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Re: Tucson 2010 Panoramic Exhibition rules
Aleksandar Janicijevic 2010-Mar-19 17:21:00
me too, second, third and much more!
this is outrages disrespect for the artist.
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aleksandar janicijevic
multimedia specialist, media production x 2544
On 19-Mar-10, at 1:00 PM, Bo Lorentzen wrote:
> Second that.!
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> On Mar 19, 2010, at 9:39 AM, Scott Highton wrote:
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>> Gentlemen,
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>> Unfortunately, I have to take issue with your rules for this
>> exhibition, as cited below.
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>> First of all, you are asking photographers to incur the expense of
>> preparing (and presumably mounting) panoramic prints for your
>> exhibition.
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>> 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).
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>> 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.
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>> 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
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>> 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.
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>> 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).
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Thank you.
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>> Scott
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>> 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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