Earlier this week, Mediapost published an article on the rising demand for original content by brands. Citing recent research, the…
Category: technology
Refreshing Innovators
In an industry that practically defines itself by its conservative progress, it is nice to see bursts of innovation. As…
chronicle of a death foretold
Suddenly, out of nowhere, Bloomberg started spewing articles after articles on the sorry state of Getty Images. Three in a…
Adobe’s Golden Opportunity
The recent news of Adobe’s acquisition of microstock company Fotolia has sent ripples throughout the photo licensing world. The software…
No image is safe : The Baidu edition
One of the biggest issue facing the professional photos licensing world today is search engines. In their effort to stay…
A very politically correct winner
Boring. Blaaaaah. That is the first word that comes to mind when looking at the winner of the World Press…
What color is your camera ?
While judges from top photojournalism competitions ( World Press, PoYi, etc) are getting ready to sit down and assume their…
Shutterstock buys Rex for $33 Million
North America woke up with the news that golden boy photo agency Shutterstock acquired no less than 2 companies in…
Buying an audience
Ever so often, the topic of the value of a photograph emerges from the bowels of online conversations. Very quickly,…
Fixing the copyright problem: The cost of Ego
We cannot achieve anything significant by ourselves. As much as we would love to, it is impossible to succeed without…
