Reimar Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 I'm trying to determine how some images of mine ended up on Fotofinder via Vario Images. Both appear to be German companies. Does either Alamy or Age deal with this distributor? I can't find any evidence for this. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gaffen Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Hi Reimar, It would not surprise me if Alamy do have some sort of distribution deal with one or both of these companies. I'm sure they would tell you if you ask Alamy directly. I recently discovered some of my images on a site, complained about it, only to discover they were there legitimately as part of an Alamy distribution deal. After discovering this, I felt rather silly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 There is a list of distributors somewhere. Aha here it is: http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography-distributors.asp Vario is not on the list. But Vario Images GmbH is on Alamy with 145,815 images. Alamy is not a partner with Fotofinder AFAIK.: http://www.fotofinder.com/agents/agencies/?usrtrck=box_navi_agencies It could be the distributor's list has not been updated, but I doubt it. As for Age: maybe ask them. (But as you can see, they are not on the Fotofinder list either.) wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Park Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Having read this, decided to look up Vario and seems I have more than 700 images with them, will be interested to know if they are an Alamy Distributor also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reimar Posted May 23, 2013 Author Share Posted May 23, 2013 I don't see Alamy or Age having a relationship with Vario. Nor can I find one for Inmagine. I have written to both Fotofinder and Vario to ask about the provenance of these images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Reimar, Malcolm, do you have a link to a page with your pictures on it? wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Chriss Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I believe alimidi in Germany have a relationship with Alamy but I do not see them on the list. So maybe the list is up to date???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Park Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Dont know if this will work, but here: http://212.202.241.188/diasweb/myActn1.do?nosearch=0&fld3=1&fld1=malcolm+park&fldshops=5&fldshops=6&fldshops=7&fldshops=11&fldshops=18&fldshops=19 Alternatively just put my name in search box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reimar Posted May 23, 2013 Author Share Posted May 23, 2013 In my case I got a prompt response from both Fotofinder and Vario Images. Some time ago I made the mistake of giving my images to an aggragator (INSADCO). Something I will not do again. INSADCO gave my images to McPhoto, who gave them to Vario, who also list them with Fotofinder. No wonder I get microstock rates after four subdistributors. A warning to others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Park Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 The 736 images showing under my name are all on Alamy, so I must assume they are a distributor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Malcolm: Credit = Loop Images ? Could be through Corbis of course. Reimar, Insadco is on Alamy too: 207,003x including 59,844x Yuri A. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Park Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Good detective work there. I currently have 428 images with Loop (also on Alamy), so therefore assume the 736 images are made up of the Loop collection and remainder are Alamy images distributed to Corbis and subbed to Vario unless Im corrected. Becoming like spaghetti! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reimar Posted May 23, 2013 Author Share Posted May 23, 2013 Reimar, Insadco is on Alamy too: 207,003x including 59,844x Yuri A. wim Yuri has another 54,000 under his own name. Crazy. When I started at Alamy I asked INSADCO to transfer my existing images to my name and he did. At other agents like Age, I'm competing with myself. I think distributors should not be able to subdistribute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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