February 13, 2011
Billy Doll Wears Couture to Benefit DIFFA During New York's Fashion Week
Robert Doyle READ TIME: 1 MIN.
NEW YORK (NY) - For the start of Fashion Week, ArtStar.com is pleased to celebrate a special project between photographer Lynn Goldsmith and DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS).
A world renowned rock and roll photographer, Goldsmith has generously collaborated with ArtStar to offer four images from her Billy Doll series, each in a limited edition run of 25 original photographs signed by the artist, for $300 each.
In this groundbreaking series, Goldsmith photographed the first officially gay Billy Doll in custom designer outfits from Jean-Paul Gaultier, Christian Lacroix and Betsey Johnson among others.
The dolls were subsequently auctioned off to support the global fight against AIDS and now, 20% of the sale of these photographs will go to DIFFA's AIDS initiatives to raise awareness of, as Goldsmith says, "this devastating disease which still haunts the globe."
Each edition is printed on 100% cotton rag fine art paper with archival inkjet pigments and signed by the artist.
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More selections from Lynn Goldsmith's Billy Doll series are available on ArtStar.com.
Read about DIFFA's mission here.
Long-term New Yorkers, Mark and Robert have also lived in San Francisco, Boston, Provincetown, D.C., Miami Beach and the south of France. The recipient of fellowships at MacDowell, Yaddo, and Blue Mountain Center, Mark is a PhD in American history and literature, as well as the author of the novels Wolfchild and My Hawaiian Penthouse. Robert is the producer of the documentary We Are All Children of God. Their work has appeared in numerous publications, as well as at : www.mrny.com.
