Eric Angel

This summer I visited the Djabal camp for refugees from Darfur. The group that I went with, i-ACT, is having an event next month. I want to share some of my photographs at the event so I decided to look into having some large gallery-mounted canvas prints made. A google-search revealed that the going rate for the size print I wanted was around $100. At that price I wouldn’t be able to afford to have very many made. But I did a little more searching and found ZaZaGallery, and their price, incredibly, was 1/2 that of everyone elses. I was a little skeptical of the price, but they had a very personal website that felt legit, and their staff was very prompt and knowledgeable in my emails with them.  So I took them up on their special offer to receive a free 8″ x 10″ canvas print for me to review.

I sent them this photograph:

Around a week later, the canvas print arrived carefully packaged in bubble-wrap that fit snugly in the box.

In addition to the bubble-wrap, the print was also protected by a plastic bag. I live in California so wet-weather isn’t a big concern to me, but this is a nice touch that I’m sure provides some much needed protection for customers in wetter areas.

Here it is hanging on the wall in my home. (Sorry about the low-quality digital photo of the print, I didn’t have my digital camera and had to use my iPhone to take the picture. I’ll replace this pic with a better one next week when I get my camera back)

I am very happy with their product and customer service and will now be placing an order for several 16″ x 16″ canvas prints. I highly recommend ZaZaGallery and will be recommending them to all of my friends.

– Eric

I have sent one of my photos to the nice folks at ZaZa Gallery Canvas Prints to have an 8 x 10 gallery wrapped canvas print made. I’m looking forward to getting it and will post a review of their work when it arrives!

Yesterday was World Refugee Day, and the people of Camp Djabal’s lives were intertwined with people from around the world in real-time. It was without a doubt the most important work I’ve ever done in my life. I haven’t had time to really process or absorb what I have been taking in on this trip, at least not as deeply as I know I eventually will.

Today is Sunday, Father’s Day, and I’m thinking of my Dad. I didn’t send him a card or a gift, but I know he knows I’m thinking of him. Yesterday morning in the hours before the start of the live video broadcast we sat on a mat and spoke with a group of men that are father figures of the camp. They told us about what they left behind in Darfur, and how they describe the beauty of Darfur to their young children so that they have at least a basic description of a home that they have never seen with their own eyes. They told us unanimously that there can be no peace in Darfur with there first being Justice.

This is an excerpt from a journal entry I posted at: http://www.stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact8/day7

Please visit the website and dive into the wealth of videos and writings we have to help you connect with the Darfuri refugees on a personal level.