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Key words in this issue: Photo Donations | Image Misuse | Photography History | Space Photography Show | Artist’s Magazine Competition | Photoshop Help | Photographer’s Website Manual | Stock Photo |

NEWSWORDS: Photographers Protest Grammy Exclusion | Anti-war Rally Violence | History of Black Photography | Death Threats | Industry Growth | Student Photography Business | Boeing Photographer Retiring | Apple.com Photographer |

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## PhotoAIM weekly newsletter for 03/08/03 ## 390a

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PhotoAIM, the weekly newsletter from PhotoSource

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Advance Note: It seems like the right thing to do, donate your lifelong collection of photos to a local college, university or museum, sit back, and wait for the accolades to start pouring in. While the non-profit frequently is eager to accept your donation, to often your photos simply get stored away in a cocoon. A better alternative: advertise your collection on the Internet and set up an annuity for your heirs.

DONATING PHOTOS TO A NON-PROFIT

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Need the answer to a stock photography question? At our website >www.photosource.com/board< you'll find our Bulletin Board, called "The Kracker Barrel." Check it out. Our staff answers marketing questions; fellow photographers offer their input and experience. The following is a typical exchange.

Twenty-five years ago a museum offered to store a significant artistic/historical collection of photographs of mine. The museum is a small but significant private facility, and there was a social relationship between myself and the museum director. No paperwork was offered or asked for. I recently requested the collection back, and the new director of the museum indicated in a letter that the collection cannot be found, although several other interim museum directors remember the photos in the archives.

Any suggestions for legal assistance? Steve Ames

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An attorney would no doubt be able to help you if you can gather witnesses, diaries, written quotes from museum employees, and other documentation such as correspondence, or photos of your photos, etc. that record your situation. As in all disputes, firm evidence is issue number one. Hearsay won't work in a court of law.

But your experience brings up something important as we move into the digital age.

Photographers with an important collection of photographs, either acquired or developed by themselves over the years, no longer have to first expect to just donate their historical collection to a museum, university, or similar non-profit organization.

Your experience with the museum is not uncommon. Non-profit organizations have been known to readily accept photographic collections, only to store them away in a basement closet. A generation later, a worker discovers the carton of photos, all damaged by humidity and neglect, trashes them, and makes room for the cycle to repeat itself. Unless you can get a firm (in writing) commitment from an organization to protect your photo collection in storage, avoid the arrangement. Instead, market them yourself or arrange for a colleague to do it and split the profits.

THE VALUE

Can a donation to a non-profit organization be used as a write-off? The IRS looks at artwork (which includes photos, both vintage and contemporary) as pieces of replaceable paper. Only if you have sold a particular photo for a certain price and can document the sale with a receipt, will the IRS consider the intrinsic value of the pictures. Otherwise, they place very little value (limited to the cost to reprint the image) on a photo. A museum or university might have a development officer able to place a value to your photo collection (an educated guess), but whether that value could serve as a tax write-off might be challenged by the IRS.

Rohn Engh is director of PhotoSource International and publisher of PhotoStockNotes. Pine Lake Farm, 1910 35<sup>th</sup> Road, Osceola, WI 54020 USA E-mail: info@photosource.com Fax: 1 715 248 7394

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This week's featured photographer on PhotoSourceFolio: Joanne M. Asher:

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SOMEONE USING ONE OF YOUR IMAGES WITHOUT PERMISSION?

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Here's a message you can send to them.

"It has recently come to my attention that you are using one of my images [name or # of image] on your website, URL. Your use of this image violates my copyright of the image. While your use of this image may have been inadvertent, I must insist that you immediately cease all use of it, and acknowledge in writing, within 10 days of your receipt of this letter, that all use of this image has been stopped. In the absence of such assurances, I will take all appropriate steps to protect my rights."

ADS WE’VE READ

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FLASHBACK

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1843 – Congress experimented with the telegraph by appropriating funds to build a telegraph line between Washington DC and Baltimore.

1879 – March 28<sup>th</sup> – Edward Steichen was born in Luxembourg. As curator of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, he created the photography exhibit, "The Family of Man," which became a best-selling photography book.

