Memories -- Indiegogo

My name is Tamar. I am a professional photographer living in Los Angeles (You can check out my website here at www.tamarlevine.com.). A few years ago, my grandmother, Dorothea Austin Banner, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. She is my last living grandparent, and a Holocaust survivor. I didn't think at the time what this would mean to my family, our history, and our future. Last year I visited her in NY. I had my camera and took some snapshots of the house, not really thinking about an outcome. Looking at these photos a year later has made me realize I will very much regret it if I don't go back to New York and take some photos of her, and document as much of her and her home as I can.

On a personal level, It is important for me to document the last of her generation, before she and her world fade away. I was too young when my other grandparents passed away, so I never had the chance to photograph them, and I only have images that other people took. While I cherish these photos, I am more connected to the photographs I take myself, with the memories that take place behind the lens. My grandmother is the link to other generations- she never told me about them and now she never will. However, by exploring memory, loss, and time, I want to search for the personal beauty in the not-so-beautiful details, and search for memories lost. The remnants of what I remember of as a kid are still there, buried under scratched paintings and dusty menorahs. I need to go back and dig deeper.

The money I raise on indigogo.com will be used for my plane tickets to New York, for equipment rental once I get there, marketing costs, and printing and framing costs as I hope to show these in a gallery once I am finished with the series. If I don't reach my entire goal, I can at least get to New York and take some photos!

I hope to include some great perks to make it worth your while and your money! I understand if you do not or cannot help monetarily, and I would be thrilled if you could just share this project with others.

Please check out the images below to see what I have shot so far.

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Tamar Levine
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Perks

for your contribution

$5 Thank you!!!!

Thank you so much! You have my undying gratitude!
$10 Postcard!!

A signed postcard (random) of an image from my website.
$18 2 postcards!!!

Two signed postcards (random) from images on my website.
$35 Print from my site!

A NON-limited edition 8x10 print of your selection from my website (please specify which print you would like by sending me a private comment).
$50 7 postcards!!

Seven signed postcards (random) from images on my website.
$100 8x10 inch print!

An 8x10in signed limited edition print (in a series of 100) of your choice from the completed photo series. Plus one postcard (random) from images on my website.
$300 17x22 inch print!!

A 17x22in signed limited edition print (in a series of 50) of your choice from the completed photo series. Plus three postcards (random) from images on my website.
$450 Photo shoot #1

A two-hour photo shoot of you, your child, your grandmother, or any other person you know and love, plus 3 retouched images from the session (Location must be within 10 miles of Silverlake area). OR a limited edition hardcover book including the final series of images.
$750 Photo shoot #2

A three-hour photo shoot of you, your child, your grandmother, or any other person you know and love, plus 5 retouched images from the session (Location must be within 10 miles of Silverlake area).
$1,200 Photo shoot #3

A three-hour photo shoot of you, your child, your grandmother, or any other person you know and love, plus 8 retouched images from the session, two 8x10in prints from the session, one 17x22in print from the session, and an 8x10in signed limited edition print (in a series of 100) of your choice from the completed photo series. Plus three postcards (random) from images on my website. (Location must be within 10 miles of Silverlake area).
$2,500 Mega Photo shoot time!!

Model for the day in your own personal photo shoot! I will take photos of you (and if you would like, one other person or pet!). I will have a stylist at the shoot to do your makeup and hair, provide lunch, & spend up to 5 hours taking some great photos of you! I will put a private web gallery online of all the images and you can choose 10 you want retouched (Must be willing to travel to a studio in the LA area).