Maybe Wendy can loan you this guy: http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/37421887/large
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 7:44 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: UNEP Intl Photo Comp Finals! YAY!!!! ........Oh CRAP!! > > > Only person who could help me is Santa Claus. I need someone to get my > Singapore housekeys from Devon, UK, go to Singapore and get my > Australia PO > Box keys, pick up my mail in Brisbane, Australia, go to a friend's place > and source that neg, bring it back to me here in Aylesbury, UK within the > next 2 days, or London in the next 2, so that I can Fedex it all > to Tokyo! I > bet the elves have never seen that request before.. > > Thanks, though :) > > Cheers, > Ryan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 1:16 AM > Subject: RE: UNEP Intl Photo Comp Finals! YAY!!!! ........Oh CRAP!! > > > > When I was 25 $5000, $20,000, I'da been rich either way! ;-) > > If any of us can help out, let us know. > > > > Don > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ryan Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 7:14 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: UNEP Intl Photo Comp Finals! YAY!!!! ........Oh CRAP!! > > > > > > > > > Thanks kindly Don.. I just rushed off a slightly hapless > sounding email > to > > > the secretariat. Turns out I need to send back 4 things, the work, a > > > photocopy of the work, a photocopy of the entry form, as well > as a reply > > > form. All by "Fedex, DHL or International Courier" by 24th Dec.. Oh > panic. > > > > > > Oh btw, I forget to mention, and I really should have, that it > > > went in under > > > the 'Youth category' as opposed to the 'General category' because > > > I'm under > > > 25 as of October 2004. I suppose it prevents 'kids' from walking > > > away with a > > > US20,000 prize. Think it's an alternative US5,000 tops. > > > > > > Here's the comp if anyone wants to study the fine print: > > > http://unep-photo.com/en/outline/index.html > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Ryan > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Don Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 12:52 AM > > > Subject: RE: UNEP Intl Photo Comp Finals! YAY!!!! ........Oh CRAP!! > > > > > > > > > > I'm sure you'll work out the wrinkles Ryan. > > > > > > > > C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s ! ! ! ! ! > > > > > > > > Don > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Ryan Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 6:53 PM > > > > > To: PDML > > > > > Subject: UNEP Intl Photo Comp Finals! YAY!!!! ........Oh CRAP!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I checked my mail today only to come across one which started > > > like this: > > > > > > > > > > -snip- > > > > > Dear Mr Ryan Lee; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you very much for your entry to the UNEP International > > > Photographic > > > > > Competition on the Environment 2004-2005. We are pleased to > > > > > inform you that > > > > > out of entries received from 169 countries all over the world, we > have > > > > > selected your photograph(s) as a candidate for final judging. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -snip- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ok. Ration one minute for hyperventilation- now compose yourself > Ryan. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Apparently it's a pre-letter email giving me a heads up on what > > > > > -is- coming > > > > > in the mail. Good news right?? I don't know at the moment. > Apparently > > > they > > > > > want the highest quality source of the image sent back to them by > > > > > Christmas > > > > > Eve, and they want me to verify that the photocopy they send me > > > > > is indeed my > > > > > work. Insert problem. Ryan doesn't live at the address he > used to in > > > > > Australia because he's had to move out; all of his mail now > > > goes to a PO > > > > > Box. Ryan's original image was on film- the negative is back in > > > Australia, > > > > > in a box in a friend's house. Ryan's currently in the UK with, > > > > > fortunately, > > > > > his laptop, which should have a 300dpi Noritsue scan somewhere in > > > > > there- but > > > > > practically this means that will be the only thing I can send > > > > > back, sans the > > > > > photocopy they send me. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, the photo contest is judged, amongst others, by Sebastiao > > > > > Salgado and > > > > > Raghu Rai. Insert two minutes of hyperventilation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Insert another problem, Ryan is still having an intermittent > > > out of body > > > > > experience. Whatever shall I do!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Discombobulatedness! > > > > > > > > > > Ryan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
