A few months ago, I was contacted by a photographer in Iceland. He had seen my aerial photograph of my old hometown, Hofsós, on Flickr, and he wanted to use it in a book which was about to be published. The subject of the book was to be the use of geothermal energy in Iceland, with the main focus on swimming pools – of which he have over 160, most of them outdoors. He wanted the photo, because a swimming pool was being built in Hofsós at the time. When I shot the image (just after midnight in June 2007), they hadn’t started building the pool.
Anyway, I decided to allow use of the photo, and in return I would receive a copy of the book. (In case you’re wondering, no, this will not be my normal rate for image usage in a book.) And then I started waiting for the book to arrive. Every now and then I remembered that my book was on the way, and most of the time in between I completely forgot about it.
Last Saturday, Hofsós was in the news because the town’s brandnew outdoor swimming pool was finally opened (watch the video and note the amazing placement of the pool). A geothermally heated outdoor swimming pool in a town of less than 200 people – not too shabby, eh?
Anyway (I’m too easily sidetracked right now), on that same Saturday I opened my mailbox and there it was – the book. With my photo in it. I like coincidences like that.
