[pct-l] Portraits of PCT thru hikers, book idea.

[Jason Waicunas]

About the PCT thru-hiker book idea, I noticed Donna mentioned that I am working on such a book, so I thought I would chime in and provide an update.  As several of you may remember, I am in the third year of shooting content for a book titled, "HIKER", which depicts portraits of thru-hikers and features a one paragraph biography/statement that I write, based on information they provide to me via a questionnaire.  Also, each hiker has received a copy of his/her photograph and has signed a release in understanding that the content will be used for the book.  It's ironic that I just noticed this post about another person who might be proposing to do the same thing.  No worries, everyone is entitled to create their own artwork, etc., but I would like to mention that I have registered the title of the book, "HIKER" with the U.S. Copyright and Patent Office in Wash., D.C., so at least my title is protected, but I am hopeful that mentioning this protects my interests and my concept is respected as intellectual property, although there is no sure way to protect this...it's more of an artist-to-artist agreement in the visual arts and literary industries.  If you wish to view several of the images that will be featured in "HIKER", please visit HIKER Portrait Project under the projects link of my website:  http://www.jasonsvision.com/projects.htm 

I will be back on the PCT for parts of August, (mostly in Oregon and possibly Washington), to continue working on obtaining content.  Several people have inquired why this is a multi-year project and my reason is that I want to feature a diverse range of people over a three-to-five-year period, rather than shooting all of the content in one year and making it a "class yearbook" that features hikers from a particular year.  Once the project is complete, it will be avaiable to the public and a percentage of the proceeds will be donated to the Pacific Crest Trail Association.  

I hope all is well with everyone and hope you can make it to this year's Pacific Crest Trail Day, which is on Sat., Aug. 29th in Cascade Locks, Oregon.  For more info., you may email me and I'll send you a flyer(pdf) that provides a break down of activities, etc.

Nabor J
PCT 2005
PCT 2010/2011 Hopeful.



> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:46:27 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Al Fresco <frescosf at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Portraits of PCT thru hikers, book idea
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Cc: ron at koberfoto.com
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> Portraits of PCT thru hikers, book idea
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> My husband is a professional photographer. His specialty is
> creating publicity photos for the motion picture industry (movie
> stills).?Between movies he contributes to the largest stock
> photography agencies in the world.
> ?
> He is thinking about doing a photo book on PCT thru hikers.? 
> The book would be nothing but?portraits?of the hikers,?photographed
> as they are about half way to Canada, somewhere in Northern California.
> ?
> He would reserve about month of time, be available seven days a 
> week, at a specific place every day,?a well signed?location right
> on the PCT.?No detours or route finding required for the hiker to do this.
> ?
> Each photograph would include?their name, the date, age, where they
> are from, and a short message of their choosing.? They would be photo-
> graphed as is; no cleaning up, no fussing about, he would not "direct" 
> them.? It would?take about 5 - 10 minutes of their time.? Each person
> (or couple)?would receive?in return;?a digital, high resolution copy of the 
> image mailed to them, and a?beverage of their choice?and a snack of some
> sort after the sitting. All he would want in return is a signed model release
> and a small amount of their time.
> ?
> Examples of his work can be seen on his website: www.koberfoto.com
> ?
> What do all you hikers think of this idea?? Do you think there is a book 
> market for this??Do you think the hikers would stop??Any problem signing
> a model release??What questions or concerns would you have?
> ?
> Please share your thoughts and ideas.? You can email?my husband?directly through his webpage or back to me personally.
> ?
> We are still in the development stages so any and all input and ideas would be appreciated.
> ?
> Thank you for your time.
> ?
> Lisa
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