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Tucson 2010 Panoramic Exhibition rules
Scott Highton 2010-Mar-19 16:39:00
Gentlemen,
Unfortunately, I have to take issue with your rules for this
exhibition, as cited below.
First of all, you are asking photographers to incur the expense of
preparing (and presumably mounting) panoramic prints for your
exhibition.
Second, there is no potential return for the expense(s) incurred by
photographers in preparing such prints (such as prizes or any value
other perhaps than bragging rights).
Third, the images have to be delivered to the conference location two
days prior to the start of the main conference, therefore incurring
additional travel/lodging for attendees and/or shipping costs for said
prints in order to make the deadline.
And fourth, Tucson2010 then claims ownership of these prints if
photographers submitting them do not pick them up after the exhibition
for any reason. It is unclear what entity Tucson2010 actually is (is
it the IVRPA, the IAPP, or some individual's company?). Certainly
Tucson2010, as an event, will not be happening again -- a similar even
organized by the same entities will likely be in a different location
and/or different year, so it is strange that the Tucson2010 entity is
claiming ownership of such prints for future exhibitions.
Perhaps this Exhibition would be better modeled after previous IQTVRA
and IVRPA exhibitions, wherein photographers submit digital files of
their panoramas for printing by the Exhibition, and photographers
retain full ownership of the works/prints resulting, although these
remain on loan to the organization for its display until return is
requested (costs for said return could be negotiated or the
responsibility of the photographer).
As we speak about this, I am in the process of trying to secure the
return of a print of mine on loan to a previous IVRPA conference
exhibition, and am dismayed to find that its whereabouts are
undefined, and there's a possibility that it was simply discarded or
destroyed.
These are not mistakes that should be made again. We need to have a
high level of respect for the work and intellectual property of the
authors and creators that both IVRPA and IAPP serve. That level of
respect should be maintained through efforts such as an Exhibition of
Work at a collaborative conference.
Unfortunately, if the rules persist as currently written, I will be
unwilling to participate in the Exhibition, and would strongly
discourage others from doing so, as well.
Thank you.
Scott
Scott Highton
Author, Virtual Reality Photography
Phone: (650) 592-5277
E-mail: #removed#
Web: http://www.vrphotography.com
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* All submissions should be made trough the Tucson 2010 website
using this form: http://tucson2010.com/panoramic-exhibition-form/
* We will only accept images captured from January 1, 2009 until
March 28, 2010.
* The image needs to be exceptionally interesting artistically or
technically.
* The maximum dimension of the prints we will accept is 110cm or 43
inches.
* The original photographs will have to be delivered in the Hilton
Tucson East Hotel no later than April 12, 2010.
* All prints not picked up after the exhibit will become the
property of Tucson2010 and retained for future exhibitions.
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