Previously confidential financial documents released by one of the world's leading digital stock agencies indicate that the future of photography lies in rights managed photography by high-end photographers.
Getty Images, owner of Calgary-based iStockPhoto, are preparing for a vote later this month that will allow shareholders to decide if the publicly-held company will be sold to private equity firm Hellman & Friedman. The vote has meant that Getty Images have been releasing documents that indicate sales and trends.
The most recent memo has indicated that sales of low-end photography by hobby-photographers is on the rise. The quantity of these unlicensed low-grade images flooding the market is driving up the cost of rights-managed photography according to Getty's latest memo.
The memo also states that for high-end images buyers, the traditional rights-managed images will be the best option - even if at a higher cost.
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Tuesday, 10 June 2008
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