was a devastating portrait of a person who had lost everything. Photos help us to hold on to our histories and stay connected to the people we’ve loved who are gone. Please join me and together we will start to create new memories!” — Ali Smith If your family was impacted by Hurricane Sandy, please join us on Saturday, April 6th, and accept this offer that will hopefully help towards your rebuilding the story of your family. Photos will be taken and printed on location for free. Photos will never be sold or used for any commercial purposes. Sponsored by Calumet Photographic New York City. Hosted by
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FREE FAMILY PORTRAITSCelebrity and commercial photographer Ali Smith is coming to Staten Island to offer free family portraits to people whose lives were affected by Hurricane Sandy.
WHERE: 551 Midland Ave, Staten Island, New YorkWHEN: Saturday, April 6th, 2013 from 12 noon - 3pmCOST: FREE! You’ll leave with a family portrait!
“After Hurricane Sandy left thousands devastated in its wake, I saw a news story that changed me. A woman sifted through the rubble that was once her home in Rockaway, New York. A reporter watched as the woman plucked a single wedding photo -- buried, dirty and torn -- out of the ruins and stared at it. This was all that was left of her family’s history in photos. All the weddings, the bar mitzvahs, all the albums filled with people now deceased… they had been completely destroyed.
It was a devastating portrait of a person who had lost everything. Photos help us to hold on to our histories and stay connected to the people we’ve loved who are gone. Please join me and together we will start to create new memories!” — Ali Smith
If your family was impacted by Hurricane Sandy, please join us on Saturday, April 6th, and accept this offer that will hopefully help towards your rebuilding the story of your family. Photos will be taken and printed on location for free. Photos will never be sold or used for any commercial purposes.
Sponsored by Calumet Photographic New York City.
Hosted by
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