About Us
Dennis Cox is an award-winning travel photographer and publisher of photography books. His 14th book, Cruising the World From Gondolas to Megaships, can be ordered from his company, Photo Explorer Productions, at DennisCox.com. He is also the Official Photographer and a writer for AllThingsCruise.com, as well as a designer of custom travel posters (available at FineArtAmerica.com), a stock photography agent, and the designer of the Dennis Cox Collection of women's fashions and home products at ShopVIDA.com.
How We Got Started
I began doing photo assignments for national and local magazines while doing social work, and volunteering as an editor/photographer for a union newspaper, in Detroit during the 1970s. My first travel photo and writing trips as a professional were to China in 1976 and 1979, Cuba in 1978, and Africa in 1981.
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"We highly recommend him to everyone!!! His Pictures are stunning and you will never find anyone..."
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"We highly recommend him to everyone!!! His Pictures are stunning and you will never find anyone with his eye for the color or details!!!! "
"Author of really excellent travel book. "
Products & Services
Cruise lovers and would-be cruisers alike will find both immense pleasure and inspiration within the colorful pages of Cruising the World.
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Digital photo painting canvas print, 20" x 30" by Dennis Cox that is ideal for brokerage or bank office - $65.
This month Michigan is featured in my collection of custom travel posters of destinations around the world in the Dennis Cox Collections at FineArt...
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"Richard is a consistently prolific producer of quality travel writing. And he is a great guy."
"Don Hammond did an excellent job designing my new large format book Cruising the World - From..."
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"Don Hammond did an excellent job designing my new large format book Cruising the World - From Gondolas to Megaships. I had my own ideas on how the book should look which he incorporated into the design in a collaborative process that produced a result far better than I could have imagined. Working with Don is a pleasure."
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I'm a photographer who writes. Writing is hard.
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I'm a photographer who writes. Writing is hard.
I hope it's publishing a book on cruises since I have one coming out next week. Cruising the World - From Gondolas to Megaships is the perfect book for armchair cruising since it may be months before cruise ships are on the high seas, lakes, and rivers again. The book, available at...
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I hope it's publishing a book on cruises since I have one coming out next week. Cruising the World - From Gondolas to Megaships is the perfect book for armchair cruising since it may be months before cruise ships are on the high seas, lakes, and rivers again. The book, available at www.DennisCox.com, is the next best thing to smelling salt air.
I'm self-employed and can work at home as usual. I'm using the current self-isolation to work on promoting my new book, Cruising the World - From Gondolas to Megaships, to cruise fans who are also living in isolation. I'm recommending that they order a book at DennisCox.com to do some "armchair...
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I'm self-employed and can work at home as usual. I'm using the current self-isolation to work on promoting my new book, Cruising the World - From Gondolas to Megaships, to cruise fans who are also living in isolation. I'm recommending that they order a book at DennisCox.com to do some "armchair cruising" now that they are unable to do the real thing.
As a photographer, advances in technology has improved capabilities and efficiencies in producing images. But it has also diminished the value of photographs to the point where producing them is not cost effective. Even images produced as art are now generally treated as cheap commodities....
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As a photographer, advances in technology has improved capabilities and efficiencies in producing images. But it has also diminished the value of photographs to the point where producing them is not cost effective. Even images produced as art are now generally treated as cheap commodities. Decades ago, a photo workshop instructor during a session on the techniques of lighting told me "if photography was easy, everyone would be doing it." Well, technology has made it extremely easy and nearly everyone is now doing it.
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I might use you three times, then look for another printer giving discounts.
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I might use you three times, then look for another printer giving discounts.
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I wouldn't have done anything differently. Even the mistakes I made were either valuable learning lessons or turned out better results than I could have expected. I believe aiming high and taking risks was a good strategy in retrospect.
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I wouldn't have done anything differently. Even the mistakes I made were either valuable learning lessons or turned out better results than I could have expected. I believe aiming high and taking risks was a good strategy in retrospect.
They're cheap. I have had no success with ads on Facebook for my fashion collection online at VIDA.com. I have paid 8 to 10 times for ads with a boost to a targeted market of women interested in fashion and travel of around 3000 per ad. I can't account for any sales as a result, although there...
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They're cheap. I have had no success with ads on Facebook for my fashion collection online at VIDA.com. I have paid 8 to 10 times for ads with a boost to a targeted market of women interested in fashion and travel of around 3000 per ad. I can't account for any sales as a result, although there might have been one.
When I was building my photo tours business I relied on word-of-mouth referrals from satisfied clients. I wanted prospects to know that despite tour prices generally lower than my competition, they could expect a quality experience with excellent photo opportunities and some adventure on my tours.
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When I was building my photo tours business I relied on word-of-mouth referrals from satisfied clients. I wanted prospects to know that despite tour prices generally lower than my competition, they could expect a quality experience with excellent photo opportunities and some adventure on my tours.
I do what I want, am very good at it, and it beats working for a living. And it was once quite profitable.
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I do what I want, am very good at it, and it beats working for a living. And it was once quite profitable.
