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

[lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)]

Dear Ted, buenos dias amigo

I can just say, well said!, very well said!

Cheers
Lluis



El 01/11/2012, a las 23:37, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca> 
escribi?:

> 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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