Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Congratulations Nathan, Great picture btw. Cheers, Michiel Fokkema Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Back in 2005, I posted this image among my PAWs: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_47alt2.jpg > > The bridge is called Martinus Nijhoff bridge, and until a couple of days > ago I had no idea who this chap was. But now I know that he was a Dutch > poet. How do I know? Well, I received an e-mail from a poetry publishing > house in the UK: > http://www.anvilpresspoetry.com/ > > They told me they were going to publish a book of his poems, translated > into English, and wanted to know if they could use the image for the > cover, even enclosing a PDF showing what it would look like. I replied > that yes, they could use it but I was not giving away my work for free. > On the other hand, realizing that a book of poetry by a Dutch poet is > not exactly going to make JK Rowling worry about being bumped off the > bestseller list, I decided to propose a symbolic fee of ?50 (license for > this particular use only) and a couple of copies of the book. They > happily accepted, and the price does not seem out of line when I look at > Alamy for this type of usage. > > Nice people, and I even have a UK bank account to make it easy for them > to pay me :-) > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.57/2303 - Release Date: 08/14/09 > 18:10:00 >