Charity auction of photo print: Dingle Pensinsula

A group has recently been set up on flickr for photographers who wish to donate a print of one of their photos, to be auctioned to raise money for the relief effort in Haïti.

I think this is a great idea, and am auctioning a print of this photo of the sun streaming through clouds on Dingle Peninsula in Kerry, Ireland.

I took this on a beautiful peaceful New Years Day in 2003. Hopefully the money it will raise will help others find peace too.



Click on the image above to go to flickr and bid on the image. Or leave a comment here and I'll bid on your behalf. Thanks.

Map pictograms: Haiti

I've long thought maps were cool, and I also really love map pictograms - silhouettes or shapes of countries, continents, cities showing their geographical shapes.

It's really interesting that there are some shapes we instantly recognise - the USA, Australia, UK maybe. And there are some we would not - would you know Nepal's shape, Slovenia's, El Salvador's?

So I'm always interested when I see geographical shapes being used in ads, posters or anywhere else.

I recently saw this image of Haiti / Hispaniola, in an advert to build awareness of post-earthquake relief. Many of us would not have known Haiti's shape before this week, but now it has become a symbol and a sign - we see it and instantly think Haiti, and probably think about earthquake, disaster, tragedy soon afterwards.

I see many more of these, so I am going to start posting them from now. For now, though, I'd urge you to visit http://www.dec.org.uk to donate to the Haiti Earthquake Appeal.