Coronavirus fundraiser: Help support photographers with these incredible prints

As the coronavirus pandemic forces us to embrace living remotely, often limiting our connection to the outside world to digital platforms and images, professional photographers are taking the initiative to raise funds for COVID-19 relief through the sale of prints. Below is a list of sites where you can bring home a physical version of a photographer’s vision while raising money for COVID-19 relief—or help working photographers offset lost income.

The Pictures for Elmhurst print sale, initiated by New York-based photographer Samantha Casolari, includes work from 187 notable editorial, fashion, and fine art photographers. Proceeds will go to Elmhurst Hospital Center, located in Queens, New York, at the center of the outbreak in the US, where operations are currently focused on the care of coronavirus patients. All prints have a donation price of $150, with the sale running through April 20.

[Photo: Bobby Doherty, *Grapefruit*, 2020 Courtesy of the Artist]

[Photo: Jack Davison, *Untitled, 2017*, Courtesy of the Artist]

[Photo: Rineke Dijkstra, *Kiev, 2006*, Courtesy of the Artist]

[Photo: Gilles Peress, *Easter, Upper West Side, 1979*, Courtesy of the Artist]

[Photo: Lea Colombo, *WHITE LIGHT FLOWERS MAGENTA ORANGE FADE TO YELLOW*, Courtesy of the Artist]

[Photo: David Lynch, *Woman as a Tree Detail*, Courtesy of the Artist]

[Photo: Christopher Anderson, *Untitled*, Brooklyn 2015 Courtesy of the Artist]

[Photo: Camila Falquez, *GEIKO*, Courtesy of the Artist]

[Photo: Shaniqwa Jarvis, *Don’t cry for me, I’m thriving*, Courtesy of the Artist]

[Photo: Oliver Hadlee Pearch, *Dev’s Heart, June 2018*, Courtesy of the Artist]

[Photo: Petra Collins, *Severine’s Shadow*, Courtesy of the Artist]

[Photo: Michael Bailey-Gates, *Ethyl Eichelberger Angels*, Courtesy of the Artist]

Diversify Photo, a digital platform showcasing the work of editorial, advertising, and fine art photographers of color has partnered with online print shop Darkroom to host Diversify Photo’s Covid-19 Relief Print Sale. 100 photographers around the world are participating, and 100% of the proceeds benefit photographers of color impacted by loss of work or experiencing financial hardship due to Covid-19 pandemic. Prints are on sale for $65, through April 20.

Lifeboat.Community is an online platform connecting 200 leading editorial photographers and visual storytellers directly to folks who would like to support them by purchasing their prints or books. Photographer Jake Naughton started the site as he began to “see work for the foreseeable future evaporate.” Book and print sales are ongoing.

Mexican Dancer from the folkloric ballet of Queretaro, june 2019

BKC, a creative learning platform for photographers, has partnered with Brooklyn-based artist group Seeing Collective for the Artist Relief ’20 Print Sale. Featuring the work of more than 80 professional and emerging photographers, 100% of all net proceeds go directly to the artist/ photographer (or charitable cause of their choice)throughout the month of April. Prints vary in cost, starting at $25.

Recognize your brand’s excellence by applying to this year’s Brands That Matter Awards before the early-rate deadline, May 3.

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