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Image designed by JAM & Mackle

Hi folks, thanks for the warm welcome last week. I appreciated all the kind comments you left. Thus far I have about 50 names in the draw to win David duChemin’s next book “VisionMongers”. Keep ‘em coming. I’ll draw the winner in the next few weeks.

A few of you have asked about reading my recent essays for my Humanitarian Emergencies & Disaster Relief subject. This is part of my Masters in International and Community Development that I’m completing through Deakin University. I’ve included links to both essays for that subject below:

• Emergencies & the Media
• Gender, Disability & Child Rights Issues in Emergencies & Disasters

In other news, the countdown is on to the biennial beard-growing fest that is Whiskerino – Four months of beard-growing goodness! The event begins on November 1st and ends on February 28th next year. Participants are required to start clean-shaven and post regular pictures of their progress, with points awarded for creativity. I participated two years ago and made it to around the two-month mark. This year I hope to go the whole hog and will use it to raise funds for my pro bono projects for small local NGOs. I’m looking for people who would like to sponsor me and my beard for anywhere from $1 to $5 for every day I last in the event. It will be 120 grand days of unbridled hirsuteness! There are two ways you can help out, if you’re so inclined:

1. Email me at tim[at]fotofugitive[dot]com and make a pledge for whatever amount you can afford per day
2. Join me in participating in Whiskerino this year and ask your friends to sponsor you to raise money for fotofugitive projects (Get in quick on November 1st though, as numbers are limited and they fill fast!)

You can check out my photos from the last Whiskerino here