How Can Small Photo Agencies Compete With The New Web-Based Image Libraries?

The very broad and pervasive emergence of web-based image sharing marketplaces (such as photo sharing sites and online free photo archives) has rapidly revolutionized the traditional photo agency market making it increasingly difficult for the many small picture and photography agencies to compete with the many free image sharing alternatives and powerful web-based stock image services available today out there. Photo credit: Maxim Kulemza Finding images with the help of the Internet has become such a different activity from what many advertisers and publishers have known for many years. Instead of having to stand in front of a light table checking out hundreds of 35mm slides to select the few that fit the assignment, today picture editors and independent writers …