[pct-l] Portraits of PCT thru hikers, book idea

[Craig Stanton]

A guy called jason Wacunus (sp?) took a round of photographs in 2007,  
last U heard he was heading over to the AT to gather pictures there  
too. Just thought you should know before finding you're sharing the  
spotlight.

~Craig



>
> Portraits of PCT thru hikers, book idea   My husband is a  
> professional photographer. His specialty is creating publicity  
> photos for the motion picture industry (movie stills). Between  
> movies he contributes to the largest stock photography agencies in  
> the world.   He is thinking about doing a photo book on PCT thru  
> hikers.  The book would be nothing but portraits of the hikers,  
> photographed as they are about half way to Canada, somewhere in  
> Northern California.   He would reserve about month of time, be  
> available seven days a week, at a specific place every day, a well  
> signed location right on the PCT. No detours or route finding  
> required for the hiker to do this.   Each photograph would include  
> their name, the date, age, where they are from, and a short message  
> of their choosing.  They would be photo- graphed as is; no cleaning  
> up, no fussing about, he would not "direct" them.  It would take  
> about 5 - 10 minutes of their time.  Each person (or couple) would  
> receive in return; a digital, high resolution copy of the image  
> mailed to them, and a beverage of their choice and a snack of some  
> sort after the sitting. All he would want in return is a signed  
> model release and a small amount of their time.   Examples of his  
> work can be seen on his website: www.koberfoto.com   What do all you  
> hikers think of this idea?  Do you think there is a book market for  
> this? Do you think the hikers would stop? Any problem signing a  
> model release? What questions or concerns would you have?   Please  
> share your thoughts and ideas.  You can email my husband directly  
> through his webpage or back to me personally.   We are still in the  
> development stages so any and all input and ideas would be  
> appreciated.   Thank you for your time.   Lisa