If you don't know, Kickstarter is a website that helps fund creative and innovative projects through crowd funding. I am working with Kickstarter to raise funds for my next photographic adventure, this time to Australia. I will only receive the funds if my project meets its pledge goal by Oct. 29. If the project does not reach the goal, I receive nothing. The best part is that no one is "donating" anything to me, Kickstarter requires all projects to return something tangible to the investors in the project. In terms of my project, investors have the choice of purchasing a photograph from either my previous work, or the work I will shoot in Australia.
I think this is a great way to raise funds for arts projects and even exhibitions. Its also a great source of promotion for your artwork. It can take away the entire notion of "well, if I only had the money to..." It also exposes your work to a new audience!
You can check out my project here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1986082413/kite-aerial-photography-in-australia
I encourage everyone to look at the rest of the site and also, since we are all creative people here, keep it in mind for your own future projects. So far my experiences with them have been excellent!
I will update with its progress.
