Edition Announcement #372 - Joseph O. Holmes

All net proceeds from the sales of Shinjuku, 6:43 will go to support the Japan Society's Earthquake Relief Fund.

The introduction of our second edition to benefit the Japan Society's Earthquake Relief Fund is one that I feel compelled to relay with little embellishment. Today's edition—Shinjuku, 6:43—is by the well-traveled and much-beloved Joseph O. Holmes.

As with yesterday's edition from Emily Shur, Imperial Palace Gardens with Wall, Tokyo, all net proceeds from this photograph will be routed directly to organizations involved with the ongoing relief efforts in Japan. The challenges faced there are ever more formidable as the impact of the Tohoku Earthquake continues to unfold amid scores of aftershocks. As of this writing, things have only grown more dire at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Rescuers are racing against time to find and extricate survivors from the wreckage left by the quake and the tsunami it triggered. Nearly half a million displaced people are living in shelters. All of this is to say that the beauty of this photograph is only enhanced by the virtue of its purpose, and in choosing to buy it, you're contributing in some small way to address the crisis that Japan is currently facing.

To learn more about how the Japan Society is routing donations, have a look at their recently published FAQ. Also, please keep in mind that we're not able to ship Emily and Joe's editions as quickly as we normally do. Everyone involved—the artists, the 20x200 team and our printer, Eric Recktenwald— wanted to start contributing to the relief effort straight away, so rushing the editions' announcement out seemed appropriate. Still and all, the photographs you receive will get the same level of care and attention that all of our prints do, which means we'll need a bit of extra time to send them on their way.

All of the proceeds from the sale of this print benefit Japan Society's Earthquake Relief Fund.

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