1923 – Henry Luce brought out his first issue of TIME Magazine.

CONTESTS

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SPACe 2003 PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW. Deadline: March 29, 2003. Awards in each of three categories: 1<sup>st</sup> - $100; 2<sup>nd</sup> - $75; 3<sup>rd</sup> - $50. Fee: $20/3 entries. Contact: The Spanish Peaks Arts Council, Photo Show, P.O. Box 419, La Veta, CO 81055. Phone: 1 719 742-3074.

GOOD STUFF

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Using Adobe’s Photoshop Elements? Check out Photoshop Elements 2.0: 50 Ways to Create Cool Pictures, by Dave Huss, New Riders Publishing, 201 West 103<sup>rd</sup> St, Indianapolis, IN 46290 2003, $29.99, ISBN # 0-7357-1323-5. Don’t let the subtitle put you off: it’s not a collection of cutesy tricks for impressing friends and alienating photobuyers. Starting from ground zero, Huss introduces you to Elements’ workspace and tools, shows you quick and easy ways to improve your photos, then moves on to techniques that while not as automatic, give you more control over the final result. The back cover implies the book is just for digital shooters. Not so: it’s equally useful if you scan film into your computer. —David Arnold http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm# 0735713235 .

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

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"One's real life is often the life that one does not lead."

–Oscar Wilde

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Photogs Protest Exclusion From The Grammys - Several photographers are angry at the Grammys' credentialing policy, which they say is arbitrary and puts unfair restrictions on their ability to compete in the celebrity photo market.

Cops Stop Photo Ops - Mayor Bloomberg may love the way the NYPD handled the February 15 anti-war rally, but how do photographers who covered the rally rate the NYPD? Lensmen expect a certain amount of roughing up at rallies, even a broken lens or two, but some are calling this one too rough. Photogs from Britain and Maine felt disrespected and the Daily News complained that police mistreated two of its staff photographers.

Smithsonian exhibit looks at the history of black photography - Divided into three sections, the show features more than 300 images by 120 black photographers, from the early 19th century to present.

President of Colombia photographers' union to flee country because of death threats - The president of Colombia's photographers' union said Tuesday that she would flee the country because of death threats she and other union members have received over the past year.

Photography industry sees printing fueling growth - PMA expects sales of digital cameras will overtake traditional camera sales in 2003. But printing digital photos -- which otherwise are viewed on a computer screen or the camera's display -- casts a wider economic impact than just camera sales. The printing process generates revenues for paper and ink producers, makers of home printers, photo kiosks, and photofinishing labs, as well as driving customers to retailers such as CVS or Wal-Mart.

Student photography business goes high-tech Founder's son takes Photo Art company into the digital age

Boeing staff photographer closes shutter - After 40 years, photographer Bob Claus has covered his lenses and turned off his flashes. He has photographed former President George H.W. Bush, former first lady Barbara Bush, astronauts and space capsules.

Apple Explores Work of Photographer James Nachtwey - Still photographer James Nachtwey is the latest focus at the Apple website for photography. Nachtwey was recently the subject of the critically-acclaimed documentary "War Photographer."

Photographer, Writer, Editor Luis Marden Dies at 90 - Luis Marden, 90, who as a National Geographic photographer, writer and editor from the 1930s into the late 1990s became the embodiment of the Washington-based society's romantic spirit and flair for adventure.

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Kodak Recognized with Top Awards for Innovation and Image Quality at Photo Industry's Largest Annual Show - Eastman Kodak Company announced that it received several prestigious awards for its innovative digital cameras and printers for consumers and professionals at the photography industry's largest annual tradeshow.

HP tries to get 'radically simple' - Hewlett-Packard is adopting a new design philosophy, aiming to make its products easier to operate than rival offerings and so effective when used together that customers stay with the HP family when buying various devices.

Digicam memory cards crack 4 gigabytes - Lexar Media said Monday that it will soon release two new CompactFlash cards that far exceed the memory capacity of other digital cards on the market, while rival SanDisk unveiled a line of CompactFlash and SD cards that transfer data at a higher rate of speed.

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