Design Graphics need submissions for DG Portfolio Issue

[leek]

For the past several years, the 'Portfolio' has been published as a special issue of Design Graphics magazine. For 2006 the Portfolio has graduated into a publication in its own right; bigger and better than ever, and will now be titled 'DG Portfolio'.

The DG Portfolio 2006 will feature rich computer graphics, imagery from design and advertising studios, internet and new media design, photography and illustration from around the world.

Submissions close end of October. For more details visit - http://www.designgraphics.com.au

While this is more about digital imagery / manipulation than photography, I thought that a few people here might be interested in entering some stuff...
Look HERE for an entry form...

[Manta]

Thanks for the heads-up John. I'm sure there'll be some terrific images from our mob.

[elffinarts]

thanks for the info!
looking forward to trying to get some of my photomanipulations published.

[krpolak]

Leek,

I have been sending some stuff to DG. But times changed. Did you read conditions?

First they ask you to agree that your image will be used without any limitation by them and their cooperator.

Secondly you have to pay $30 for every entry - one image (?!). That is pretty funny, I would give them my work for free and why should I pay for that? It will not bring me more clients and fee for few images could cover cost of few hundred flyers.

That is prety cleaver. Last years submition was for free. Now they ask for $30. Multiply it buy few thousand entries and it seems that somebody is going to make extra wage here. I am not going to pay for that. There are few other places happy to receive my work.

That is only my opinion, but everybody decides by itself.

Just would like to see quality of this comming issue

Regards,

K.Polak

[leek]

I have been sending some stuff to DG. But times changed. Did you read conditions?

I must admit that I didn't read the conditions fully... If you really have to pay for your submissions and sign away any rights, then PLEASE FORGET WHAT I POSTED

[krpolak]

No worries. Just would like to point it for a considaration. Somebody might like to do it if ie. want to extend portfolio. It really depends on needs. But I heard from my friends that in this case they are not going to sent anything. They dont have to.

Regards,

K.Polak

[elffinarts]

That's nuts. Publishers these days getting artists to sign away their rights is getting too common.

[krpolak]

Yes, it is. But also it is a free market. They think that they can make money twice, first from entrants and second from issue sale. That is ok, their choice and their marketing approach. But every stick have two ends and this situation might promote other publishers. Finaly DG is not only magazine in Australia and surely not on the world. Readers pay and readers choose

Regards,

K.Polak

[elffinarts]

what concerns me far more than just paying $30 for entry is that with media cross ownership, you could find your image being used for bloody anything advertising wise across a wide group of magazines and media with no payment or credit given whatsoever. I'd only submit images if I could retain a copyright watermark on them even if subtle. (but obviously not in a way that can have it photoshopped out)