Help a Young Photographer Get a New Photo Scanner

Help a Young Photographer

Hello everyone! My name is Cameron Getty and I recently graduated with a degree in Photography. Since COVID-19, I have lost my job and have been unemployed since May. It was my dream to graduate and go off to make photographs and put what I had learned to good use, and try to become somebody in the art world. A tough task, I know! 

Recently, the scanner that I use to scan film has broken down and I can no longer scan the images that I shoot on film. It was an Epson v600 and was my main source of getting my photographs onto my computer and to share with people. I have fallen in love with shooting large format film (4x5 negatives specifically) and the v600 doesn't have the ability to scan those. Rather than paying an exorbitant amount of money to get it repaired, I am looking for your help to fund a new Epson v850 scanner. The Epson v850 has the capability to scan large format film with ease, and it would be a massive contribution to my art, effort, and hopefully, success! 

You can read more about the Epson v850 here and you can see more of an in-depth look into 4x5 scans from the v850 here .

I would appreciate any amount that would help me achieve this goal. Like I said, it's been a dream of mine to be a successful photographer making art for the world. Art has a way of illuminating our lives, and I think we could all use a little bit of that right now.

Thank you for your time!