FOCUS ON AIDS AUCTION/BENEFIT

Due to the generosity of the photography community, the Focus On AIDS Foundation was able to raise over raised over $250,000 at its Tenth Benefit Auction held on June 11, 2004. One hundred percent of these funds were donated to various AIDS charities worldwide. The Focus On AIDS Foundation is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization whose purpose is to provide financial aid to photographers living with HIV or AIDS. Since 1987, the Foundation has produced a photography auction/benefit, the largest of its kind in the United States, to raise money for AIDS treatment, research, education and care. The auction included one of Gerd's photographs.. For more information; www.focusonaids.com