Puzzling photo credit line

[John Mitchell]

I had an image invoiced (low $$) today to a UK editorial website. The photo use was easy to find because the licensing terms actually included the name of the publication. However, the photo credit on the website is as follows: "John Mitchell / Alamy Stock Photo via Shutterstock". Has anyone ever seen this? I wasn't aware that SS is an Alamy distributor. Am I missing something?

 

 

Edited April 5, 2023 by John Mitchell

[Marianne]

I tried searching for an Alamy collection on ss and came up empty, then did a Google search for "Alamy Stock Photo via Shutterstock" and got one hit - your image! I have a feeling it was a typo on someone's part. 😎 (big sigh of relief). 

 

 

[Ognyan Yosifov]

18 minutes ago, Marianne said:

I tried searching for an Alamy collection on ss and came up empty, then did a Google search for "Alamy Stock Photo via Shutterstock" and got one hit - your image! I have a feeling it was a typo on someone's part. 😎 (big sigh of relief). 

 

 

 I was credited once as (my name) Alamy/Getty Images for a photo that wasn't mine and I've never been with G. Picture desk mistake, obviously.

[John Mitchell]

Thanks for the replies. I'm hoping that it was the magazine's mistake.

[Allan Bell]

5 hours ago, John Mitchell said:

I had an image invoiced (low $$) today to a UK editorial website. The photo use was easy to find because the licensing terms actually included the name of the publication. However, the photo credit on the website is as follows: "John Mitchell / Alamy Stock Photo via Shutterstock". Has anyone ever seen this? I wasn't aware that SS is an Alamy distributor. Am I missing something?

 

 

 

Going on replies to your post above.

 

How dare a credit writer put Alamy and Shutterstock in the same sentence.

 

Come to that how dare I?😀

 

Allan