Imagekind

**"bbmackey" b*@prodigy.net**

I signed up at a Print on Demand site for artists and photographers called 
Imagekind (www.imagekind.com) . Have any of you heard of it? Used it? Know 
the background?

They offer free virtual gallery space up to 24 images, or for a modest 
amount you can buy more space. They employ curators to approve "galleries" 
for public showing, but anyone can have a private gallery.  Visitors can 
order the images as wall-sized prints, framed or unframed. Members can leave 
comments on other members' work. There's an array of mats and frames, and 
also stretched canvas prints. If someone buys your image you receive the 
difference between your markup and the basic cost of the printing and 
framing. This site is still in beta testing. Alpha testing started in 
midsummer.

So far I haven't sold a thing but it has been fun seeing all the artwork 
posted on the site -- participants come from around the world in addition to 
the USA. My impression is that there are a lot of artists using the site but 
not so many shoppers. I really enjoy the work that is shown although plant 
nomenclature is not so strong there.

It does point up the vast difference between an artistic photograph (more 
mystery!) and one intended as an illustration, like most of mine.

Betty Mackey

 http://bettymackey.imagekind.com/gardenworld

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