Author Topic: Jonathan Klein on Why I Fell in Love with Pictures (Read 29574 times)

luissantos84 · « **on:** June 18, 2014, 06:07 »

oh man.... check 10:30

<a href="http://youtu.be/39TK1_SENSk" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://youtu.be/39TK1_SENSk</a>

http://infocus.gettyimages.com/post/repicture-jonathan-klein-on-why-i-fell-in-love-with-pictures#.U6Fx7BazL9E

Mantis · « **Reply #1 on:** June 18, 2014, 06:17 »

Yea that sure pays the bills, seeing my work in print and such. Oh and I happen to get a little money as an aside. He is lost. Maybe for those who aren't using photography as a near full time or full time source of income it's "wooohooo Funnnnn" to see their work in print. I would rather NEVER see my work in print if it meant making more money. Completely backwards.

Shelma1 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 18, 2014, 06:21 »

Oh jeez.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 18, 2014, 06:29 »

the lack of respect for photographers is incredible, I don't understand how can he talk about us with so little importance, that is where the crowdsourcing lead us and a few shameless minds too

gostwyck · « **Reply #4 on:** June 18, 2014, 06:30 »

I can't even bear to click on the video to hear what Klein has to say. Ugh.

bunhill · « **Reply #5 on:** June 18, 2014, 07:29 »

Quote from: gostwyck on June 18, 2014, 06:30

I can't even bear to click on the video to hear what Klein has to say. Ugh.

To be fair though - he always speaks very well and it's a good talk. Even if you disagree with him it is interesting to understand the message he is communicating.

Somewhat related to this talk, there is an interesting new post at the Thoughts of a Bohemian blog entitled The New Photo Agencies. One of the points made is that sooner or later all online photos are going to be available for licensing in some form or another.

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the barriers between pros and casual photographers are going to completely vanish ( they already are being erased) because for the first time, all images will be available for licensing in one way or the other.

That's absolutely correct IMO. Much of that content is already free. That's the competition.

shudderstok · « **Reply #6 on:** June 18, 2014, 07:47 »

Quote from: gostwyck on June 18, 2014, 06:30

I can't even bear to click on the video to hear what Klein has to say. Ugh.

for some reason my hearts are not showing so i can't +1 you. but here is a +1

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #7 on:** June 18, 2014, 11:55 »

So I watched it.

Lots was about Getty's editorial side. Sort of odd mixing in the creative (goldfish and horse - although I have no idea what you'd use that mane picture for) with the editorial as the users of both are so different.

It would have been a better talk if he would have stopped boasting, especially the parts about how much he's given to AIDs awareness - it added nothing to the message about the power of images.

I think Getty's trying to figure out how to reposition themselves but he had the awkward task of saying how powerful their existing images are and on the other how they're re-imagining things with new imagery to be more authentic.

He reminds me of someone's Dad trying to be cool when their kid's friends come over - clearly out of his element but blissfully unaware.

Tror · « **Reply #8 on:** June 18, 2014, 12:28 »

I did not watch the movie. I do not care. The fact that the guy works for Getty degrades whatever he says to a questionable statement. His company lied to us. He is representing that company. His personality is not trustworthy. Period.

cobalt · « **Reply #9 on:** June 18, 2014, 12:50 »

I watched it. When he talks about editorial images, he knows the photographers, he knows the stories, not just about the images but also the artist.

But then when he talks about "crowd sourcing" it is clear he doesn't get it. He shows really famous images that have earned a lot of money, but he doesn't know the name of the artists. He belittles "cliches" without appreciating the very hard work that goes into creating them. These images sold because they are so useful. But artists that consistently produce these images are very few. Anna makes fantastic stuff and her story is just as interesting as that of the editorial artists that he happens to know personally.

We just see the same thing again, there is no real understanding how crowdsourcing really works.

Our plattforms are about nurturing talent, letting it develop and rise with hard work and education through networking. We are not a random mass of producers who happen to get a lucky shot once in a while.

