Re: Images Needed! Be published!

[grays@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

dear paul-not knowing you personally all I can say is thank god for that. you
might be [pissed off at amateurs]-well this AMATEUR is sick of your attitude. If
this is the kind of CRAP I have to read from you then I am sure there are a
whole bunch of PISSED OFF AT PROFESSIONALS WITH STICKS SHOVED UP THEIR BUTTS
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yours sincerely,
CHIP RENNER
Paul Aparycki wrote:

> >Joel,
> >I agree there should be compensation for the Photographer.
> >Through all the years I have been  Pro Photographer, I have always believed
> >that if you give your work away, you have established it's value.
> >Sam
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Joel Seaman <jseaman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 10:41 AM
> >Subject: Re: Images Needed! Be published!
> >
> >
> >I have a thought/suggestion about the request for free images.  No fee
> >is offered, and therefore the publisher is suggesting that free exposure
> >alone is of value.  The publisher should include an appendix  in which
> >each photographer is alotted a small paragraph for bio, contact info,
> >type of work offered, etc.  This request would then offer a more
> >reasonable value in exchange for the free photos.
> >
> >Joel Seaman
>
> To carry the thought further, and lets' be fair about this, if the photog
> should donate his work, I think it only fair that the editor should work
> for free(!) oooh! a four letter word!, and why not the publisher? give away
> the book for free? (there's that damn four letter word again), after all it
> is good exposure, no?, why not the printer? the bookstore? the binder? and
> everybody else? GET REAL ASSHOLE . . . it costs any REAL photographer TIME
> and MONEY to produce a photograph. Those of us who ARE professional
> photographers, do this for a living . . . it is a business (and a passion),
> but neither I, nor anyone else, can keep up quality work if we give it away
> for free in desperation just to get published.
>
> pissed off by amateurs,
>
> yours
>
> Paul Aparycki