This is a brief excerpt from PetaPixel
While on assignment in the Middle East, war photographer Tracey Shelton had her gear stolen during an attempted kidnapping back in August 2011. Being a freelance photojournalist, she doesn’t have a newspaper’s funding to lean back on, and she’s now out several thousands worth of camera gear.
Her work in the Middle East has been nothing short of an inspiration to photojournalists everywhere, but since the theft she’s had to borrow gear and use sub par equipment to do her job. And so two recent journalism school graduates have decided to turn to crowdfunding to try and get her properly equipped to do what she does best.
The campaign was put together by Mayeta Clark and Nic Stone and is being run through Indiegogo. The goal is to raise $5,000 so that Shelton can get all of the gear she needs and not just keep borrowing the bare minimum.
So far the campaign has raised almost $1,700, but depending on the amount raised she may get any combination of bodies and lenses. The camera body may either be a Canon 5D Mark III or a Nikon D600. One option for lenses is a kit containing a 24-70mm f/2.8, …
By: DL Cade
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