The role the community spirit plays in creating the supportive environment that allows this international effort of people to help each other, inspire each other learn from each other....to create the "vibe" that allows creativity to flow...the interaction between agency, entrepreneurship and financial success...the importance of a regular income...it is all so much more than just a few people in a garage that said "everyone is a photographer"...

If he doesn't understand it, he cannot grow it. Which is what has been happening in the last few years.

Maybe they should just focus even more on editorial and news, that seems to be where his passion is.

ETA: I mean, who does he think will be the artists that will shoot the "authentic" images that he is looking for now? The random hobby amateur sending holiday snapshots or the sucessful "cliche" artist that has been earning thousands of dollars a month? "Authentic" is just a style. The people that know how to communicate visually will shoot any style, as long as it brings in the money.

leaf · « **Reply #10 on:** June 18, 2014, 13:35 »

Quote from: shudderstok on June 18, 2014, 07:47

Quote from: gostwyck on June 18, 2014, 06:30
I can't even bear to click on the video to hear what Klein has to say. Ugh.

for some reason my hearts are not showing so i can't +1 you. but here is a +1

It's because you need 10 posts before you can give hearts

bunhill · « **Reply #11 on:** June 18, 2014, 13:49 »

Quote from: cobalt on June 18, 2014, 12:50

But then when he talks about "crowd sourcing" it is clear he doesn't get it.

What makes you say that ? What does he say specifically which makes it clear that he doesn't get it ? What is there to get anyhow ? Doesn't everyone get it ? ETA: I mean "didn't" of course. A decade ago. It's no longer news.

Quote from: cobalt on June 18, 2014, 12:50

He shows really famous images that have earned a lot of money, but he doesn't know the name of the artists.

The name of the artist is in big letters up the side of the image on the projection screen. Besides which the name of the artist is not relevant in the context of the point being addressed.

Quote from: cobalt on June 18, 2014, 12:50

He belittles "cliches" without appreciating the very hard work that goes into creating them.

I don't believe that he belittles the clichés. I think he just acknowledges that there are clichés. That seems fair enough to me. There are clichés in editorial photography too. We are all sick of clichés.

Quote from: cobalt on June 18, 2014, 12:50

ETA: I mean, who does he think will be the artists that will shoot the "authentic" images that he is looking for now? The random hobby amateur sending holiday snapshots or the sucessful "cliche" artist that has been earning thousands of dollars a month? "Authentic" is just a style. The people that know how to communicate visually will shoot any style, as long as it brings in the money.

As is pointed out in the blog post I linked to above, very soon all images uploaded to the internet are likely to be available for some form of licensing.

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I cannot help but think that sometimes people are outraged about everything to do with Getty, no matter. Well that's fair enough. But IMO the positive person's takeaway from something like this would be around looking for the useful information. For example - he said, slightly polemically, that there are only 10 concepts which matter. Isn't that interesting and worth discussing ?

Shelma1 · « **Reply #12 on:** June 18, 2014, 14:24 »

Well, I went back and suffered through the entire video, watching from the POV of an advertising creative, and I can't count the number of ways he insulted his audience (advertising creatives). From insisting everyone in the world communicates through images while writers making up half the creative department, to his statement that there are only ten concepts (really? What are they?), to telling advertising people at Cannes, who represent the most creative in the industry, that they need to go beyond cliches, to thinking photographers are more interested in having the glory of their work being published while payment is an afterthought...all I can say is wow.

PixelBytes · « **Reply #13 on:** June 18, 2014, 14:47 »

Quote from: Shelma1 on June 18, 2014, 14:24

Well, I went back and suffered through the entire video, watching from the POV of an advertising creative, and I can't count the number of ways he insulted his audience (advertising creatives). From insisting everyone in the world communicates through images while writers making up half the creative department, to his statement that there are only ten concepts (really? What are they?), to telling advertising people at Cannes, who represent the most creative in the industry, that they need to go beyond cliches, to thinking photographers are more interested in having the glory of their work being published while payment is an afterthought...all I can say is wow.

