national geographic prints

I was all excited a couple of days ago (doesnt take much), when i received a bit of friendly spam in my inbox - to tell me that national geographic has setup a print ordering/publishing site.

I nearly wet my pants. Now i could own, with proper copyright, all of my favourite ever photos, give them to friends, buy them for my wall.... starting with the whole of David Alan Harvey's cuba series ... possibly my favourite ever photo essay.

It took me two whole days to get onto the site - it seems like their servers have been cracking up under the demand. And so finally, tonight, i got on.... and..... well.... it's great - if you like landscapes and wildlife. But i'm all about the people, and there are none.

All i can think is that maybe the photographers didnt get model releases.. i thought everybody needed to have them these days... it's a huge disappointment.