Art Relief: eyestorm and World Renowned Artists Aid in Relief Efforts; 100% of Proceeds from Sales of Exclusive Photography to Benefit Victims.Business Editors NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2001 eyestorm, the pioneering art media company offering specially commissioned, limited-edition prints and photography from 100+ of the world's best contemporary artists, today announced that it is teaming up with Magnum Photos Magnum Photos is an international photographic cooperative owned by its photographer-members, with offices located in New York, Paris, London and Tokyo. According to co-founder Henri Cartier-Bresson, "Magnum is a community of thought, a shared human quality, a curiosity about what and two of its own eyestorm artists--Ralph Gibson and Andres Serrano--to produce a portfolio of six editions of images from the devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. World Trade Center attack on September 11th to benefit the relief fund for the families of firefighters, police and others who died in this disaster. The four prints by Magnum photographers movingly document this tragic event and will be among 160 images published in a Magnum book detailing the event, due out this November. The prints can be purchased individually or in the complete Magnum-eyestorm Relief Edition. The two prints by eyestorm artists, Gibson and Serrano ser·ra·no n. pl. ser·ra·nos A cultivar of the tropical pepper Capsicum annuum having small, blunt, highly pungent red or green fruit used in cooking. , may also be purchased individually or in the complete eyestorm Art Relief Edition. All six eyestorm relief prints are also available as a special folio. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of prints will go to benefit the relief fund. "Having witnessed the attack first-hand, we are trying to assist those who heroically lost their lives in any way we can," says Edward J. Whitehead, President of eyestorm's North American operations North American operation Surgical oncology Radical surgery of a 'frozen pelvis', consisting of radical en bloc resection of the uterus and urinary bladder. See 'Frozen pelvis.'. Cf 'All-American' and 'South American' operations. . "The works our dedicated artists have produced for this portfolio bear witness, either as documents or creative interpretations, to the devastation brought on our country, but more importantly, to the American strength and resolve that grows so naturally out of adversity." eyestorm will display all six prints from the eyestorm Relief portfolio beginning October 15th at its New York showroom at 60 Mercer Street. The prints are available both online at www.eyestorm.com and in eyestorm's New York and London showrooms. Notes to Editors About eyestorm: Launched globally in 1999, London-based art media company eyestorm, provides exclusive limited edition artwork by 100+ of the world's most renowned artists, including Damien Hirst, Ralph Gibson, Helmut Newton Helmut Newton, born Helmut Neustädter (October 31, 1920, Berlin, Germany – January 23, 2004, West Hollywood, California, USA) was a German-Australian fashion photographer noted for his nude studies of women. and Jeff Koons Jeff Koons (born January 21, 1955), is an American artist. He is noted for his use of kitsch imagery using painting, sculpture and other forms, often in large scale. Life and art Early life and work . Artworks are available at www.eyestorm.com or from eyestorm's London or New York Galleries. eyestorm recently launched _the colour of white: their licensing and commissioning division which links up the world's finest World's Finest may refer to:
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