My Photography In The 'Gärten In Südengland' Book< Portobello Film Festival | Blog | My Fifth Sketchy Ferry Fairies Artist Group Night > Last week I received a parcel from Germany addressed to me. I opened the parcel and found a nice looking book printed in German called ‘Gärten in Südengland’, which in English translates as ‘Gardens in South England’
Gaja Busch, an editor for Nicola Publishing House in Belin, Germany, contacted me via my Flickr photography website back in February of this year. The message read as follows;- "Dear Barry, I am an editor for Nicolai Publishing House in Berlin, Germany. We are currently preparing a new edition of a book on gardens and parks in South England called "Gärten in Südengland" which will be published in May 2008 (the print-run will be 4000 copies). Looking for suitable images, I came across your photos of Petworth Park and would like to ask you for permission to use the image named "Lake at Petworth Park" in the aforementioned book. Please contact me at ************** to discuss the details. In case you would like to know more about Nicolai, you can visit our website at www.nicolai-verlag.de. Thank you very much in anticipation! Sincerely, Gaja Busch" Gaja wanted to use my below photo, which I took at Petworth Park.
We exchanged a few more messages; they offered me £80, and a copy of the book. I sent them an invoice with my address, and heard no more from them, until I received the printed book through the post last week. My photo of Petworth Park is included on a double page spread, and my name is printed later on inside the book.
If you can read German and are interested in buying the book, it can be bought from here. I am really pleased to have one of my photos and name published in a book like that. It has encouraged me to pursue my photography a bit more, as maybe I can make a bit of money selling some of them to stock photography suppliers and publishers. I have had other photos of mine used before for online articles, one of a racing pigeon, and the other was some of my Brittany pictures. I may have had other photos of mine used without my permission, which is why I now have my name written across my online photography on my Flickr website, so I don’t miss out on payment, or a credit! Related ContentComments on My Photography In The 'Gärten In Südengland' Book2
Hi Monica,
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Hi Barry!
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Congratulations! The photo is beautiful! It is always a good feeling to know others share the love of your photos ya know?
BTW I love the design of your site ~ :)
Mon