Understanding and Serving Niche Markets

Guest post by Sheridan Stancliff. Some may argue that there is already a flood of imagery available in the stock photography market with collections such as Getty images, Corbis, and Alamy hosting millions of images. There are still, however, some topics that are not being well represented by the “big boys” for various reasons and …


Q&A with Senior Art Producer Chrissy Borgatta Liuzzi

So pleased to present this conversation between writer Brooke Hodess and Art Buyer Chrissy Borgatta Liuzzi. Q & A with Senior Art Producer Chrissy Borgatta Liuzzi, Part One Orange County, California–based Senior Art Producer Chrissy Borgatta Liuzzi began her career as a photo editor for Entrepreneur magazine out of Irvine. There she learned to work …


Celebrating the FIRST 60 Years with Rex Features

by Julian Jackson Rex Features is a fixture of the British media industry. It celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. Founded in a front room in 1954 by husband-and-wife team Frank and Elizabeth Selby, it has provided news, celebrity and royal imagery globally for six decades, in the process turning into a global media operation, …


The Circle Will Not be Broken

Delighted to find out about the Photographic Archives at the Grand Ole Opry. Simon Herbert chatted with Curator Brenda Colladay recently. In the current Grand Ole Opry theater, there is a six-foot square of wood cut from the home’s main original home, the Ryman Auditorium, which was home to an iconic range of musical stars …


Retrograph – An Art Blast From The Past

by Julian Jackson Retrograph www.retrograph.com is a photo agency which curates design work from the past. It is a treasury of over a hundred years of publicity images. Director David Bull, says, “The Retrograph collection is a visual feast of classic graphic design images spanning 100 years of retrospective publicity work, from the mid eighteen …


Finding the Forest – and the Trees

So pleased to have this inside view of Photo Research by Susan Ferguson of Ferguson Resources. Like many photo researchers, I have a background that may seem unrelated to photography or publishing. My degree is in Ornamental Horticulture with additional studies in art and architectural history, and cultural geography. My experience of the business of …


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 …


IMGembed’s Impression Licensing Solution

Robert Henson, IMGembed’s VP of business development, explains how their pay-per-view licensing tool impacts both the supply and demand side of online publishing. Guest post by Jain Lemos. Permission language and fee negotiations for online image usage tracked by impressions have often been confusing and inconsistent. Last year, IMGembed set out to change that. Now buyers …


Pink Lady Food Photography of the Year 2014

“Photography That’s Good Enough To Eat” by Julian Jackson Winners have been chosen in the international photography competition Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year Award 2014. The category sponsored by specialist food images agency StockFood is “Food off the Press” for the best recently published food photograph. Winning photos were chosen in 16 different …


PERMISSION MACHINE: THE INNOVATIVE WAY TO LICENSE ONLINE IMAGES

Guest post by Jain Lemos. Image pros want to support photographers and avoid copyright infringement, right? Thanks to Permission Machine, there is a new tool to accomplish this and more with just a few clicks. In this age of automation, it’s inevitable that someone would find a way to streamline the often tedious process of …