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【隨手記】9 maggio: ho incontrato qualcuno di Cow Parade Milano

Mucca MuuusicaThis morning at 10, I sat in the office of Club Lombardia talking to Jessica about the current event Cow Parade Milano. This meeting was the result of a message two days ago. The message was left by Matteo on one of my Flickr photo sets called "CowParade Milano 2007." Instead of calling them, I sent them an email only to make sure the message was really left by the organizer. Soon I received the phone call from them.

上午十點鐘,我準時抵達 Cow Parade Milano 的主辦單位辦公室,跟那位頭上夾著一隻蝴蝶的義大利女孩兒,談著這個活動的事情。莫約兩天前,一位跟朋友先生同名的義大利男子在我的 Flickr 上留了言,看著他的留言,我帶點懷疑,因此,我上網查了主辦單位的資料後,寄了封 email 過去,沒想到,不到一個小時左右,我就接到了他們的來電。
On the phone Jessica told me that they found my pictures on Flickr and were very interested in them. She continued saying that my pictures are very beautiful and some of them are even better than those taken by their official photographer. I thanked her for the compliments but wondered what exactly they wanted. Then she started asking questions like who are you? Have you seen other cows in other cities in the world before? Why did you take pictures of cows?

I told her that I just moved to Milan with my boyfriend and one day I found a piece of news about Cow Parade. With my born-to-have curiosity I walked around Milan with my camera, taking pictures of those cows that I like very much.

Suddenly she said "so you are professional right?" Well, great compliment but I am not. I only took pictures because I like it. She again fluttered me and said "we would like to talk with you how we can do together with your pictures since we like them very much." That’s it! Although I already thought about the possibility, I cannot sure until she mentioned. Yes, they will have a new session on the website where they want to use some of my pictures. Perhaps I was much too generous but I had decided to give them the right to use my pictures on the website. We talked briefly on the phone and then agreed to meet to discuss more today.

Today’s meeting was short but precise. I gave her one CD with pictures I took so far and emphasized that they could use as many as they want but only for website purpose. In case they would use any of my pictures for print media, including postcards, catalogs etc, they should ask my further permission. Well, everything was done orally and I believe it shall be a gentlemen agreement.

Since I am not a professional photographer and probably will not earn my living with pictures, I was happy enough to know that they like them and will give credit to me. As to future opportunities, we’ll see how it goes.

她在電話裡頭說,她們在網路上發現了我的照片,而且很喜歡這些照片。她說『妳拍得真好呀!比我們請的攝影師拍得還好!』除了謝謝跟拿著電話傻笑之外,我不知道還有什麼可以回答。她接著問了一大串問題,像是在身家調查似的,例如,『妳住在米蘭嗎?』『妳應該看過世界上其他城市的 Cow Parade 吧?』『妳為什麼想拍這些牛呢?』

我也像是在面試般地一一回答她,『喔,是的,我剛跟我男友搬到米蘭。』『不,我沒看過其他的牛,不過我男友見過 2000 年在紐約的 Cow Parade。』『嗯,應該是某天我看到有關 Cow Parade 的新聞,覺得很有趣吧!當看到這些牛的時候,也是因為他們很有趣,所以一直拍了下來呢!』

她突然說,『啊,妳應該是專業攝影師吧?』哈,不是耶~我只是興趣啦!其實我只差沒告訴她,我連相機都不是數位單眼哩~她聽了挺驚訝,又再說了一次照片真是精彩,接著又說,她們想要跟我談談,有沒有合作的機會。喔~原來如此,其實我已經猜到一半,但也是等到她說出口我才確定。於是,我們相約今天碰面詳談。

在電話中,我已經口頭上答應讓她們免費使用我的照片,在今天的會談中,我再次強調這點,並加上『但書』。也就是如果他們要在任何印刷煤體 (包括目錄、明信片等) 用我所拍的照片,他們必須要事先跟我討論,以取得我的許可。這些,都是口頭上的協議,雖然沒有白紙黑字,但我相信他們也會尊重這等君子協議。

雖然我不是專業的,更不覺得未來可能會靠這行吃飯,但我已經很開心的知道有人欣賞我的照片,更會在網站上放上我的名字。至於她所提到的未來的機會,那就隨緣吧!

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