"Three Days for Ukraine", the online solidarity sale organized by Polka with 38 photographers on April 8, 9 and 10, was a great success. The amount of the sales reached the sum of 110 000 €. And the entire net profit of the sale will be donated to the Fondation de France to help the families of Ukrainian exiles.
The initiative brought together artists represented by the Polka gallery, many photographers exhibited at the Polka Factory as well as others regularly collaborating with the magazine. Their names : Eric Bouvet, Nick Brandt, Bernard Cantié, Mélanie Challe, Nicolas Comment, Stéphanie Davilma, Vincent Delerm, Thomas Dhellemmes, Richard Dumas, Laurent Elie Badessi, Elliott Erwitt, Joakim Eskildsen, Bruce Gilden, Aurélien Gillier, Stanley Greene, Diane Grimonet, Alexander Gronsky, Matt Henry, Miho Kajioka, William Klein, Bart Koetsier, Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong, Lek & Sowat, Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre, Janine Niépce, Claude Nori, Kosuke Okahara, Jean-Marie Périer, The Anonymous Project, Reza, Marc Riboud, Sebastião Salgado, Toshio Shibata, Pierre de Vallombreuse, Emmanuel Vita and Rafael Yaghobzadeh.
Sixty-two prints were offered for sale exclusively during these three days.
The Fondation de France, which works in the field to assist the civilian population, will distribute, with its usual vigilance, this money to humanitarian associations in Romania, Poland and within the Ukrainian borders. Polka is committed to following the operation in the field, informing its readers regularly.
The entire Polka team would like to thank the photographers for their commitment, the buyers for their generosity, and the public for its support.