The numbers are well known -billions of photos shared every day- and the habits well-entrenched- checking social media 40 times…
Category: mobile
Google and Image Copyright
While Google decision to display image rights information is an immense improvement that should be celebrated ( and followed) by…
A summer of 2018 review
It’s not by lack of topics ( there are many). Nor is it by lack of interest. It’s just a…
Photography is in mortal danger of losing credibility
Since photography is the simple process of permanently capturing light waves, it is considered a perfect tool to capture reality. …
Shutterstock jumps into the future
Some acquisitions have far wider implications than others. While it made perfect sense for Shutterstock to acquire a company like Rex…
Rules for Photojournalism in the age of social media
The world of photojournalism has changed but photojournalists do not seem to have noticed. Either schooled by tired teachers repeating…
Google eats content for breakfast
Google is about to help sell the content of images found in Google Image Search without sharing a penny with…
Content is no longer king, the platform is
For most of the 80’s and throughout the early 2000’s, the recurring motto in the stock photo industry was “It’s the…
Visual Storytelling and the Future of Photos
Photos and videos are exploding online. Every day, new innovative content is capturing our attention. Marketers are taking advantage of…
Thoughts of a Traveller
An Interview with Ulf Schmidt-Funke by Stefan Hartmann for PICTORIAL Magazin 04/2016. It was – actually – a discussion about…
