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Dublin Guy sells flickr photo for $600

RoryW · 2008-04-27 01:37:05

I read in the Evening Herald on Thursday about this photo. http://www.flickr.com/photos/treywheeler/2282920110/ Taken by a guy called Jack McGeown from Dublin while on Holiday in Colorado. He was contacted by a Hollywood Company called Prologue Films who paid him $600 for use of this photo and another one as a backdrop in…

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I read in the Evening Herald on Thursday about this photo.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/treywheeler/2282920110/

Taken by a guy called Jack McGeown from Dublin while on Holiday in Colorado.

He was contacted by a Hollywood Company called Prologue Films who paid him $600 for use of this photo and another one as a backdrop in promotional shots for a TV show called Saving Grace starring Holly Hunter

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#2 27-04-2008 8:25am

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They got it fairly cheap.

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#3 27-04-2008 8:29am

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it would be a cool photo if the reflection of the dashboard was not there

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#4 27-04-2008 8:31am

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Its a great shot though don´t think i´d pay 600 for it, i´v no meoney though, nice little earner for the bloke i´m sure he´s dead chuffed

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#5 27-04-2008 11:16am

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hey - I met this guy at a gig last week. Him and his wife came up to me and said they were at the gig solely because they'd seen my photos of the act (from a previous gig in the same venue) on flickr. big flickr heads.

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