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on May 15
Emily Schiffer
Posted project update #5Quick Update --Getting Ready to Launch
Dear Backers,
We're excited to share that we're currently creating the texting/ mapping platform and designing the banners for our first five installations, which will go up in June. The second (and larger) wave of See Potential is scheduled for late August/ early September.
Rewards will arrive by mid summer/ early fall, depending on what is required for your reward to be created (e.g. the mint for mint tea needs to grow and dry, and installations must be complete before we can photograph them for posters, hand made books, etc).
Thank you again for transforming our potential into reality!
All the best,
Emily and Orrin
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on January 18Funded!
See Potential by Emily Schiffer
Envisioning positive change and mobilizing Chicago's South Side community through large-scale public photography instillations.
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133% funded $13,395 pledged
- 377 backers
- Funded Jan 18, 2012
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on January 11
Emily Schiffer
commented on a project updateAWESOME! Congratulations!
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on January 11
Emily Schiffer
Posted project update #4We did it!
Dear supporters,
We are overwhelmed by the power of people coming together to support what they believe in. This campaign is truly grass roots at its best. Thank you for believing in See Potential, for making it happen, and for knowing that your pledge could and would make an impact—you all matter!
On January 5th, we reached our initial $10,000 goal, and have since surpassed it! The additional funding will be used to create more installation sites. We are incredibly excited to get started! Please continue to spread the word about SEE POTENTIAL to your networks.
If you’re in New York: please join us at The Half King at 7:30 on Tuesday January 17th for a celebration of See Potential’s success, and a public conversation between Emily Schiffer and Whitney Johnson, Director of Photography at the New Yorker Magazine. (Click here for more details about the event and to view the invitation).
Sincerely,
Emily and Orrin
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on January 5
Emily Schiffer
backed a project
"We Are the 99%" portraits taken at Occupy Wall Street by Vanessa Bahmani
A portrait series documenting over 1,000 diverse voices of the 99% throughout Occupy NYC and Occupy Oakland, CA as well.
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on December 24
Emily Schiffer
Posted project update #3See Potential in the Huffington Post, Chicago Tribune Redeye and others
Post CommentDear friends,
Thank you to everyone for supporting See Potential, and thank you to those who have recently increased your pledges! We really appreciate your support and are happy to announce that we're now 35% funded!
See Potential has been featured several times in the media, please have a look:
The Huffington Post (front page of the Chicago local section)
Being Where We Are Blog--The Revolutionary Side of Urban Agriculture
We've gotten an overwhelming amount of enthusiasm, often from people we don't even know! Thank you to everyone who has reached out to us wanting to get involved, we need you!
Please help us continue to spread the word and energize supporters.
Happy Holidays and all the best,
Emily and Orrin
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on December 13
Emily Schiffer
Posted project update #2Re: Time Magazine Online
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on December 13
Emily Schiffer
Posted project update #1Time Magazine Online
Post CommentDear Friends,
We thought you'd like to know that Emily's images from this project were featured in Time Magazine Online yesterday. Have a look: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/12/12/securing-food-in-chicagoland/#1
Thanks for supporting our project and for continuing to spread the word to your family and friends. After only a few days, we're off to a great start! Every email, facebook post, and tweet makes our project more visible and will help us reach our goal, so please keep sharing.
Thanks and all the best!
-SEE POTENTIAL
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on December 6
Emily Schiffer launched a project
See Potential by Emily Schiffer
Envisioning positive change and mobilizing Chicago's South Side community through large-scale public photography instillations.
- $10,000 funding goal
- 01/18/2012 Funding Ended
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on December 6
Emily Schiffer
commented on a projectyes Chis! you were, I sent an email when the project was funded asking people to choose which print they'd like from the My Viewpoint website: www.myviewpoint.org. I know it was a long time ago, but please feel free to choose one and I will send it. Thanks for your support! -Emily
Emily Schiffer
Brooklyn, NY
"Regardless of the subject matter, I'm interested in depicting obvious and essential details of life that are often overshadowed by larger, more newthworthy circumstances." B. 1980. In 2003 Emily Schiffer received her BA in Fine Art and Af... view more
Emily and Orrin. This is such a wonderful project. So glad it was funded. Look forward to seeing some of the response to it all. And photos of the posters in place.
Sheila
Who's developing the text/map platform? Is there anything else like it, something that inspired? This is the piece I'm most interested in. Are the banners installations part of it (provide info or such)?
Really brilliant idea.