Still Talking About Diversity in Stock

For as long as I have worked in the Photography industry, the conversation around imagery of humans has been about authenticity and diversity. Hard to believe that this is still the case with the level of sophistication in the world of visual media, the easy access to technology and most of all, the population at …


The Apotheosis of Appropriation – Richard Prince

Guest post by Simon Herbert Appropriation has always been a part of the history of art (Renaissance painters regularly ‘lifted’ iconography from one another), but it truly moved into the mainstream as its own accepted sub-category in the twentieth century. When Surrealist René Magritte deconstructed subject matter in his painting “The Treachery of Images” that …


Cashing in on Phone Photos: Enter Stockimo from Alamy

Alan Capel explains how their new app is driving sales and delivering the look advertisers demand. Guest post by Jain Lemos Nearly gone are the days of taking snaps with cell phones just to share them with our followers. Today, dozens of tech companies are promising to fulfill dreams of becoming a professional creative by …


Again with the Death of Photography?

Not really. But, an excellently researched article in the Guardian address the democratisation of photography. Too many images? Lazy photographers? Does the iPhone take us away from our lives as we document rather than experience? Great read (and the comments are provoking too): http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/dec/13/death-of-photography-camera-phones Are we seeing the demise of photography or merely the next …