pay $329 for a royalty-free image from Getty Images for the cover of your chapbook?
I don't think I would. I don't have that much money, for starters.
I would for my book. But that isn't to say I value the chapbook less than the book.
Crap.
About Me
- Paul
- Paul Guest is the author of four volumes of poetry and a memoir. His debut, The Resurrection of the Body and the Ruin of the World, was awarded the 2002 New Issues Poetry Prize. His second collection, Notes for My Body Double, was awarded the 2006 Prairie Schooner Book Prize. His third collection, My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge, was published by Ecco Press/HarperCollins in 2008. His fourth collection, Because Everything Is Terrible, was published by Diode Editions. His poems have appeared in Harper's, The Paris Review, Poetry, Tin House, The Kenyon Review, and elsewhere. His memoir, One More Theory About Happiness, was published by Ecco in May 2010 and selected for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Program. The recipient of a 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2007 Whiting Writers' Award, Guest lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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What kind of image are you looking for? Robert Thomas used one of my husband (John Martin)'s images for his first book--and John's done his portraits as well. John's been a professional photographer for umpteen years and probably has some he'd let you use for a lot less than $329.
Email if interested
Thanks, Diane. It's an underwater, deep-sea image.
Paul, you might want to check out this site which (as I understand it) offers stock photography either for free or at least for less than Getty:
http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml
I've looked into it a bit for other purposes, but haven't actually used them... though it looks promising.
You might also look to http://pdphoto.org. The guy who hosts that posts his images free for use. (He just asks that you tell him what you're doing with them.) I used to tap his site when I needed environmental stock images for my engineering magazine.
He's got a search box to help narrow things. (For example, type WATER in the box. Easy peasy.)
Probably not what you need, but a useful resource for some.
-cK
Thanks. Will check these out.
I'm thinking I'll end up having to rethink the cover.
HOW COULD I FORGET!?
One more resource from the publishing industry:
http://www.istockphoto.com
There is a fee associated with their library, but it is affordable. Like $3 affordable. We bought plentifully from iStock.
Type "underwater" in the home page search box: 3303 matches. It even tells you how many people have bought a particular image. Happy hunting.
-cK
Uh, I can give you photos of banana trees? No, I wouldn't pay that for a chapbook.
I can recommend you (or recommend them) to a couple of good photographers. I bet they'd work cheap.
Hi Paul,
It's Julia in Tennessee. There's a guy that we've been working with to redesign our website, Robert Baggett. He's very talented, and he gets it - he asked all the right questions about you. I asked him for suggestions...if you're still in need.
Hey Julia. Thanks. I may very well still be in need.
Of web design.
Ahem.
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