Photo Rights…
Yesterday I received a piece of email from a film production company in Toronto asking if I’ll grant them rights to use this photo in a documentary they are making “…about the archaeology of the birthplace of Jesus: the well known Bethlehem.”
The company is AP LTD/ TSU Productions who is located somewhere downtown along Spadina in Toronto. I’m also not sure of any of the details of this documentary nor why they would be interested in such a poorly shot photo (it’s just a random snapshot from when I was wandering around Frankenmuth alone one day), but they do. < shrug >
Digging a bit further, one of this company’s previous works is The Naked Archaeologist which looks like it might actually be interesting. Actually, looking at the dates of this show, this photo might be wanted to be included as part of this series. The aforementioned press release is only from two weeks ago, and it looks like the series isn’t complete yet.
Hmm, I guess I will let them use it… No reason not to…
Now, to figure out how to communicate the release back to them in the most efficient manner.
UPDATE: Hmm, the number to fax the relese to is for the Riverdale Jewish Community Center. Interesting…
thats cool
[Rewritten to clarify…]
I still don’t get the whole ‘why’, though… Maybe they are looking into the western views of Christmas and such? Perhaps something about the commercializing of the holiday, or the west’s portrayal of the figures as white?
you know, i never really thought about them being white. i dont understand why that never clicked in me. thats cool if they use your pic though.
sweet!