[Leica] YOU CAN'T DO FREE PHOTOS ANYMORE!

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

Hi Ted,

Let me see...they want you to email a 24x36" printable image!, evidently
with all of the actual proofing and printing out of your control?  Plus, a
100-200 word caption is going to take up some room.  I see a lot of them
that are shorter, for example "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico".   Your
reply is a model of restraint.

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
tedgrant at shaw.ca
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 5:38 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: [Leica] YOU CAN'T DO FREE PHOTOS ANYMORE!

Hi crew,
It appears I'm finally beginning to return to the living after a horrendous
number of hours during a return flight and airport sleep over's!?????
aaaaaaaccccccckkkkkkk!!!!!!! nearly died! :-( :-( 

Those adventures later. :-)

But this post is the kind of request about submitting photos for a major
exhibition on a topic. No need naming the organization. I have deleted the
name & author. Their copied letter to me at the bottom. 

In any event this was my response!

Hello Aaaaaaaaaa,
A question regarding my potential exhibition photo?

Prey tell how much compensation can I expect for the troubles in search time
and selecting? Printing, shipping and writing the story to go with it?
Paying another photographer to take a recent portrait of myself as you've
requested? 

Someone is footing the bill for this complete show? ...... Well then someone
is economically gaining from it? We both know it should be the
photographers' submitting! Well OK they should all be receiving some income
of sorts! Their name in a list of hundreds doesn't put bread on the table
these days! Certainly when hundreds of professionals are being laid off all
over North America! Those surviving? Are doing so in quite a meager state!
:-( Your "freebie" request obviously compounds that situation!  "WORK FOR
FREE AND WE'LL PUT YOUR NAME ON A LIST!"

In effect, you are asking me to do a bunch of work for nothing! While you
receive a salary for your position as coordinator and your time to contact
me and 99 others! Don't you see something wrong with this equation?

May I offer you look at my web page. TEDGRANTPHOTO.COM  Then you select what
you feel is the most iconic and moving photo and we'll discuss this later.
Obviously when you have a financial number ready.

Thank you for considering me as one of the hundred best Canadian
photographers. 
Thank you most kindly!

cheers,
Dr. Ted Grant


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: aaaaaaaaaaaaaa
  To: Ted Grant 
  Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 11:57 AM
  Subject: Picture Change


  Hi Ted, 




  -------  is producing a major new exhibition that will explore the ways in
which photography has the power to bring about a change or make an impact.
  -------- is taking 100 of the best photographers across Canada, you being
one of them, to help create "Picture Change." We are asking each
photographer to submit a photo from their portfolio, along with the story
that illustrates the change that the photo brought about. It could be a
photo that inspired action among the public, one that helped bring about a
change in law or one that simply forced its viewers to re-think their
preconceived ideas.
  Some examples of photos and stories already submitted:
  A beautiful portrait of a young girl who loved to dance but whose family
were struggling to make ends meet - after the photo appeared in the Toronto
Star, a reader sent in a donation to pay for her dancing lessons for a year;
a photo of a homeless man brought him and his sister together again after 25
years (and several provinces) apart; a photo of a young boy taken in the 70s
that helped raise awareness of autism at a time when few people knew
anything about the disorder; a photo of a breast cancer survivor that led
another breast cancer patient to save her own life; and a photo of a young
boy with a rare disease that prompted the Ontario government to change
policy and pay for his life-saving medication.
  Photos should all be in black and white, 24x 36 inches, 300 dpi, and must
have a caption with 100-200 words. We will also be needing a head
shot/portrait of yourself with a short bio.
  Send it to us by email to ........
  We look foward to hearing from you!

  Best Regards
  aaaaaaaaaa
  Project Coordinator




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