Alamy’s 20th anniversary – the history of Alamy
Isn’t it weird how time can just pass by us like this without feeling like much has changed? I suppose it’s a symptom of modern life; where does one find the time for introspection? But if you do manage to stop and reflect for a moment, you’d realise that a lot has changed, progress is made, dreams were realised. When James West and Mike Fischer first started Alamy, they had the ambitious mission of building the world’s most diverse stock photo library while wanting to pay contributors fairly. A mission that aims to satisfy two vastly eclectic parties with a single stroke. The astonishing thing… Read more
Isn’t it weird how time can just pass by us like this without feeling like much has changed? I suppose it’s a symptom of modern life; where does one find the time for introspection? But if you do manage to stop and reflect for a moment, you’d realise that a lot has changed, progress is made, dreams were realised. When James West and Mike Fischer first started Alamy, they had the ambitious mission of building… Read more
 tool available for you called “My Alamy Homepage” that was designed to try and help you promote your work on Alamy, but it had become outdated and it was more than a little bit clunky to use. Alamy Portfolio gives you a beautiful looking, customizable page that you can share – it also gives us an opportunity to point customers to the best ones, depending on their requirements. I’d encourage all of you to get customizing and building your pages now, but first, here’s a quick run-through of the main features. Cover image, profile pic, name and bio As you’d imagine, […]&picture=https://www.alamy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/screen-1-1.jpg&?utm_source=social&utm_content=website-share&utm_campaign=Alamy Portfolio – promote your collection to the world&utm_medium=facebook)
 looking through the eyes of men. In 1975, Laura Mulvey authored an essay called ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’ that developed the term ‘the male gaze’ to shine a light on this very issue. She argued that there are three perspectives in play here: the person behind the camera; the characters within the representation; and the spectator. When you see that men occupy all three spaces, it’s not hard to notice that cinematic discourse is so male dominated leading to countless scenes of scopophilia and voyeurism. So, are we really that obsessed […]&picture=https://www.alamy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Girlgaze.jpg&?utm_source=social&utm_content=website-share&utm_campaign=The Female Gaze – Girlgaze&utm_medium=facebook)
 that gives you, the photographer, permission to license the images for commercial uses i.e. Advertising and Consumer Goods. Without a release, you are free to upload your images to license editorially. All you need to do is; Make sure you are not breaking any laws by taking the photo in the first place (like whilst trespassing) Annotate that your images contain people and/or property Mark that you don’t have any releases Sit back and relax and let our sales team do the […]&picture=https://www.alamy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DWJD1P.jpg&?utm_source=social&utm_content=website-share&utm_campaign=Releases – Alamy says Relax&utm_medium=facebook)
 but he had always been fascinated by space. It’s not unsurprising then that he ended up spending many hours with NASA and their astronauts showing us a glimpse into a world that seems completely alien to most of us. It must be remembered that the 80s was still an exciting time for space travel. The romance of the moon landing had mostly faded by now, but a new era was emerging as the development of the space shuttle, nuclear fusion and many other advance technologies had begun. Ressmeyer was a close observer during this time documenting the fascinating life beyond our sky. He even started his own stock agency called Science Faction which was then acquired by Superstock. What’s not to love about space? Many nights have been spent under the stars […]&picture=https://www.alamy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/D0K8K8.jpg&?utm_source=social&utm_content=website-share&utm_campaign=Roger Ressmeyer – a celebration of space and science&utm_medium=facebook)