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Industry News
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Written by Julia Dudnik Stern
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007 |
 Lise Gagne, a Canadian microstock photographer, just reached 500,000 image downloads through iStockphoto. A registered member since 2003, Gagne was the first to become a full-time, exclusive iStock photographer. The nearly 5,000 pieces of Gagne's work represented by iStock have each been downloaded an average of 100 times, earning her a six-figure income -- enough to not just rent but own studio space.
Tags: Lise Gagne, stock photography, microstock, iStockphoto
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Written by Scott Baradell
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Monday, 11 June 2007 |
 Judith Matloff of the Columbia Journalism Review has penned a terrifying report on the unique dangers faced by female foreign correspondents. She tells the story of one photojournalist with significant experience in South Asia:
Tags: photojournalists, war correspondents, rape
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Written by Scott Baradell
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Friday, 08 June 2007 |
 How hard is it to state that your journalistic "photograph" is actually a photo illustration or composite?
We've been over this ground before, but here we go again -- with Vanity Fair's Bono-inspired publicity stunt of 21 public figures posing "together," with a little help from Photoshop.
Tags: Vanity Fair, Bono, Photoshop
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Written by Scott Baradell
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Wednesday, 06 June 2007 |
 Over two decades, Photo District News (PDN) has staked its place as the Bible of the professional photographic industry. But like all trade publications, the monthly has had to adapt to dramatic changes in recent years -- first the emergence of the Web, and now of blogs and social networks.
PDNOnline, the publication's Web site, launched its first blog, PDNPulse, last month. We asked Daryl Lang, news editor of Photo District News and PDN Online, about plans for this new venture.
Tags: Photo District News, PDNPulse, Daryl Lang
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Wednesday, 06 June 2007 |
 Bad news for red-carpet and celebrity photographers: your business may soon be much less lucrative.
In a move that could shake up the editorial photography market, Shutterstock has announced a new program called Shutterstock on the Red Carpet that is designed to help its network of over 60,000 contributing photographers obtain coveted press passes for film premieres, award shows, concerts, political rallies, and the like.
While taking steps to secure preferred access for its photographers, Shutterstock also intends to expand its library of celebrity images and, with this move, position itself to be a leading resource for the entertainment/celebrity sector of the industry. Shutterstock already has a library of almost two million general interest images and an efficient system for individual photographers to upload images after an event.
Tags: celebrity photography, photojournalism, editorial photography, Jim Pickerell
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Written by Scott Baradell
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Friday, 01 June 2007 |
John Harrington wrote in April about the Picture Licensing Universal System (PLUS), a system of standards for use by photographers, illustrators, stock agencies, designers, publishers, ad agencies and others. Photographers may access and view the PLUS glossary and licensing codes for free, making it a no-cost system for you to integrate into how you license your work.
Tags: SAA, PLUS Packs, rights-managed, royalty-free
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Friday, 01 June 2007 |
I believe the gross worldwide revenue that is generated from the licensing of stock imagery, both still photos and illustrations, is about $1.8 billion annually.
In May 2004, I estimated the market at $1.5 billion, and at the time I addressed the lack of hard facts necessary to make an industry estimate. There is still a lot we don't know, but the consolidation of sellers in the last three years has provided additional information that makes it much easier to estimate the gross industry revenue today. In planning for the future, it is useful for producers and sellers of stock photography to have some idea of market size and trends.
Tags: stock photography
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