I know you have asked not to contact Karen directly, but if she is still shopping around for a photographer in the Memphis area, could you please pass on my information.

Thanks and keep up the helpful information and inspiring images!

Danny Klimetz
Oxford, MS

@Jeremy Lange – Great images!

peace

http://www.jeremymlange.com

Previous clients and more info is available on the site.
Thank you David, for offering this opportunity. We met briefly in 2002 when I was a Magnum intern in NY, but that was ages ago, Thomas Daniel was my reference. I talked with him the other day and he is great, as you probably know, always working as only TD can.
Be well
Jeremy

Thanks!

perhaps…

but, i think if you want to go to a “wider world” of the best types of clients and print buyers, surely Flickr will not do it….

not just for editors like Karen, but any serious photography buyer…just go look at the sites of the photographers you respect who have the very best clients in mind…i am not saying you might not get lucky and have someone find you on Flickr, but is that really the image you want to have??? photo sharing is one thing and a good thing…but, setting yourself up as a serious photographer is another….why not photo share on Flickr, but still have your own sophisticated site???

in this same vein, and i am sure you know this, but it never hurts to mention it again… since you are getting some good commissions, no matter how much someone pays you , be sure never to SELL your work…you should RENT your work…and you only should “rent” for one time use…watch out…in other words, be careful of all contracts and do not lose your copyright to one single picture…

YOU MUST OWN all of your work and have ALL re-use rights..it is customary to have a client want 90 day use rights or sometimes one year for high paying advertising use, but all photographs should come back to you for your archive….remember your archive is everything…..

again, congratulations for all the good commissions etc…

this is a good discussion in any case….to be continued…..

cheers, david

At this time the only place where my photos can be seen online is a PBase web site much like the one Herve described. It has dozens of galleries with photos that reflect my broad range of interests and experiences. Yes, some of these galleries are dedicated to specific portfolios, but many are not. It’s a real mixed bag.

But because of that variety, jobs have dropped into my lap through no effort of my own. One time a book publisher emailed me wanting to use one of my photos for the cover of a textbook she was publishing. A copy of that book is now on my shelves.

Just last March, the LA documentary producer who had won an Oscar for Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth,” emailed and asked me to do a well-paying location shoot for her upcoming documentary about rock guitarists. She’d seen photos on my web site of the Detroit neighborhood where one of the guitarists had grown up. She wanted onsite photos to see if it would be worth their while to come to Detroit for a mini-production shoot. In working on that job I learned a lot about hard deadlines & professionals who knew exactly what they wanted. Besides it will be cool to see my name in the credits once this film is released.

I share these stories not to brag but to say there is a place for all kinds of photographic web sites. Of course if you’re submitting a proposal to an editor like Karen, you’ll want a more focused site with only the best-of-your-best. But if you simply want to share your work with the wider world–which is more where I am, right now anyway–a photo sharing site like PBase or Flicker can do the job.

There’s a time and place for everything.

Patricia

like to hear what Ya’ll think.

thanks for the spelling correction!!! i doubt that she saw this and she would forgive me if she did…she has forgiven me for worse!! anyway, fixed…..

PATRICIA…

super congrats!!! good for you…..i will look forward to seeing the published piece…

cheers, david

Hey bob black, I was looking for your private email, wanted to send you something. but I couldn’t find it. anyway, thanks for your feedback on the OBX ideas.

Many thanks for posting this info. Sounds like a fantastic opportunity.

All the best,
Jared

For what it is worth, my limited–but somewhat successful–inquiries to magazines:

I use Ms. or Mr. I don’t include pictures in the email body. I have only included links to either my web site proper or have created a unique to them web page with a set of photos that I think might be relevant.

I “followed up” pretty regularly… every couple months or so…just to say hi, here’s what I’ve been working on lately… saw your latest issue, looks great…hope all is well, etc, etc…

Give them a simple, brief bio…who you are, where you live, what you’ve been shooting lately, if you’ve had anything published mention that. I believe in the short and concise way of introducing yourself and your work to people. They are very busy and will quickly move on if there is too much info.

Just my experience…others will vary, of course.

Cheers.

Great to see and congratulations! Nothing more satisfying I am sure than to get your work published….

To OTHERS,

I hope several of you will get the job…This would be great! Little race going on I am sure to get to Karen right now but having some Harvey’s bloggers across the world on pro-assignment would be fantastic to see as an outcome…. WHY DO I NEED TO HAVE A DAY JOB??!!!! This day job is starting to piss me off….I also want to go….

Cheers,

ERIC

CONGRATULATIONS Patricia! :)))…See, surprises come when we least expect them ;))))…now u and mr. you can celebrate :))

karma: u will miss David and look3 (me too) but got a nice return “apology” return from life :)))…just dont miss Harvey’s dance hootenany next year ;)))…i hope to have a pair of old boots on….

ok, off

running
b

Congratulations! Since you started posting here, I’ve been interested in your stories and impressed by your dedication to following your passion while faced with what sounds like pretty challenging personal circumstances. I liked your Duality#7 (the radio brought back lots of childhood memories)and also enjoyed the self-portrait series elsewhere on your site.

andrew