At a time when everyone is encouraged to tell their stories, those whose job has been to tell other people stories have been battered. Doubly assaulted by shrinking budgets and rising incredulity, its community has found no better response than repeatedly going after each other throats in the corridors of Twitter. From accusations of sexual … Read More →
The stock photo industry has been devastated. From various newsletters and blogs, some very insightful, it is down to almost zero, if only for a few survivors. Even bulletin boards, populated mainly by microstock shooters, seem to have lost all steam. Is it that all has been said and written or that there is just … Read More →
In photojournalism today, it is no longer one-size photo fits all but multiple images fits all. Photographers have to learn how to conjugate their images. … Read More →
So close to the first of April, it sounded like an April’s fool hoax: The gentle freedom-loving all sharing company is selling to the greedy capitalistic money-making titan. Or, in other words, Getty Images is acquiring Unsplash. The two unlikely partners will officially be one come the end of April, sending ripples through the stock … Read More →
The latest surge of internet photography chatter is about NFT, mainly since a piece of digital art called JPEG was sold at auction by Christie’s for $69 million. (If they had wanted to get the photo industry’s attention, they couldn’t have picked a better name.) The promise of riches closely tied to cryptic technology has all … Read More →
6 months away from the full implementation of Article 17, it seems no one is ready. Working models have yet to be agreed upon, laws have yet to be passed, and platforms have yet to be ready. At least right holders of photographs can start to get ready. … Read More →
There is a reason for professional photographers. They document events with the most proximity to the truth. Denying them access to facts is denying a whole nation of citizens access to these facts and information. … Read More →
With Adobe Stock now joining the club, all stock photo agencies now offer free photos. How does free work with selling content and who benefits? … Read More →
For most of the world, it has absolutely no interest. For the few that still rely on licensing photos to make a living, it’s a big deal. Google Image search now features a “where to license” badge under some of the images it returns after a query. … Read More →
How the implementation of article 17 of the European Copyright directive is going to deepen the value gap rather than fix it for photographers. … Read More →