Middle East Project Fund Raising- Purchase Limited Edition, Fine Art Prints

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Friends,
Dahr Jamail and I have worked together for over two years on a unique, and in my perspective, historic project in citizen journalism and New Media ( http://dahrjamailiraq.com ). The unfortunate media consolidations in the US, and the resulting challenge to diverse views in the media has been challenged by an explosion of the Internet. Millions now participate in the dissemination of journalism where traditionally there have been few.

Dahr Jamail's reporting has been an important part of that story. He has been able to reach millions with his stories that humanize what is happening in the Middle East - nearly entirely through the web. I have been honored to help Dahr with my skills on the web to potently shape in some ways the international discussion regarding the chaos in the Middle East.

In April, I will be accompanying Dahr to the Middle East to add my photography and innovative multi-media to the stories that we will be producing.

The expenses for the project is largely funded by our audience on the web. But we are still short on funds.

I am making available a limited edition of four prints in order to raise some of the funds that we need.

These prints are symbolic on several levels. They represent how my roots in adventure photography are supporting a new photographic endeavor. Before we ever worked together, Dahr Jamail and I were first in contact because we were both mountaineers in Alaska. We both share a common passion for adventuring in the outdoors. Dahr and I often use the metaphors of climbing when discussing important decisions together, and these prints represent the common passion and understanding that comes from outdoor adventures. Additionally, the emotions Dahr and I have experienced on expeditions in the outdoors - the struggle, the discomfort, the awe, the courage and the persistence- are all too relevant in our work in this project. I have specifically chosen photographs that evoke the exact emotions in me that I value for our trip to the Middle East.

This project has been as technical as it has been creative. These impulses can be oddly both contradictory and complimentary. To that end, this limited edition of 5 prints will have on the back a unique segment of the computer programming I have accomplished for this coming project signed by Dahr and myself. It is the technical side of this project that I feel is the behind the scenes of our work, and it is appropriate that these images that are funding our project have that connection to the technical realities of this project. Never again will these prints be associated with that code, nor with this purpose.

Be sure to order before they sell out. I will not be able to take orders after March 16th

I am honored by your interest and support, and I warmly invite your involvement in this project. Owning a piece of my photography while supporting our work is one of the greatest compliments that I can receive.

Sincerely,

Jeff Pflueger

How to keep up to date with our project:

I will be packaging images into "collections" on the web - narrated with voice recording. If you use RSS, a convenient way to keep up with the new image collections and stories we produce is here:
http://jeffpflueger.com/dameasy/templates/rss_collection.rss

Or you can have an RSS feed to simply receive any of the images as I make them public on the web from the field:
http://jeffpflueger.com/dameasy/templates/rss_folder.rss?folder=Middle_East/

Or simply subscribe to Dahr Jamail's dispatches:
http://dahr.org/email_list/