Something rather lovely happened to night and I thought I'd share it with yah all, as its made me so very happy.
A short while ago I started giving my work away freely, and as a part of that I submitted 14 images to a stock exchange site,
since then i 've had quite a few messages from people useing that site mentioning that they have used my work, this is very gratifying and in itself makes me feel its all worth it.
Tonight I Received a message from an italian scientific journalist who had used my image of a baby (created by photographing an alien egg childrens toy on a light box), on a scientific web site to ilustrate an article about the effects of folic acid on preventing nural tube defects in utero when taken as a supliment by pregnant women.
This same image was used last month in a magazine distributed to pregnant women in rural areas of kenya by a midwife also to illustrate the developing fetus and as part of a care guide for pregnant women.
That particular magazine was put together with a great deal of pictorial content as often in the rural areas so the mid wife wrote to me the women cannot read and need very clear illustrative images.
To think that a few years ago i sat in my kitchen just exploring the possibilitys of a chilldrens toy with a cheep light box, and came up with an image that now is used for such good ,kind of blows me away.
I'm so glad I decided to give my work away....definetly one of my better ideas.