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      George Del Barrio on October 26, 2009

      thanks, saskia. you can keep up with the project's progress at:

      [ http://vanderbiltrepublic.org/follow ]

      we're hitting the road in two weeks—things are getting hectic!

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      Saskia Delores on October 25, 2009

      Beautiful project. Congratulations on getting it funded!

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      George Del Barrio on October 5, 2009

      hm, oliver! you've got us all thinking, now...that's an intoxicating idea, for sure.

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      Oliver Hofmann on October 5, 2009

      Congratulations! Would love to see the finished projects presented at TED.

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      Rico Blancaflor on October 3, 2009

      1,000 cheers for Matt, George, and the rest of the VRF contingent. This is a happy, historic moment.

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      George Del Barrio on October 2, 2009

      divina donna, you know we adore you.

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      donna ferrato on October 2, 2009

      Vanderbilt Republic Foundation are the Masters of the Cambodian Musicians Memory Bank
      ah, forgive me im playing just because im really so happy for you.

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      donna ferrato on October 2, 2009

      I salute the masters of the cambodian musicians memory community
      always knew you had it in you,
      from the first time we met
      matt and george
      donna

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      Steve Payonzeck on October 2, 2009

      Congratulations on the project being fully funded. Can't wait to see the work.

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      Maige Becerra on October 1, 2009

      Hi everyone! It is now Thursday, October 1st, 8:09 am (New York time)
      If all of us 145 backers just add $22.50 to our pledge the project will meet its goal--of course it would be great if we could surpass it. I'll start the ball rolling....follow me!

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      George Del Barrio on September 25, 2009

      would you believe i already asked? the front page is a no-go (use cases only), but it never hurts to ask. the guys at kickstarter have some great stuff in mind to feature us, though, have no fear. you could say we've become friendly.

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      J Nicholas Tolson on September 23, 2009

      Don't know why Kickstarter is featuring a project that is 300%+ funded and not this one. They should be blowing this one up all over the place! Get on the horn, George.

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      George Del Barrio on August 15, 2009

      i'm pretty sure. and if not just that, then also the most ambitious timeframe. anything else that i can see that has a similar figure also allots the maximum amount of days. we can't. we have to be shooting in cambodia by late october, and need the preproduction time to arrange all the local details before we get on a plane.

      and, even better, arn chron-pond plans to be with us for the month of the shoot, so we've got to honor his commitment...

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      gingerbeardman on August 13, 2009

      is this the highest goal yet?

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Exclusive access to the Kickstarter community-only pre-production blog + supporter credit on VR website with link to URL of your choice.

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Admission for two to “Art From The Heart” on September 10th, 2009, at Calumet Photographic in New York City. Price of admission includes any one signed, unframed photograph in the show.

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1 original large-format “Fujiroid” (Fuji FP-100c 4” x 5”) photograph, signed by both George Del Barrio and the portrait's subject, from the eventual shoot, in Cambodia. The subject of each “Fujiroid” is guaranteed to be one of Cambodia's few surviving Master performing artists + exclusive access to the Kickstarter community-only pre-production blog + supporter credit on VR website with link to URL of your choice.

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Two VIP tickets to a post-shoot reception, hosted at ROOT [Brooklyn]. Meet and have drinks with the “Masters” location crew, see behind-the-scenes footage, and hear anecdotes and stories from the month-long shoot, in Cambodia.

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6 Backers • Limited Reward (14 of 20 remaining)

A hand-bound book of 50 photographs from Cambodia, accordion-folded, custom-printed, with slip case. Photographs by George Del Barrio, hand bound by Hanna Vandenbulcke, designed by Dwayne Shaw, printed by Matthew Bogosian, with a foreword by Rico Blancaflor, and signed by all crew members. Limited for all time to an edition of 20.

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