I am interested in buying a quality photo of the science fiction
author Philip K. Dick that would be suitable for framing (a high
resolution image would also be acceptable, though I would prefer a
photograph). I have sent a request inquiring about photo prints to the
to the official website, http://www.philipkdick.com, but have not
gotten a reply...perhaps there are other sources?

Thanks!

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 07 Jan 2006 16:59 PST

Here are two high-quality but rather odd pictures you might want to
consider purchasing:



http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source/search/details_pop.aspx?iid=53146046&cdi=0



http://pro.corbis.com/popup/Enlargement.aspx?mediauids={d1fa97c5-c378-4425-a8b4-a2a6ffb4e49a}|{ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff}&qsPageNo=1&fdid=&Area=Search&TotalCount=21&CurrentPos=6&WinID={d1fa97c5-c378-4425-a8b4-a2a6ffb4e49a}



Both are photos of a Philip K Dick android!


Let me know what you think.


pafalafa-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 07 Jan 2006 17:00 PST

Copy and paste the second link, as it doesn't appear to be clickable.

paf

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Clarification of Question by rebecca1980-ga on 07 Jan 2006 18:25 PST

Thanks for the links...however, I am looking for something a little
more permanent than printing out a picture...I've done that before and
it starts to fade very quickly.   Some kind of old publicity photo or
old magazine for sale with a nice photo would be the best
option...definitely something professionally printed.  Maybe I am too
optimistic that something like that will simply be for sale.  I was
hoping to find something along the line of an obscure website for
collectors that would not have shown up on my various searches. 
Perhaps my question is in the wrong category?

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Clarification of Question by rebecca1980-ga on 07 Jan 2006 18:34 PST

Thanks for the android link...I've seen a video of it and I believe it
uses some of his favorite expressions as well...however,I am
definitely looking for more of an author portrait.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 07 Jan 2006 20:09 PST

Rebecca,

Here's a link to a very nice picture of PKD:


http://web.archive.org/web/20040611173734/http://www.philipkdick.com/images_photos-xxxyyy/rozztoxshirt.jpg



and another link to his website that mentions that high-resolution
photos are available, and provides a contact form:


http://www.philipkdick.com/aa_g-fame-tshirt.html
...High-resolution photos are available to the press. Please use our
Contact Form for more information...


Is this the form you used already in contacting the PKD Trust?  If
not, you should probably give it a try.


Of course, we could try to contact them for you, but you may want to
try contacting them directly -- using the form at the above link -- 
rather than using a researcher as a middle-man.


Let us know if this works out for you,

paf

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Clarification of Question by rebecca1980-ga on 08 Jan 2006 01:43 PST

Thanks!!!  I had looked on ebay many times before and never found
anything.  Please feel free to submit the answer.

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Clarification of Question by rebecca1980-ga on 08 Jan 2006 13:25 PST

Hi thither...thanks, the poster is perfect!

Hi, Rebecca.

I can't answer this with any certainty, but I have a few suggestions for you. 

The estate of Philip K. Dick is managed by Michael Siegel &
Associates. You might see whether they can help you to obtain a photo:

Michael Siegel & Associates 
8330 West Third Street 
Los Angeles, CA 90048 
323.658.8600 (t) 
323.658.6262 (f) 
inquiries@msalit.com

http://www.msalit.com/

You might also want to look through some back issues of the Philip K.
Dick Society Newsletter. There were quite a few PKD photos in the
newsletter. A couple of photos appear on this page (click the images
for larger versions):

http://paulwilliams.com/pkds.html

Here's a very attractive photo:

http://www.quantumcosmos.com/pkd.jpg

A nice gallery of PKD photos:

http://www.geocities.com/pkdlw/photos.html

If this would be satisfactory as an answer, I'll be glad to repost it
as such and collect the fee. In the meantime, I'm leaving the question
open, in case someone can find an actual photo that you can buy.

Best regards,
pinkfreud

Just as an experiment, I printed out this image on glossy photo paper,
and it looked very nice. Love the pose!

http://www.philipkdick.com/images_photos-xxxyyy/pkdwithcat.jpg

Perhaps

http://cgi.ebay.com/4-photos-of-Philip-K-Dick-from-1982-BLADE-RUNNER_W0QQitemZ6566518536QQcategoryZ3967QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

These are actual 8x10 color photographs offered by the photographer
himself. However, they are candid shots which may not be what you're
looking for. Then again, maybe he has others.

Have a good day.

Rebecca,

Nice to see you found what you needed on eBay.  thither-ga, who
located the pix, is not a Google Answers Researcher (whose names
appear in blue, hyperlinked text), so the information you got is a
freebie.

Hope to see you back at GA one of these days.

paf

I don't know if any decision has been made, but this eBay item might
even be better:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Philip-K-Dick-Poster-rar-Author-Zapgun-Valis-Simulac_W0QQitemZ6241788174QQcategoryZ8709QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I came across it while shopping eBay Germany. Circa A3 size would be
around 11.5" x 16.5" if I'm not mistaken.

Have a good day.