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VII Membership
July 11, 2007
VII PHOTO IS SEEKING NEW MEMBERS
VII is welcoming applications for membership during its forthcoming semi-annual meeting in California in November 2007.
Anyone may apply for membership, but membership will be offered to a small number of motivated photographers who we believe will enhance and strengthen the body of work that we currently produce; to photographers whom we believe we can work with in the management of VII; and to photographers whom we believe have high standards of integrity.
As VII is solely owned by its members, it comes with shareholder responsibility. New members will spend at least one year with VII before full membership is offered. All members will be obliged to purchase shares, attend shareholders meetings and contribute dynamically and responsibly to the business of the agency.
Candidates are considered by the existing members only during the VII annual (or semi-annual) meetings and should submit work on DVD or CD in Jpeg Format compressed at level 8 and at a size no greater than 100 dpi x 16 x 12 inches. No more than 40 images should be submitted and each image should have caption and contextual information embedded in it.
Each photographer should submit a brief biography, and tell us what their future intentions are professionally and what motivates them to want to join VII.
The submissions should be delivered to one of our bureaus in either
New York, or Paris by September 30th, and clearly marked "SUBMISSION FOR VII MEMBERSHIP"
For more information, please visit our website at www.viiphoto.com
