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Re: timing and type of events for WWP
Oliver Cannell 2004-Jul-30 00:07:00
Hi Bruce,
I created some VR shots of Stonehenge recently, but due to them not
being shot on the Summer Solstice, I was unable to submit them for the
last WWP.
http://www.ic360.com
I am hoping to submit them to the UNESCO site though, once I get
English Heritage's approval.
Oli
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On Jul 27, 2004, at 16:39, bruce_hemming wrote:
> I think that combining the solstice dates and the World Heritage theme
> made life a little
> more complicated for contributors.? I didn't send anything in this
> time, but that was due to
> prior commitments, however I would have loved to have tried and shot
> panos at
> Stonehenge ( I even have a kind of in with the management) or one of
> the other UK
> prehistoric sites - but on the Solstice? - no way, all would have
> been absolutely heaving
> with people.
>
> Perhaps in future we should stick to either a specific moment in time
> (for all the good
> reasons others have listed) or a theme which is not tied to a single
> date - a weekend is
> fine, a month too long.
>
> One other suggestion - many years ago '69 or '70 I think,? I was
> involved with the
> cooperative which created the Real Britain Postcard project.? A true
> cooperative, every
> member was expected not only to contribute images, but also to be
> publicist, salesman
> and distributor and belieive it or not it worked.? No one made much
> cash but we did get an
> alternative view into the marketplace.? If we could apply the same
> principle and get
> members to distribute press releases and contact the media we could
> generate much
> wider interest in the medium which as I understand it is one of the
> main objectives.
>
> Now I know this means that some poor person is going to have to sit
> down and write out
> some guidelines but with a little help I'm sure that the membership
> can become far more
> active as ambassadors and publicists.? I do think that this in itself
> will help generate a
> growing number of contributors and keep the whole project self
> sustaining as inevitably
> there will be a varying degree of participation.
>
> As ever plaudits to Don, Landis and all others involved, I'm already
> looking forward to the
> next one.
>
> Best
>
> Bruce
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