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Berin Loritsch [deleted] says:

It's been three months since the last time we even talked about a print swap. Is there any interest in doing a new one? They are a lot of fun, and it is rewarding knowing your art is being enjoyed by someone else.

[Details]
I set up the swap bot event (based on our last time). You can join anytime between now and 10/31. Because it is the holiday season in America, I'm giving all of November to get your prints out, so the due date for your prints is 11/31.

Join Swap-Bot
Password: photogram

[Rules]
The way it works is that we start up a print swap using Swap Bot. Everyone who is participating joins the swap. The details for doing that will be posted here.

Swap Bot will pick three random people for you to send a print to, and three different random people will have you as a swap partner. All you have to do is make the print and send it to the people you were assigned. You can choose any print that you want, the only rules are:

1) To keep things fair, print sizes are set at about 8x10 (A4 or 8" square are good, too). The idea is that you don't get a 5x7 when you sent of 16x20s. I've received a print as big as 11x11, but almost all have been 8x10.

2) Since this is a black and white group, all prints are black and white. They can be made digitally or traditionally, toned or straight black and white, on any paper you choose. Last time we did this, we had some people suggest separate swaps for digital prints and traditional prints so they can get "equal value". Unless we have a lot more participants, that won't be feasible.

3) Almost any content is good, but don't send something that may cause problems with someone's spouse. We've not had any artistic nudes sent (to my knowledge), but think of something that would be appropriate to display in a home with kids.

4) Don't sign up if you think you may not be able to follow through with it. We've had problems with almost every swap where people signed up to doing the swap and then didn't follow through. That means that while someone sent out three pictures they may have received only two, or only one. It's not fair to the other participants. We understand that stuff can come up that you didn't expect, but please let the swap coordinator know as soon as it happens.

5) Once the swap officially starts, you will have three to four weeks to finish the prints and send them off. You don't need to include mats with the prints, but do try to keep them stiff.

6) Once you receive your prints, you will be able to rate the people who sent them to you. The basic criteria is how good an experience you had.
Originally posted at 3:19PM, 17 October 2008 PDT (permalink)
Berin Loritsch edited this topic 44 months ago.