Digital BW, The Print

When you  Google David Spivak and Focus magazine you  find many negative 
posts about him - some worse than others.  I too was  offered a spread in the 
magazine because my work was accepted for  publication. It would cost only 
$1500. Of course, I said no  thanks.   It looked like a  ploy to lure 
narcissistic  dilettantes and  desperate artists. After months of prolonged  nasty 
phone calls, finding the number not available, and emails, my  portfolio of 
prints was finally returned.  In the end, I was out $35   for applying and 
sending the portfolio,  and $25 for return  postage. That was  7 years ago 
and I'd forgotten  about it until  the pleading phone call from him a few days 
ago.  He wants to  get  the negative posts off the Internet,  but it seems 
that what goes  on the Internet  stays on the Internet.  It's sad, because 
it  is a beautiful magazine. Some subscribers have complained about not  
receiving the magazines they paid for. 
 
                                        Arlene
_www.arlenelove.com_ (http://www.arlenelove.com)  

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]