Re: 1st WWPD - Draft Press release

Hello Guy,

Fabulous stuff. Good going! I can hear teletypes ticking around the
world! I'll offer a few minor changes.

Tuesday, February 20, 2001, 8:34:14 AM, you wrote:

> Hi folks!

> I sharpened my pen last night and drafted a Press release for the WWPD.
> This is just a draft to kick around. Make any suggestions, changes you
> want to make and circulate them back to the list. We're gettin' there!

> Cheers,

> Guy

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> Pinhole photographers create 1st Worldwide Pinhole Photography day

> Pinhole photographers from around the world working through the internet
> established the first World Pinhole Photography day, to take place on
> April 19, 2001. Pinhole Vision and Pinhole Resource, the two largest
> pinhole photography organizations based in the United States, announced
> their enthusiastic support for this grass-root initiative. On that day,
> pinhole photographers from all over the planet are invited to take their
> pinhole box, shoot a picture and post it on the first World Pinhole
> photography day web site.

Pinhole photographers around the world, working through the internet,
have established the first World Pinhole Photography Day, to take
place on April 29, 2001. Pinhole Visions and The Pinhole Resource, the
two largest pinhole photography organizations based in the United
States, have announced their enthusiastic support for this grass-roots
initiative. On that day, pinhole photographers from around the globe
are invited to take their pinhole cameras, shoot some pictures, and
post them on the first World Pinhole Photography Day web site.

> Pinhole photography, one of the oldest photography technique in
> history, has regained vigour as a photographic genre in the past
> several decades. It now counts several thousand professional
> artists and supporters around the world who are seduced by the
> beauty of the images created by these lensless cameras. There is no
> limit to the imagination of pinhole photographers whose equipment
> goes from the simple oatmeal box with a tiny little pinhole to
> Volkswagen vans turned into a camera.

Pinhole photography, one of the oldest photography techniques known,
has regained vigour as a photographic genre in the past few decades.
It now counts several thousand professional artists and supporters
around the world, who have been seduced by the beauty of the images
created by these lensless cameras. There is no limit to the
imagination of pinhole photographers, whose equipment ranges from
simple oatmeal boxes to precision view cameras to a Volkswagen Van
turned into a camera.

> For more information about this event or to find out how to submit your
> own pinhole photograph on April 29, please contact **Web site to be
> announced**
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Again, great stuff Guy.

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 Scott                            mailto:scottsellers@mindspring.com