If the printing costs are being covered by Magcloud so that 100% of the purchase price goes to the Red Cross then I am far more agreeable to the concept and wish you well.

We have an update, Magcloud has generously offered to cover the printing costs, which will allow us to drop the price of the magazine and still send 100% of the proceeds to the Red Cross.

Dan, as for your comments about this being an “ill conceived” “magazine of misery” I think you are wrong. These are images of pre-quake Haiti taken by photojournalists who went there with NGO’s to cover some of the work being done to improve the lives of people there. One of the essays was done as recently as November, and it documents places – schools, churches etc that no longer exist. But mostly I think these are hopeful images of Haiti and the people there, of life there. And with all the really graphic images coming out of that country right now, I think we need hope.

Buy it or don’t buy it, but at least give something somewhere. But you really should trash other people’s efforts. The people who are involved in this project have worked tirelessly to make it happen and we are very proud of what we produced and feel privileged that we are able to help.

Lane Hartwell

Yeah nothing makes me ‘forget’ how much i can afford to give to a worthy cause like the smell of 200,000 corpes.

Give me a break. We all know the score on this event. If you have any money to give donate it straight to the charity dont bloody buy a photobook aka ‘magazine of misery’.

Now isnt the time for photobooks or magazines or hashed together, ill-conceived photojournalistic bodies of work.

Photobooks and magazines offer a reduced return for aid recipients and are a poor platform for knee jerk fund raising.

Where this might work well is in 6 or 12 months time when the mainstream consciousness has moved on and needs reminding that haiti still requires support.

I am not a fan.

If you have ‘x’ amount of money to give – give it all. F%^k the photobooks.