[Leica] Stock Sales

[Gerry Walden]

I think Tina is thinking exactly like a business(wo)man and that is why she is commenting on the ludicrous level of stock sale prices that Alamy are now accepting. If you used to get $100 and you are now getting $2 you have to question why that has happened and it is not because of the quality of Tina’s images in any way whatsoever. It has more to do with the flooding of the market by iPhone images etc. Yes Alamy, once a leading stock image library, now accepts iPhone images.

The other thing that worries me is that Alamy claim they have to price according to the buyers location because the buyers location dictates often what they can afford but these buyers are printing for major first world countries who can well afford the prices being asked for. Have you noticed the price of photobooks (for instance) going down. No, well there’s a surprise, but many of them are printed in third world countries that Alamy claims cannot afford the previous prices.

All of this contributes to ever lowering esteem that photographers are held in, and all working photographers are quite justified in fighting that. "$2 in a month or two is better than no money” is rather a crass statement to make when the photographer is fighting for his/her place in the world as a visual artist.

Rant over!

Gerry
 
> On 13 Jul 2016, at 07:30, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Money after a month or two is better than no money!
> 
> I think if you see photography as a livelihood, you have to think like a
> businessman.
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 11:36 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> I am having exactly the same problem Tina, and it makes Alamy virtually
>> not worth dealing with, especially as you have to wait for months for your
>> money.
>> 
>> Gerry
>> 
>> 
>>> On 12 Jul 2016, at 23:08, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> PESO:
>>> 
>>> Alamy just sold one of my Iran photos:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I00000eLhbB.WvH4
>>> 
>>> They sold it through a distributor for $7.  My share is $2.  I'll pay for
>>> the trip in no time at that rate!!!
>>> 
>>> Country: Czech Republic
>>> Usage: Editorial
>>> Media: Magazine - print, digital and electronic
>>> Print run: up to 10,000
>>> Placement: Inside
>>> Image Size: 1 page
>>> Start: 01 July 2015
>>> End: 01 July 2020
>>> Duration: 1 month. Bulk discount.
>>> 
>>> Tina
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Tina Manley
>>> www.tinamanley.com
>>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com
>>> 
>> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html
>>> 
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