FWIW, I live in one of the most photographed places in the US and one of the least populated. We are crawling with nationally known photographers.
Ok (from my experience getting articles written about my project or me), you dig up an address for an editor at the publication you want to get into. You send them a package of the strongest and most representative images from the project along with a coherent written statement describing the scope, intent and significance of the project. You include a biography and a resume that illustrates you track record. You supplement this with letters of support from sponsors, local art critics or perhaps the gallery owner describing the importance and success of the project. Magazines like newspapers, online or traditional, are looking for stories that have a good hook. If you are a famous photographer you can be the hook yourself, otherwise it has to be the project, above and beyond just a group of well executed images. And you need to do this a good while before the exhibit opens. Periodicals are concerned with timing, being the first or only publication with a particular story. Periodicals have about a 6 month lead time for editorial. less if you are just looking for an announcement. If you wait till the exhibit is up it will be old news already. On my last big project, a 30 year retrospective book, I started talking it up about a year before it came out. That led to a museum show timed with the release of the book. For publicity I sent out queries to newspapers and magazines about 6 months before the release/opening and followed them up with phone calls.
Thanks Kirk.
I have connections with the local medias as I am already a known photographer here and plus I happen to know the Owners of the biggest local Newspaper so I will have no problem having an article put up .
I really posted this thread mainly for information on how to get into or appraoch or how to send material to BIG magazines like American PHOTO or PDN or something top notch like those.
I guess the thread or my writing got side tracked with the copying worry that really is not a problem as I have everything nailed down here.
What I was wondering is how people submit and most importantly submitting with out worrying about copy right abuse or the likes.
Hope that makes a little more sense for you and any other people who may stumble upon this thread.
I am moving more into the Art world of photography after 20 years as a Fashion photographer. I am pretty bored with Models and Fashion at the moment and were prefer to work as an artist on my projects from start to finish and not have to worry about Make up artist, shitty models and Art directors screwing up my images.
I want and have had great thrills working SOLO recently. I also enjoy doing all my own retouching and post in general.
Thanks for any further information.
Snook