Published?
I just received the following email:
Dear Lance Webel,
I came across your photo called What’s bugging you? on Flickr.com. I found it very interesting and I would like to use it for educational purposes in a book I’m currently editing for my publishing company, Richmond Publishing, Santillana Group, in Argentina.
This photo would be appropriate as supporting graphical material for an interior page dealing with related subject matter. It would be included in a book for students 9-10 years old and over learning English as a foreign language in Argentina, to be used in public and private schools. More specifically, it would illustrate either situational dialogues or reading passages. Again, the use of your photo would be strictly educational and I would give you full credits for your contribution in the book.
I would greatly appreciate if you could inform us on the use of your photo. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Paula
Editorial Team
Richmond Publishing
Argentina
My first reaction? That’s sweet! Not only can my work be published, in a real book, but it’s a book that will help little kids in Argentina learn to speak English. I hope I can get a copy, if it ever makes the cut!
It’s also pretty cool that this publishing company is scouring Flickr for photos to include in their publications. Genious. Why pay hundreds and thousands of dollars for stock photography when you have an enormous collective of eager and talented amateurs cataloguing their work for you? Plus, Flickr makes it easy to find these photos, mark your favorites, and directly contact the photographers. Bravo … I highly applaud this strategy of leveraging the collective efforts of the public.
October 26th, 2006 at 12:34 pm EST
sweet action yo!
October 26th, 2006 at 1:24 pm EST
What a bug mean?
It seems that to be mean faults in pcgames““
October 26th, 2006 at 1:44 pm EST
Good question, Jack. The word “bug” has two meanings.
1. An insect, a very small animal with 6 legs and wings (examples: fly, ant, mosquito, cockroach). The girl in this photo is holding a bug:
2. A fault in a computer program or a computer game (you’re right!)
October 26th, 2006 at 8:18 pm EST
1) I would require that they send me a copy of the final book. (why not?)
2) Make sure its ok with the girl in the picture first, and her parents.
October 26th, 2006 at 9:49 pm EST
Both ideas have been considered, in addition to the credit I’ve asked them to use (©2005 Lance Webel, http://webel.net). I won’t require them to send me a copy, but I’ve asked them to. Good thoughts!
October 27th, 2006 at 12:06 am EST
sweet action yo
October 27th, 2006 at 12:59 am EST
Is that a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach? My Dad used to have those in a tank in his classroom. eeeeww…
October 27th, 2006 at 5:44 am EST
Wow; what an incredible compliment and such an excellent use of your photography. Congrats!
October 31st, 2006 at 11:58 pm EST
We are interested in children seeing actual kids their own age in real situations. For this reason, we have thought of Flickr as a good possibility to do so.
Needless to say, this is the most innovative way to reach such purpose among many other traditional ones that we do use in a large amount in our books.
December 4th, 2007 at 8:58 am EST
I just got a very similar email (13 months later). Did this work out for you? Phrasing was a little spam-esque for my liking.
December 4th, 2007 at 10:41 am EST
I never followed through with it … not because I thought it was spam (the particular photo they chose made sense), but because I was pretty busy at the time and not really interested and the payoff was pretty limited.
Who knows, maybe one of these days I’ll explore spreading my photography around a little more, but for now I’m content to simply learn and share on a small scale.