[Leica] Stock Sales

[Tina Manley]

Amen, Ted!   You would know!

Tina

On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 11:45 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Tina,
> "STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY" at one time could supply $4,000 or $5 thousand dollars
> a
> month apart from assignments.
> Today it's a joke and might as well be null & void dollar wise. :-(
> Many of the photographers I knew way back when today are broke, unemployed
> and basically living on hand out donations. WHY?
> The iphone and whatever other names they are called by people who give
> their
> images away for their name under a published photo.
>
> As well as the corporations who wont/don't want to pay for "Quality
> photography!" Crap will do, simply on the basis of everybody on staff can
> capture some kind of "crappy image" in our eyes. But in theirs? Looks "OK!"
> And that's all that  matters! The "bean counters" rule supreme! Get it for
> nothing!
> THIS IS A MOMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHY REALITY!  :-(QUALITY of IMAGE AND CONTENT?"
> No relevance whatsoever!
> "cheaper or NOTHING?" THEY ARE HAPPIER THAN HELL!
> None of you lads who've had to earn your living as an in depended or
> freelancer? You'll not likely relate to this post. Those who've earned
> their
> keep in this fashion? I need not go on about how horrific it is trying to
> earn any kind of living these days.
> cheers,
> ted grant  :-(
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf
> Of
> Tina Manley
> Sent: July-12-16 3:26 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Stock Sales
>
> The credit line used to say Tina Manley/Alamy.  Now it says Alamy and only
> sometimes Alamy/Tina Manley.  Stock has changed a lot in the last few years
> :-(
>
> Tina
>
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 6:18 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Do you get a credit line?
> >
> > Jim Nichols
> > Tullahoma, TN USA
> >
> > On 7/12/2016 5:08 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> >
> >> PESO:
> >>
> >> Alamy just sold one of my Iran photos:
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000
> 0eLhbB.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
> >>
> >>
> >
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