Markus Klinko

“That strange post-9/11 period felt so much like today,” says Markus Klinko, recalling David Bowie’s last large-scale photoshoot in 2001. “Bowie was a symbol of hope and he was the face of the NHS Heroes campaign, so it felt fitting to make his image the lead piece for this sale.” The photographer’s entire archive – including shoots with Billie Eilish, Naomi Campbell, Lady Gaga and Kate Winslet – will be sold to raise funds as part of Taglialatella Galleries’ Art for Relief campaign, with 10 per cent of all sales going to NHS Charities Together. In 2010, Klinko’s charity campaign for Keep A Child Alive raised more than $1m for children with Aids in just a few days. 16-22 April; taglialatellagalleries.com

Limited-edition print of Bram Stoker’s Chair by Sam Taylor-Johnson, $85 at Giveworld
Limited-edition print of Bram Stoker’s Chair by Sam Taylor-Johnson, $85 at Giveworld

Giveworld

A roster of international photographers has contributed to Giveworld, an online platform established to raise funds for coronavirus relief. The limited-edition prints – all 22cm x 30cm and $85 – range from Sam Taylor-Johnson’s theatrical Bram Stoker’s Chair to Walter Iooss’ image of Muhammad Ali in the ring with Ernie Terrell. Every fortnight, 25-30 artists are expected to join Giveworld, and all proceeds will benefit GlobalGiving’s Coronavirus Relief Fund, which has raised more than £1m of its £3.97m target. $85 and donations; giveworld.com

Mick Rock

“Bryan always looked good on film,” says photographer Mick Rock of his fabled 1975 shoot of Bryan Ferry in his London home. One image from that afternoon – portraying Ferry in his garden in a rumpled khaki suit – was never released. Now Rock is unveiling it, alongside four other unseen photographs, as part of West Contemporary’s fundraiser. The limited-edition portraits – which also include shots of Syd Barrett, David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Kate Moss – will be available in various sizes. Twenty per cent of sales will go towards the West Contemporary gallery’s #MasksforNHS fundraiser. From £1,600; west-contemporary.com

Bryan Ferry by Mick Rock, 1975 | Image: Mick Rock, 2020
Bryan Ferry by Mick Rock, 1975 | Image: Mick Rock, 2020
Luna by Alessandro Magi
Luna by Alessandro Magi

Uno Scatto per Udine

Established by the Milan-based children’s casting agency B Talent Scout, Uno Scatto per Udine (“A Snap for Udine”) is raising funds for the Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital in Udine, northeastern Italy, with a selection of limited-edition prints. They include Damian Weilers’ powerful portrait of an albino child in Tanzania; Uli Weber’s black-and-white shot of children playing on a beach; and Achim Lippoth’s child making a snow angel in baking flour. There’s fashion photography on offer too, such as Matteo Strocchia’s surreal sanitation-themed photoshoot for Gucci and Alessandro Magi’s upside-down model. Eighty per cent of the proceeds support medical relief. €100; unoscattoperudine.it

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