Wanted: Photos for coffee-table book

The group expects to publish about 500 copies of the book.
By D.A. WILKINSON
VINDICATOR SALEM BUREAU
SALEM -- The Salem Preservation Society hopes to capture the beauty of Salem for the city's bicentennial.
The society is asking photographers to submit their photographs for a coffee-table book highlighting the city's architecture, landscapes and general appearance.
The society wants each interested person to submit about five photographs that "capture unusual or artistic perspectives of common everyday things in our surroundings."
SPS sees the book as its contribution to the bicentennial events, most of which will occur this summer.
Keith Berger, owner of The Graphic Touch Letterpress Co., 150 Penn Ave., is in charge of producing the book and will do the art production.
His company is a specialty printing company that uses an old-fashioned letter press. The company also does some bookbinding.
Berger said the bicentennial book will be sent to a publisher that specializes in quality commemorative books so everything will be "top-notch."
Berger said there's a working title for the book but it wasn't clear whether it will be the actual title.
The society expects to publish about 500 copies on a break-even basis. The cost hasn't been set.
Deadline
The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, but the deadline is flexible. Berger said the response has been light.
Work can be submitted digitally, as photographs or slides.
People whose work is selected will allow the society to feature it in the book but will otherwise retain full rights to their work.
Each participating photographer will receive three complimentary copies. Photographic credits will be included with each picture and in a special photographers index that gives the pages showing their work. The society will cover film and processing costs.
Berger said if photographers also submit a stamped, self-addressed envelope, their work will be returned.
Berger said many people from out of town often comment on the city's beauty. The book, Berger said, "is a tool to help people appreciate what we have here."
wilkinson@vindy.com