For years an overwhelming majority of sales of images for corporate or advertising uses have been for images that appeared in print catalogs. Now, select files at various agencies may be capturing an increasing share of this market.
Taking Stock changes its name to SELLING STOCK as it enters its eighth year of publication.
On-line site in London may offer a strategy for small specialist agencies and individual photographers to increase their sales on the Internet.
Stephen Mayes, Group Creative Director of Tony Stone Images, responds to an article on their ''Interpretations'' catalog that appeared in the July issue of Taking Stock. See article 79 in Archives under stock agencies.
New Graphic Design:USA survey reports on use of stock photography by Graphic Designers.
Corbis has expanded their worldwide distribution of film images (not digital files) with an agreement with Pacific Press Service in Tokyo.
Publishers win suit in Federal Court in New York against writers. The victory allows them to put any work that appears in their publication on the Internet or CD-ROM without providing any additional compensation to the creator.
Carl and Ann Purcell's travel photography forum has been dropped by AOL. This network is no longer a friendly place for photographers to market.
MPCA photographers who have made sales through the MIRA Alliance can earn extra $$$$ by supplying Taking Stock with information.
A brand new Negotiating Stock Photo Prices with updated fees for every type of use is off the press.