Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Book of Face just reminded me of a post I made in 2014. Y?all might enjoy it, so: ?Yesterday I received an email from a "leading photo portal." They had seen my photos on flickr, liked them, and wanted to interview me for their site. ?For a moment, I thought my big break had arrived. Something about my gently whimsical photos had at last resonated with the Cyber-Zeitgeist. Soon I would be a well-known photographer, jetting all over the world like Thorsten van Overflow and Princess Joie de Vivre. Who knows, I might even be cool like Kyle Cassidy. ?Then I looked closely at the email. The flickr user who sent it was brand new, had a made-up name, and only one photo on his site--of an attractive woman. The link to supposedly set up the interview pointed to an inner page at an online gambling site in Russia. Spam at best, malware bait at worst. ?Oh, well. Back to toiling in obscurity. Be careful out there.? --Peter