On Tuesday 10th June, the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) through its annual charity print auction raised almost $60,000 for the “Make A Wish Foundation” taking the total raised in the last three years to over $125,000, benefiting breast cancer research and the prostrate cancer foundation as previous charity recipients.
This annual auction takes place at end of the AIPP national conference, The Nikon AIPP Event, and was the brainwave of a number of members who 3 years ago simply decided they could combine their image making talent with their generosity of spirit to raise money for worthy charities…
This year, the 2014 AIPP Nikon Event was held at the RACV Royal Pines Resort in the Gold Coast. This 3-day professional photography conference from the 8th – 10th June included amongst its delegates, AIPP members, photography students, and members of the public interested in improving their photography knowledge.
Peter Myers, the AIPP Executive Officer said “This year, the theme of our conference was “Turning the ordinary into the extraordinary”, something that professional photographers do every working day. Professional photographers love their work and they enjoy seeing the pleasure their work brings to their clients. But equally, they also understand, even in difficult financial times, the need to give back and support the community at large. Each year we choose a charity to be the beneficiary of this fund raising effort, and each year we try to raise even more money”.
The prints for the auction were donated by the speakers and presenters at the event, including this year, Jerry and Melissa Ghionis, Heather Swan, Julia Kuzmenko, Alexia Sinclair, William Long, and the current Australian Professional Photographer of the Year, Tony Hewitt to name just a few.
The AIPP together with its major partner Nikon, are already planning and looking forward to The Nikon AIPP Event 2015, and raising even more money. The 2015 event will be in Perth from 29th June – 1st July.
For more info go to
www.aipp.com.au and http://www.aipptheevent.com.au
Address: G.03 171 Union Road,
Surrey Hills, Melbourne, VIC 3127
Contact person: Kim Harding
Phone: (03) 9888 4111
Email: events@aipp.com.au
© Images from top left: Julia Kuzmenko, Peter Rossi, Peter Coulson, Kelly Tunney, Heather Swan, William Long, Esther Bunning, Kelly Brown, Jerry Ghionis, Alexia Sinclair, Charmaine Heyer, Serena Hodson, Tony Hewitt and Yervant Zanazanian