Matt Philbin
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 p.1 #8 · Capture My Chicago book cover... | |
Congratulations on a well deserved win! Of those submissions, a dozen are mine. I haven't heard anything beyond what you've shown here, but also don't really watch the news.
As for the $$ side of this, you have to admit it is an ingenious marketing idea that they've got going. They get to put together what's arguably the best compilation of Chicago photography, sell it in a coffee table book, pay almost nothing for the work, and get all the proceeds of the book sales. Despite the fact that I entered this willingly, mostly with the hopes of being published, I do almost regret doing it. Not because of the lack of prizes, but rather the way they've handled announcing the winners.
In addition, many of what I thought were the best photos submitted really had no noticeable connection to Chicago itself. There were lots of great barn shots and nature scenes from suburbs that are so distant you couldn't drive there from the city in an hour.
It seems like they're trying to sell as many of the books as possible before saying whose artwork (photography) will actually be in it. It's a little bit of a sleazy way to do it, since we're all waiting weeks to hear the results.
I'm glad to see someone who I believe has real talent did get the cover, as opposed to a tourist in for the weekend who got a lucky shot with an I phone! Nice going, and looking forward to seeing the rest of the book!
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