So, one of my pictures was published in the aforementioned Jackson24 book, and to my surprise, it was the one I had linked to in my previous post. However, they black-and-white-ified it, and in my personal opinion, made it look pretty bad (not to mention that it’s also printed across the inner-spine!). What really amazed me, is that they didn’t pick one of the other two pictures that actually had people in them; I even converted one into black and white for them! You’ll have to excuse me if I’m a little proud of the pictures I submitted to them, for I am. I realize that they are not “The Best Photographs Ever Captured,” but I also know enough about photography now to judge work that is outstanding, good, and poor. If quality was a deciding factor in choosing the pictures that were printed, I’d like to see the reasoning behind some of the photos I saw tonight.
I am human, and I am malcontent. There are some really decent photographs in the book though and I would encourage anyone who lives in Jackson, and likes photography, to grab a copy of it. I do however, wish this town had more of an interest in the arts, and encouraged its residents in their creativity.
I did notice, while flipping through the list of photographers in the back of the book, that several people (presumably staff members) had quite a few more photographs published than the “three per person” rule that us regular (sub-par?) citizens were held to. While I can’t say I’d blame them for taking this opportunity for self-promotion, I think they should have stuck to the rules themselves. There were more than enough good pictures that could have made it into the book in place of the six or twelve extra pictures of theirs that they deemed more important (like my other two. 
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In other news, all of the submissions (close to 1,000) are on a DVD that is being bundled with the book, so hopefully someone will spot the others of mine that have been discarded, acknowledge my genius, and give me vasts sums of money.
To the people that submitted photographs and actually had them all printed, I congratulate you. To those of you who missed the book but are on the DVD, keep taking pictures, strive for improvement, and never give up.
kidding of course. I’ll let everyone know how the party goes, and I’ll be sure to confirm whether or not my pictures are in the book; because, aren’t you all dying to say that you know a famous photographer?