I have been a proud member of the ACOCP since 2006 and i am very excited to see how much this great charity has grown in the few years it has been in action. For those that don’t know, the ACOCP is an entirely-volunteer service that provides family portraits of children that have been stillborn; died neo-natally; are terminally ill; or have been born very early.
To help bring further attention to this fantastic charity, in the hope that more families will be able to benefit, the ACOCP has organized an exhibition at MLC Gallery, 449 Harris Street, Ultimo NSW. It is free to the public and the showing features 20-30 images of the best of 153 pictures submitted by proud ACOCP photographers with the blessings of the children’s families.
This exhibition draws together family portraits, which display the emotional sensitivity and awareness of these highly skilled and proficient photographers. The images, often taken under difficult circumstances, both technical and personal are warm, beautifully detailed accounts of family love.
There will be a silent auction and celebration event auctioning custom portrait sessions from some of the leading lifestyle and custom portrait photographers in Sydney, and press night on Thursday, 25 June at 6pm.
It will be held from Monday, 22 June 209 to Saturday, 4 July 2009. If you are in the area please take the time to go and have a look at some of these fantastic images. Being that it is interstate and my son and I are both celebrating birthdays that weekend, i will unfortunately not be attending. However, here are two of the images i have in the exhibition, Emily and Patrick. It would have been fantastic to see them printed up and hanging in the gallery, but for now i’ll have to use my imagination until someone can send me a photo LOL
