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Over the past year or two, I’ve been selling Live News and news-y sorts of photographs (royalty, politics, that sort of stuff). A lot of my sales detail newspapers and magazines, and as a student photographer, it would be awesome to buy (or at least SEE) copies of the newspapers and magazines that have used my photographs to keep cuttings for keepsake/ my portfolio. But I have no clue where to find them? When I emailed Alamy Contributors team about it a few months ago, they said they couldn’t tell me due to “client confidentiality”, which is slightly annoying given a national newspaper using an image publicly isn’t really...confidential? Does anyone have any clue how to find which papers/ magazines use your images? Here are a few notable images that have sold repeatedly to mags and papers: Royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: https://www.alamy.com/image-details-popup.asp?Imageid=91BE56E4-AB5C-42BA-9CF2-7B29AF323FF0 Cast of new ITV show on set: https://www.alamy.com/image-details-popup.asp?Imageid=91BE56E4-AB5C-42BA-9CF2-7B29AF323FF0 Environment Secretary Michael Gove speech: https://www.alamy.com/image-details-popup.asp?Imageid=CDC1C660-CC58-4B39-A722-A9ACB0F01E74 Thank you, all!

Is this as low as we can go - I have had some cheap sales but these take the biscuit - I have had 3 sales today all with the following details: Country: United KingdomUsage: EditorialMedia: Magazine - print, digital and electronicPrint run: up to 500,000Placement: InsideImage Size: 1 pageStart: 01 December 2018End: 01 December 2023Duration: 3 months. Any placement: Inside or cover. Full page - not sure where - it says placement: inside then lower down it says 3 months inside or cover. Magazine for five years, full page, so are these newspaper sales? I did think only personal use could have such a low price (all 3 for same price just over $6 each gross).

Hi all, I had this through today but when I looked at the current UK newspaper circulation figures the numbers bore no resemblance. Any idea what newspaper has a print run of 2 million? Country: United KingdomUsage: EditorialMedia: Newspaper - nationalPrint run: up to 2 million

Apologies if this has been discussed recently, but I've not used the forum before. I've had a few sales of photos for placement in national newspapers over the years, but have only recently noticed the sharp decline in fees over a period of six years. Comparing sales of images with similar usage, i.e. national newspaper, 2 million print run, and 1/4 page size, the fees have been as follows: $63 in 2011; $22 in 2012; $12 in 2016; $9 in 2017. The latest of these sales equates to under £7, for which my share will be around £3.50! Considering that images are such an important part of newspapers, and that without them circulation figures would tumble, are photographers getting a fair deal? Are these poor fees from newspapers industry wide, or is Alamy selling us short? Does anyone else have any views on this, or would Alamy like to comment? Thanks for reading this.

I received a mail from Alamy reminding me that I'm opted out from the UK Newspaper scheme. What do you experts think? Is it worth opting in? Or is it better to leave it out?

My local rag is now punting for free images via it's facebook camera club page. Feel free to join their group and leave a comment... but expect to get an instant ban! My short blog post about it.

Any idea which UK newspaper would have yielded this sale? (Two sales actually but identical wording.) Country: United Kingdom Usage: Editorial Media: Newspaper - national Print run: up to 2 million Placement: Inside and online Image Size: 1/4 page Start: 01 June 2015 End: 02 June 2015 One use in a single editorial article used within the print and digital versions of a single publication. Digital usage includes archive rights for the lifetime of the article. There's no online evidence I can find with Google and Tineye reverse image searches and the wording doesn't correspond with any of my other UK newspaper sales. John

I am trying to find a shot of mine, two women with a dog, which I am told has been used today quite large in the Spanish editions of the Daily Express. Any help in tracking down a copy would be greatly appreciated. Regards peter t

On the Guy Fawkes' blog Order-Order.com, Paul Staines has been leaked (and so published) the pay scale of Guardian junior staff members, some of which include... Picture Researcher (£30k) Assistant Picture Editor (£35k) Photographer (£40k) Deputy Picture Editor (£42k) Picture Editor (£45k) Senior Picture Editor (£55k) Considering what is insultingly offered money-wise with the newspaper scheme - less 50% of course - I think most Alamy contributors will feel they are operating on the wrong side of the camera! (BTW: I'm not in either the Newspaper or Novel Use schemes). Ed Buziak