Unfortunately this is a common practice. Sorry to learn there is another organization guilty. Last year I submitted greeting cards which I designed for a Rochester organization, with my photographs and my text to Graphic Design Magazine's contest. It is a well known published magazine of the graphic design industry. The entry fee was $50.00 but I did win an award. Just a piece of paper and an email. Next I learned that to be published in their book as a winner I would have to pay $250.00. I will not be in the book and I have lost respect for the magazine. Even the most reputable contests want rights to your image. It's easy to spot the fraud in an email message from a bank on the other side of the world, more difficult in your own area of expertise. On the bright side, Pini, you got a lot of congratulations from the group. An accomplishment, for sure. It was a good photograph. JOHN __________________________________ jr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx See my Photography at http://www.retallackphotography.com Cell: 585-313-1407 -----Original Message----- From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of asharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:39 PM To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students Cc: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students Subject: Re: Making money from photographers Ego ? Report them to artists-bill-of-rights.org You probably gave away the copyright on your image, too. Andrew On Tue, July 12, 2011 2:17 pm, Pini Vollach wrote: > Hi > > > A few days ago I posted here a message about the Photo Contest industry. > It had no comments. > I'm still want to hear your thoughts about it. > > > I found that the organizers of: > > > LICC - London > PX3 - Paris > Lucie Awards - New York > And maybe more, have the same address: > 550 North Larchmont Blvd., Suite 100 Los Angeles, CA 90004. > > > In this days they ask me high res file of my winning photo to put in a > book. I paid money for participating in the contest and now, after > winning, I'll have to pay for the book that was made of my stuff. > > All I got for my winning was some beautiful e-mail with a photo of a > medal. I feel like I was cheated. > > > Pini > > > > > > >
