Micro Payment Agenices - A Force for Good or Evil? |
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| Published by: Luminous Landscape 07-18-2006 Read Complete Article |
Article Summary
"It's very likely that when readers of Luminous Landscape have considered earning revenue from their pictures, placing them with a stock agency would seem a very lucrative method of earning additional income. Today's stock picture market is however, undergoing dramatic changes and so this may be a timely moment to write about the changing patterns of the stock photography industry and highlight some of the newer models that have appeared; especially the Micro Payment Agency.
Up to the point that RF (Royalty Free) was introduced, stock agencies were often managed by photographers-turned-businessmen, often called the Ma and Pop agencies! It was probably coincidental that at the same time, the industry caught the eye of Mark Getty (one of the Getty Oil family) who saw an ideal opportunity to use his business skills. Along with fellow merchant banker, Jonathan Klein, they purchased the Tony Stone Agency, a leading supplier of images for advertising in the UK."
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