Exactly ! Pini Vollach -----Original Message----- From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Herschel Mair Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 1:06 AM To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students Subject: Re: Making money from photographers Ego ? Pini, As far as I can see, the "Call for Art" business is a complete rip-off. These are not real galleries and they don't give real prizes. They pretend to be the world's most important photo contest but really they are probably one office in LA with one guy making a lot of money out of the photographer's need for recognition. On 7/12/11 3:17 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 > > > > > >
