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08/19/2004 12:42:57 PM · #1 |
Greetings all,
Many of you visit and share photographs on other sites and may be familiar with TrekEarth and TrekLens.
I just received an email from the site:
Dear Brad Petersen,
I would like to introduce you to a unique exhibit which will
hopefully be appearing in a museum in Italy with several fine
photographs from the TrekEarth site. The reason I am writing you
is that your photo has been requested by this museum for display
in their multimedia exhibition of photos from around the world.
The following letter from the exhibitions coordinator describes in
greater detail how everything will work. Please contact the
coordinator directly for any questions you may have about this
opportunity. This is a great chance to show others what it is to
"learn about the world through photography". The requested photos
are listed below, followed by the letter from the exhibitions
coordinator.
Regards,
Adam Silverman
TrekEarth
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Dear TE photographer,
The Immaginario Scientifico Science Centre is working on a project that
needs your collaboration. The Immaginario Scientifico is a science
museum based in the Miramare Campus (inside of one of the buildings of
the International Centre for Theoretical Physics
//www.ictp.trieste.it), near Trieste, Italy. The science museum,
in addition to offering an interactive hands-on area also features a
multimedia section called ELIS, where temporary exhibitions are
periodically set up and open to the public free of charge.
//www.immaginarioscientifico.it/ita/museo/elis.htm
In this section, science pictures (still or animated) and short
explanatory texts are retro-projected on 9 maxi screens to create an
environment that helps visitors experience science through an emotional
audio-visual experience. The project we are inviting you to take part
in envisions a virtual trip around the world through TE photos. We have
divided the globe into 24 "sharp" time zones of 15' degrees and
chosen an average number of 20 pictures per zone (with some problems in
the 165'-180'W), trying to cover four wide categories that we want to
display in the four groups of maxi-screens of ELIS
(namely: landscape, people, cities and detail). The "trip" will last
about 15 minutes showing how things change according to the longitude.
The photos will be displayed on the maxi screens with the name of the
region (or the town) where they were taken. Some hypertexts on the
desktop of the entrance (and also distributed inside the exhibition)
will give the visitor the possibility to interactively browse the
images and read the title of the picture together with the author's
name (which will of course also come out in the credits of the
exhibition).
In addition to your authorisation to use your photo(s), if possible we
would need higher resolution files of the picture(s), so that visitors
may enjoy a better vision of your photos. The exhibition is scheduled
to last 3 months (open at the end of July through September, but the
timing can change a bit). The average attendance for the IS temporary
exhibitions is 8000 visitors. We hope to have you as a collaborator
of this project, which is aimed at highlighting the role played by
travel photography in sharing knowledge about the world.
Sincerely,
Ettore Panizon
Temporary Exhibitions Coordinator
Anyone else ever get a request for something like this?
The images I have posted there are PP and lower resolution of the originals I have.
My stuff in a Museum display? Sounds interesting...
Regards,
Message edited by author 2004-08-19 17:22:14.
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08/19/2004 12:49:49 PM · #2 |
While I hope for your sake that this is legit, I have had similar letters from photos.com and poetry.com, which talked of exhibits, publication, and awards, but then later asked for large amounts of money to "ship your award" or ask you to attend a convention/exhibit/seminar at your expense. Check around before you give them anything.
Good Luck! |
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08/19/2004 01:00:57 PM · #3 |
phone them directly.
Good luck - sounds good if true!
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08/19/2004 01:15:00 PM · #4 |
That's awesome Brad! I hope it's all it appears to be... congratulations!!!!! :o)
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08/19/2004 01:26:53 PM · #5 |
I think phoning them directly is probably a very good idea:
Science Center Immaginario Scientifico
Riva Massimiliano e Carlotta, 15
Grignano - Trieste
tel 040224424
fax 040224439
web site: www.immaginarioscientifico.it
e-mail: lis@lis.trieste.it |
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08/19/2004 05:02:21 PM · #6 |
| I got one of these as well... since the email is sent directly from Adam, the guy who setup TrekEarth and TrekLens, I would definitely say this is legit. Legit, but altruistic, as you won't get paid! |
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08/19/2004 05:12:02 PM · #7 |
Hi Bob,
Word for the day...
Altruistic: unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others.
Now that I know what that means, (LOL) I guess this is really is a great
way to share our world with others, and it's free to the public.
Maybe requesting a program guide (or similar) would be a nice
portfolio item to have in exchange for the use of our shots?
Regards,
Message edited by author 2004-08-19 17:15:38.
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