Getting Noticed, and Making Contacts
I'm delighted to mention that the project has just gotten a nice write-up at Fast Company’s "Co.Design" web site:
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669521/a-photo-essay-on-americas-forgotten-drive-in-theaters
The article gets the word out that some theaters have been rescued by community efforts to "save the drive-in" and raise the money for conversion to digital projection. Maybe more communities will get the idea to do the same. They asked for much larger files so looking at this presentation on a big monitor might be fun.
On another front, over the weekend I found that a lot of theaters have some sort of Facebook presence and I've suddenly made direct contact with owners of half a dozen theaters from Indiana to Oklahoma. Will continue with this approach. Advance contact isn't essential, but it smooths the way.
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A handwritten thank-you note mailed from the road, on a custom postcard with a picture from one of the project theaters.
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A handwritten thank you note postcard, plus two 5x7 color photos showing two of the most interesting theaters from this road trip.
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A handwritten thank you note postcard, plus a set of six 5x7" color photos showing some of the coolest theaters visited on the trip.
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A handwritten thank you note postcard, plus an American Drive-in Theater project 12-month calendar with color pictures from 12 of the theaters on the road trip.
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $100 or more
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A handwritten thank you note postcard, the custom drive-in calendar, plus one archival exhibition quality 8x10 print from the project, and a fun souvenir from one of the theaters. (popcorn fork, refrigerator magnet? Won't know till I get there).
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $175 or more
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A handwritten thank you note postcard, the custom drive-in calendar, plus one archival exhibition quality 11x14 print from the project, and a fun souvenir from one of the theaters.
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $250 or more
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Special Reward: Are you a drive-in theater owner in the regions I’ll be traveling? You'll get an 11x14 print (color or monochrome) of your theater, the custom calendar, plus I'll do documentation of your theater in color and provide you with files you can use to update and enhance your theater’s web site.
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $350 or more
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A handwritten thank you note postcard, the custom drive-in calendar, and a portfolio of six 11x14 archival exhibition quality prints from the road trip.
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $375 or more
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A handwritten thank you note postcard, the drive-ins calendar, plus one contact-size monochrome archival print from a theater on the trip, on heavy cotton paper, scanned from a panoramic 7x17 inch negative, and one 11x14 inch print scanned from an 8x10 negative.
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A handwritten thank you note postcard, and a portfolio of six 15x20 archival exhibition quality prints from the road trip.
Estimated delivery: Nov 2012Pledge $800 or more
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Special reward: are you a photography enthusiast and live in the region I’ll be traveling? You’ll get the portfolio of six 11x14s from theaters on the trip, plus meet me on the road and take a private photography workshop on view camera technique, digital capture, or both.
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $1,300 or more
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A handwritten thank you note postcard, and a 22x28 inch monochrome archival exhibition print from a theater on the trip, on heavy cotton paper, scanned from an 8x10 inch negative.
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A handwritten thank you note postcard, plus a 16x40 inch monochrome archival print from a theater on the trip, on heavy cotton paper, scanned from a 7x17 inch negative.
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The handwritten thank you postcard, and one hand-made platinum/palladium contact print from one of the 8x10" photographs, and one from the 7x17" photographs, each in an edition limited to ten prints and two artist's proofs. Signed and numbered by the artist.
Estimated delivery: Nov 2012
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