A few months ago, after realising I hadn't visited or updated my Flickr page in a while, I decided to log in and read some of my comments/messages. I had a message from Sonia Chaghatzbanian, an art director for Simon & Schuster (a New York publishing company), saying she was interested in one of my photographs to be used on a book cover:
This is the image she was interested in:
Its an old photo (February 2009!) that I had taken during my 365 Self Portrait a Day project. I remember taking it at about 8am in the morning in my snowy street at home, before I went out to school. It was definitely an exciting surprise to see in my Flickr messages after not logging in for a while.
After replying back, a few emails and months later, I've now signed the contracts to allow them to use my photo. I've been sent a mock up of what the book cover will look like, it has been cropped into a portrait format to suit a book cover, snowflakes drawn above my head (which I love) and the book title/author added on:
The book is set to be published in Spring 2013, I will receive a credit in the book for the photo, and will be sent a copy of the finished book, which I'll definitely be reading. This was an awesome and unexpected opportunity, especially to gain a potentially useful contact - I have said that I'd be interested in working on any book covers they may need in the future.
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