[Leica] Proposal: Large Print Exchange

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> 
wrote:

> Ok. That's at least 3 people including myself so it's a go. Anyone else?
> So this would be like the traditional print exchange where you make X
> copies and keep on from everyone. I will announce it on the lug prints list
> as well but we probably want to limit the number to about 8 at most
> On Mar 23, 2012 8:34 PM, "Mark Kronquist" <mak at teleport.com> wrote:
>
>> Why not make 10 and share them ala the 8 x 10's? Sign them...
>> On Mar 23, 2012, at 8:10 PM, Richard Man wrote:
>>
>> > How often do you hear people say, the proof making a print and an 8x10
>> > print is pretty small to see anything?
>> >
>> > Wouldn't you like a see a big print from (M9, D700, X100, 4x5 etc.)?
>> >
>> > How about this proposal: in this group, everyone makes one large print,
>> at
>> > least 13x19, may be 17x22. Darkroom printer may use 16x20 etc.
>> >
>> > Feel free to watermark on the edge and heck, write in giant letters on
>> the
>> > back that says, "Property of XYZ. I will send my puppies to nip at you
>> if
>> > you steal it.' Heck, tear off a corner if you are paranoid. Whatever.
>> >
>> > Everyone sends the copy to the Coordinator.
>> >
>> > The Coordinator gathers all the prints and after a week, forward it to
>> the
>> > first person in line, 2 weeks later, it gets send to the next person
>> and so
>> > on and back to the Coordinator. The last person keeps their own print.
>> >
>> > The Coordinator then sends the prints back to each person.
>> >
>> > So the cost is one mailing to the Coordinator, one mailing to the next
>> > person in line, and one mailing back to the sender, and the purchase of
>> a
>> > mailing tube. This should be less than $40. We will equalize the cost so
>> > the oversea will not get penalized.
>> >
>> > In fact, the Coordinator may pre-purchase postage and make labels for
>> all
>> > the trips and include it with the package.
>> >
>> > Of course there is a chance that the prints may get lost, so may be
>> tearing
>> > off the corner and marking it on the back is appropriate.
>> >
>> > Any takers?
>> >
>> > --
>> > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
>> >
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