Nassau, Bahamas - It was a very happy day indeed for the Bahamas Humane
Society when Dutch photographer Patricia Vazquez decided to donate all the
profits of her Photographic Art shows held within the walls of gated community
Lyford Cay, during this summer.
Patricia has been an enthusiastic resident of the Bahamas
for well over twenty years, having spent quite a large amount of time on an
island retreat in the Exumas.
“I love the Bahamas” she told us, “I love the beauty of my
island home and I love taking photographs of it”, Patricia also loves animals,
some of her photographs have captured the real spirit of animal life, the humorous,
sad, funny and lovable sides of being an animal. Her photos include, ducks,
rabbits, dogs, horses, donkeys, piglets, sheep, goats, chickens and chicks… “Animals
are so smart, and lovable, I enjoy taking photographs of them and showing them
in their best light”, this talented photographer told us. “It was a no-brainer
to offer the Bahamas Humane Society the profits because I want to help them
make this a better place for all the animals in this country”.
Kim Aranha, President of the Bahamas Humane Society told us
how very grateful she is to Patricia Vazquez for her generosity. “If more
people would step up and help out, we would be able to do so much more for the
animal situation in this country. It costs us $50.00 to spay and neuter an
animal, the more animals we spay and neuter the less strays we will have
roaming around, but it takes donations, like this generous one from Patricia,
to make this possible”.
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Patricia Vazquez discovered, quite by chance, that she is a
photographer “extraordinaire”. All
her photographs are taken right here in the Bahamas. “ I started taking
pictures and was really amazed at the reaction I was getting from people when
they saw the photos I had taken, then somebody offered to organize a private,
by invitation only, show I accepted, and was overwhelmed at how many pieces I
sold”. Patricia wants to publicly recognize the professionalism of the staff
at Mr. Photo “thanks
to RJ and Jacky from Mr.. Photo for printing all the photos so beautifully and
being so generous and always with a smile, without Mr. Photo it would not have
been the same...The next showing of Patricia’s work will be much more
public as she has committed to be involved in the B-humane event at Fort
Charlotte on February 5th, 2010.
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“Patricia’s work is really special, she sees through the lens
with her heart not her eyes, every image is a symbol of her love for the
subject she has captured. This is not something you can learn, you are either
born with that certain gift or you are not. Patricia is very gifted, and very
generous.” Kim told us. “When she came down to the shelter to present us with
the $11,000.00 cheque (so far, she is still selling, so who knows how much)!
the animals and staff turned out to say thank you. This time Patricia was on
the other side of the lens and president Kim Aranha took the photo…with
Patricia’s camera!
