Recent Stock Photo Industry Press Releases

Corbis “I Am Buried” Competition: A Story about Rights Grabbing

Ross-shire, Scotland, Sept. 14, 2007. This press release is issued by Landscapes For Every Mood Ltd to highlight the terms and conditions of the I Am Buried competition, sponsored by the Corbis Corporation, and conceived by the Seattle based creative agency, Creature, of which Jim Haven is the principal. These extreme and extraordinary conditions require entrants to transfer, with regard to their submissions, ownership, title, interest, ideas, all rights, including copyright, right of publicity, moral rights, to Corbis, to edit, adapt without limit, in any media, without attribution, also on "any new technologies that are yet to be developed" and "in perpetuity and throughout the universe without further consideration".

OpenRAW Releases Initial Results of 2006 RAW Survey

OpenRAW Releases Initial Results of 2006 RAW Survey - Over 19,000 Photographers and Imaging Professionals Provide Data on their Experiences, Preferences, and Concerns regarding RAW Imaging Technology

4/25/2006. OpenRAW  Will the digital camera you buy tomorrow fairly serve the future of photography? Are today’s camera manufacturers making decisions that may adversely affect the preservation of photographic works for future generations? More than 19,000 digital photographers and preservationists from around the world have now weighed in with opinions RAW imaging technology, a concept that many compare to a digital negative."

OnRequest Images and Aprimo Forge Strategic Alliance

Leading Brand Imagery Provider and Enterprise Marketing Management Experts Team Up to Build Stronger Brands and Eliminate Marketing Waste

SEATTLE, WA, 01/30/2006. OnRequest Images, the world's leading provider of custom imagery, and Aprimo Incorporated, the global leader in Enterprise Marketing Management (EMM), today announced that they have signed a strategic alliance in which the two companies will jointly market their offerings to their collective customer base. OnRequest Images, the pioneer behind building Custom Image Libraries™ that enable corporations to successfully build strong brands with "on-brand" imagery, will co-market its custom imagery services to Aprimo's enterprise customers and enable them to integrate on-brand custom photography into their marketing campaigns. In addition, OnRequest Images and Aprimo will collaborate to develop solutions tailored to help marketing organizations better manage their image assets within the context of their EMM system.

DIGITAL RAILROAD RAISES $5.2 MILLION FROM MORGENTHALER AND VENROCK

New York, NY (June 14, 2005). Digital Railroad, Inc. (www.digitalrailroad.net), the leading provider of Web-based application services for the professional photography industry, announced that it has secured $5.2 million in venture capital from Morgenthaler Ventures (www.morgenthaler.com) and Venrock Associates (www.venrock.com).
Digital Railroad will use the “Series A” funding to expand its online photo management, distribution and archiving platform. The company has developed a unique suite of Web-based services that enable professional photographers and photo agencies to manage, market, and sell their images with greater efficiency than with existing solutions.

Adobe Photographers Directory to Connect Pro Photographers With Creative Community

New Directory Within Adobe Software Provides Creative Professionals with Ready Access to Freelance and Independent Photographers

Tuesday, March 29, 2005. Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced its plans to launch the Adobe Photographers Directory, a listing of professional photographers accessible directly from within Adobe's creative professional products. The Adobe Photographers Directory will be initially available in North America and over time will be extended to include photographers from other markets.

Adobe will be working closely with the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) to populate the new directory. As charter members of the directory, ASMP also launched a Web site today detailing how photographers can sign up to participate at www.asmp.org/adobe . In addition, Adobe will work with the Advertising Photographers of America (APA) and other associations to ensure the Adobe Photographers Directory is a comprehensive professional photography resource.

a21 Press Release: Recent Consolidations May Have Major Impact . . .

June 22, 2004

Recent Consolidations May Have Major Impact . . .

By Ron Rovtar
Managing Editor
The Stock Asylum

This year's new wave of stock distributor consolidations may not have the ground-shaking impact of the first wave in the mid- to late-1990s. But, indications are that the results may still be profound, perhaps even bringing some clearer organization to a market that, in some ways, has ceased to fully make sense.

So far this year a21 purchased Superstock, Veer bought Solus, PictureArts acquired Nonstock and Jupitermedia absorbed Comstock.

All four buyers indicate interest in further acquisitions under the right circumstances and all four appear financially capable of growing large enough to be considered middle-sized agencies. The industry's midlevel was decimated during the 90s consolidations, leaving significant gaps in the overall organization of the industry.

Photographers Invent Business Model to Market Their Work in Creative Ways

Wednesday, June 16, 2004. When Michael Norton, Rick Gayle, and David Schmidt joined forces to create Whirl, a strategic alliance of professional photographers, their objective was to find new ways to reach their audience. Knowing that the advertising landscape had changed, and that portfolio reviews are no longer standard operating procedure, the members of Whirl were seeking new avenues to show work to potential clients. By pooling their marketing resources, they've been able to showcase their photography in a more creative and aggressive light.

Getty Images Declares: "Let the Games Begin"

With More than 1,000 Olympic Images Expected to be Captured Daily, Getty Images is Equipped to be the Leading Force in Olympic Coverage

SEATTLE, Tuesday, June 02, 2004 - Getty Images (NYSE: GYI), the world’s leading imagery company, kicks off its coverage of the Olympic Games this week in Sydney, with the start of the Athens 2004 International Olympic Torch Relay on Friday, June 4. Chronicling the Relay over a period of 35 days, some of the company’s most talented sports photographers will travel to 27 countries and 34 cities, producing images from all of the five continents represented.

Alamy Hits the One Million Image Mark with Content from Over 2,600 Worldwide Photographers and Agencies

Alamy Images , a leading provider of specialist, rare and leading-brand royalty-free and traditionally licensed photography, now offers more than one million images from over 175 agencies and 2,500 plus photographers from around the globe. This represents a 330% growth in content since this time last year.
The company, which has been in operation since 2001 and currently has offices in the UK and Asia Pacific with another due to open in the US next month, conducts regular surveys to identify customer content requirements and feeds this back to contributors to ensure they provide both the quantity and range of material to meet market needs.

Groundbreaking New Image Library to Take On Gates and Getty Empires

A groundbreaking new image library is being launched which has the potential to go head-to-head with the Gates and Getty empires. Its aim is to put the creator and not the corporate in control of the selling process.
Theimagefile.com will be the only truly online image broker and multifunctional web application designed specifically for professional photographers. Its unique features have been designed to quickly set it apart in an industry dominated by traditional image libraries.