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A new beginning
After a sleepless night, a fresh start.
The restrictions imposed by the fire-brigade management are tight
but execution is possible. The financial side is also secured
thanks to my mother. Colour photos, the maximum of exposed torso,
unless it is credible that more would be visible in such a situation.
Locations for the photographs: a quarry near Vienna with the
Grossau voluntary fire-brigade .
Action
The shootings took place in the middle
of September. A lot of preparation work, many problems and the
weather god also has some trials in store for us. Then the fearful
question: "how will the photos turn out? Hopefully nothing
will go wrong during development "
The first results
The first pictures were ready by the end
of September. Now for the next task - which of the many fabulous
pictures should be chosen for the calendar? A jury made up of
friends and acquaintance is set up. A load of ladies as they
are really the ones the calendar is intended for. During a long evening the 12 photos and the cover
are selected.
Printing
We found a small printers specialising
in producing calendars - the Mascha Printing Company. After the
necessary preparations on the part of the repro dept., our calendar
went to print with a run of 1000. |
The further the preparations progressed, the more
the projected total costs became and the future financing also
became uncertain. The fire-brigade management practically forbade
fthe project and then the ORF also withdrew its media support.
During casting there was a large debate on BW or color photography,
more or less clothing, studio or location. After nearly five
hours the project had practically "died" for me.
Initial PR work
