donate

Over the past few months, I’ve received numerous requests from various schools and individuals who would like the project to come to their town. On average it costs $500/day to rent the needed space and equipment. Please consider a donation to help continue this work. Anything from $5 to $1,000 or more is greatly appreciated!

My contributions to this project are absolutely a labor of love as I work on: shooting and editing stills & video, lighting design & staging, pre-flighting & printing exhibition prints, redesigning and updating the website, and providing outreach to current & past participants. While I am currently seeking fiscal sponsorship and actively applying to grants, this takes time. I would like to be able to develop this site and project, into something big. Impactful imagery, education through participant video interviews, resources for queer people of color and youth, and a national community network. Help me realize this dream, by showing support through a donation.

- many thanks…Mia Nakano

All funds will go to one of the items listed below, with a focus on the equipment list to reduce the ongoing rental costs.

Equipment needed:
Canon 5D Mark II – $2500
Continuous Light Kit for video – $500
Rode Microphone – $200
2 – 8gb memory cards – $40/ea
1 – Chromakey Green Muslin screen – $40
Closed Captioning software

Ongoing rental costs:
Studio rental – $300/day approximately
Car rental – $60/day
Lighting rental – $100/day
Video camera rental – $180/3-days
Seamless background – $60/roll
Print, framing, matting, shipping costs – Varies ($50/more per image)