"COURTESY THE M.I.L.K. COLLECTION" © Anne Bayin
"Kim Phuc and Thomas, 1995" was a winning image in the prestigious M.I.L.K Collection, a world-wide photographic exhibition, which opened in Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Terminal, New York in July, 2001 and later at The Science Museum, London, England in October/November, 2001. An outdoor version of this exhibition opened in November, 2002 at Viaduct Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand and at the Sydney Opera House in Australia in February, 2003.
"THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVENT OF OUR TIME" The 2000 M.I.L.K. Competition was described as "the most ambitious photographic project since Edward Steichen’s 1950’s exhibition The Family Of Man". M.I.L.K. ( Moments of Intimacy, Laughter and Kinship) was the dream of Geoff Blackwell, publisher of Hodder PQ in Auckland, New Zealand. Blackwell launched an epic global search for 300 world-class photographs that would celebrate the essence of humanity at the Millennium. Magnum photographer Elliot Erwitt selected images (100 in each category) from more than 40,000 entries representing 60 countries. After an overwhelming success in New York, the M.I.L.K Collection travelled to London, Auckland and Sydney and Melbourne. A PUBLISHING EVENT M.I.L.K. was also a publishing event. To coincide with the exhibition, M.I.L.K. published three inspiring books of photography: FAMILY; LOVE; and FRIENDSHIP, as well as a classic product line of cards and calendars, which continue to be popular bestsellers. Bayin’s winning photograph is featured in the M.I.L.K. Collection book FAMILY: A Celebration Of Humanity. In addition, she is featured as a writer in the M.I.L.K. Collection book on LOVE. She collaborated with Kim Phuc to write the prologue for LOVE. The prologue for the book on FAMILY was written by James McBride, author of "The Color of Water". The prologue for the book on FRIENDSHIP was written by Maeve Binchy, author of "Tara Road".
ABOUT KIM PHUC Kim Phuc is also known as "The Girl in the Picture". She is the subject of the iconic photograph of the Vietnam War. Nick Ut's Pulitzer Prize winning image showed nine-year-old Kim running naked up the road, her skin badly burned by napalm. The photograph shocked the world and changed the course of the war. Anne Bayin has been a close personal friend and mentor to Kim Phuc since their meeting in Toronto in 1995. Bayin has helped guide Kim’s career as a public speaker. As well, she designed the photo illustration (seen above) for the exclusive use of THE KIM FOUNDATION, a charitable organization set up by Kim Phuc to help child victims of war. Bayin and Associated Press/Nick Ut, who shot the famous photograph, have donated this new work to The Kim Foundation. Proceeds from sales of this image go directly to helping children of war.
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