{"id":401,"date":"2009-02-19T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2009-02-19T15:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weblog.larkvi.com\/?p=401"},"modified":"2009-02-19T10:00:24","modified_gmt":"2009-02-19T15:00:24","slug":"getty-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.larkvi.com\/blog\/photography\/getty-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Getty Images"},"content":{"rendered":"

Getty Images apparently has a program where they are scouring flickr for images to be included in their stock catalogue. Six of my images have been invited, and I have been looking into it.<\/p>\n

\"Priest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Fog<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Along<\/a><\/p>\n

\"2007_eth_simien_tree01\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Abba<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Entrance,<\/a><\/p>\n

I am a little concerned that, especially given the low number of images I have, and the fact that 5 are royalty-free (only the image of the priest is rights-managed), I would essentially be giving away some of my best work for free. Even is something does sell, I would only get 20%\/30% of the proceeds, and I lose all commercial rights and waive all moral rights, especially troubling since I was in the process of selecting a printer for two of these images, and the one from glacier is perhaps my favorite image that I have produced. <\/p>\n

On the other hand, they let me produce limited edition print and book runs (up to 500), I am not really marketing my images, and Getty is the most able to sell them, so perhaps I should put them in, and see if any money comes my way. My main concern is that even if Getty never sells my images, I can never get them back.<\/p>\n

I think this is a really good idea for Getty, and an innovative way to get a collection of great images with limited outlay, but I wonder if it is a good model for me, letting them cherry-pick my most marketable work for low percentages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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