At its 13th annual Doublexposure event, Seattle’s Youth in Focus (YIF) raised $100,000 to support the photographic education of inner-city youths aged 13 to 19. The proceeds came from ticket sales as well as the auction of 43 photographs.

Held at the South Lake Union Armory, the auction included prints from YIF students and staff. Those fetching the highest bids included pieces by photographic documentarian Cristina Mittermeier and YIF board member Barbara Kinney...

More than 340 photographers, arts enthusiasts, volunteers and students attended Doublexposure 2005, the ninth annual fundraiser for Youth in Focus. The event, held April 8 at Consolidated Works in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood, offered photography classes to at-risk teens and also included an auction that raised nearly $110,000 for the training of young photographers.

Photographer Hal Morey's famous image, "Grand Central Station, NYC circa 1930," garnered the highest bid at the auction, selling for $2,000. Morey's photo was supplied by the London-based Hulton Archive...