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Getty Images recently bestowed $120,000 onto nine lucky winners of
the company’s coveted editorial photography grants. In a separate
announcement, the company revealed a new editorial imagery
representation agreement with McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.
Beginning in 2011, iStockphoto will implement major changes to how it
calculates photographer royalties. In addition, the company will soon
launch a small higher-priced Agency Collection containing images from
some of the major traditional royalty-free brands and invited iStock
contributors. Contributor reactions are predictably negative, but how will it shake out form a macro perspective?
iStockphoto has announced a major restructuring in how photographer
royalties will be calculated in 2011 and beyond. In addition, within the
next few weeks they will create a small, higher priced Agency
Collection with images from shooters from some of the major traditional
RF brands and selected iStock contributors who will be invited to submit
images to the Agency Collection.
There are two primary factors that should be considered when quoting a
price for textbook use: image size (1/4, 1/2 or full page) and size of
the print run. This article provides a historical perspective on pricing images for textbook uses and offers an update for the current economic climate.
Getty Images’ contributors can now promote work sold through gettyimages.com using the new online Artist Digital Toolbox—and receive a commission.
One of the questions of the Stock Artists Alliance spring survey asked:
“What other issues would you like to see SAA address in the year?” The
answers, particularly with regard to the general attitude toward
microstock, were very revealing.