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As many of you may know, for some years, I've been working on my Veteran's Portrait Project . The goal of which is two-fold; one to provide Veterans with a professional portrait, as a 'Thank-you' for their service, and two, to eventually create a travelling show where select images will be printed in large format (20x30 - 30x40) and displayed for the public to view, the ultimate aim being to show Canadian citizens that Veterans are more than just old gentlemen with medals on their raincoats who come out on November 11th.
I've not got a fairly substantial body of work from which to choose, the Royal Candian Legion has agreed to work with my on the transport and display by providing venues and other assistance, and the lab which I use for all my work, Technicare Imaging, has offered a SUBSTANTIAL discount on work for the project.
That said, I'm still looking at about $10 - 12,000 initial investment to get the first batch of 50 prints done and in my hands, as well as printing up advertising material, etc. I will NOT be approaching The Legion, Wounded Warriors Canada, or other Veteran's charities for assistance as that would be counter-productive; if they did support me, that would take away money from real need. I will be approaching businesses and other organizations for sponsorship, but there are a lot of people asking and only so much money to go around....
A number of people have suggested crowd funding, and it does seem a good option, BUT... I know NOTHING about crowd funding. I know there are a number of different platforms but that's about it. Any information you can provide on best platforms, how to structure the "request", in short: How to squeeze the most money out of people for the project, would be greatly appreciated.
I've not got a fairly substantial body of work from which to choose, the Royal Candian Legion has agreed to work with my on the transport and display by providing venues and other assistance, and the lab which I use for all my work, Technicare Imaging, has offered a SUBSTANTIAL discount on work for the project.
That said, I'm still looking at about $10 - 12,000 initial investment to get the first batch of 50 prints done and in my hands, as well as printing up advertising material, etc. I will NOT be approaching The Legion, Wounded Warriors Canada, or other Veteran's charities for assistance as that would be counter-productive; if they did support me, that would take away money from real need. I will be approaching businesses and other organizations for sponsorship, but there are a lot of people asking and only so much money to go around....
A number of people have suggested crowd funding, and it does seem a good option, BUT... I know NOTHING about crowd funding. I know there are a number of different platforms but that's about it. Any information you can provide on best platforms, how to structure the "request", in short: How to squeeze the most money out of people for the project, would be greatly appreciated.