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Steven wrote:

We're basically looking for anything that carries with it something more than the photo itself -- I hate to say photos that are "meaningful" because that's pretentious and what does that mean anyway? Take a look at the photos we've used so far. Usually they are ambiguous and unusual. We don't necessarily try to relate the photo directly to the text (although sometimes a text is written specifically FOR a photo, like Magnifico on the current index), and sometimes not at all. The photo should make one think, and should stay with the viewer, just like the text.

Also, on the technical side, horizontal/landscape shots are better than vertical/portrait shots.

And we're not interested in shots with people, unless they're ambiguous or abstract, like this one.

It's really hard to say, though, what "kind of photos" we're after, because there may be a photo that is vertical, has a person in it, and is totally perfect for pequin. So I try not to specify too much. The best way is to submit (700 pixels wide, send to [the submissions email]) and see what happens. Feel free to submit as many as you like, and as many at a time (even though it says one at a time) because photos are easier to review than texts.

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