Thanks for summing up so well.

bunhill · « **Reply #14 on:** June 18, 2014, 14:59 »

Quote from: PixelBytes on June 18, 2014, 14:47

Quote from: Shelma1 on June 18, 2014, 14:24
Well, I went back and suffered through the entire video, watching from the POV of an advertising creative, and I can't count the number of ways he insulted his audience (advertising creatives). From insisting everyone in the world communicates through images while writers making up half the creative department, to his statement that there are only ten concepts (really? What are they?), to telling advertising people at Cannes, who represent the most creative in the industry, that they need to go beyond cliches, to thinking photographers are more interested in having the glory of their work being published while payment is an afterthought...all I can say is wow.

Thanks for summing up so well.

IMO Shelma is choosing to interpret the talk in such a way so as to take umbrage. As are several other posters. I am quite certain that the audience did not view this with such negativity.

It's really disappointing that the intellectual merit of what was said is not being debated here.

IIRC John Hegarty made a similar point in Creative Review in the late 80s about concepts reducing or normalizing to fewer than 10. I think he said 8 but I cannot find the quote at the moment.

PixelBytes · « **Reply #15 on:** June 18, 2014, 15:26 »

Quote from: bunhill on June 18, 2014, 14:59

I am quite certain that the audience did not view this with such negativity.

Maybe they weren't image creators?

bunhill · « **Reply #16 on:** June 18, 2014, 15:35 »

Quote from: PixelBytes on June 18, 2014, 15:26

Maybe they weren't image creators?

Everyone is an image creator today.

Shelma1 · « **Reply #17 on:** June 18, 2014, 15:55 »

Quote from: bunhill on June 18, 2014, 14:59

Quote from: PixelBytes on June 18, 2014, 14:47
Quote from: Shelma1 on June 18, 2014, 14:24
Well, I went back and suffered through the entire video, watching from the POV of an advertising creative, and I can't count the number of ways he insulted his audience (advertising creatives). From insisting everyone in the world communicates through images while writers making up half the creative department, to his statement that there are only ten concepts (really? What are they?), to telling advertising people at Cannes, who represent the most creative in the industry, that they need to go beyond cliches, to thinking photographers are more interested in having the glory of their work being published while payment is an afterthought...all I can say is wow.

Thanks for summing up so well.

IMO Shelma is choosing to interpret the talk in such a way so as to take umbrage. As are several other posters. I am quite certain that the audience did not view this with such negativity.

It's really disappointing that the intellectual merit of what was said is not being debated here.

IIRC John Hegarty made a similar point in Creative Review in the late 80s about concepts reducing or normalizing to fewer than 10. I think he said 8 but I cannot find the quote at the moment.

Then why don't you discuss the intellectual merit of what he said, rather than taking umbrage at us taking umbrage?

bunhill · « **Reply #18 on:** June 18, 2014, 16:17 »

Quote from: Shelma1 on June 18, 2014, 15:55

Then why don't you discuss the intellectual merit of what he said, rather than taking umbrage at us taking umbrage?

Ok. As an adverting creative, in what ways do you disagree him about it being possible to normalize the concepts down to, say, 10 key messages / themes ?

And why do you find that insulting ?

(10 seems a lot already. I think I can get to maybe 6 off the top of my head).

asiseeit · « **Reply #19 on:** June 18, 2014, 16:21 »

I made $31 while watching that video

Shelma1 · « **Reply #20 on:** June 18, 2014, 16:28 »

Quote from: bunhill on June 18, 2014, 16:17

Quote from: Shelma1 on June 18, 2014, 15:55
Then why don't you discuss the intellectual merit of what he said, rather than taking umbrage at us taking umbrage?

Ok. As an adverting creative, in what ways do you disagree him about it being possible to normalize the concepts down to, say, 10 key messages / themes ?

And why do you find that insulting ?

(10 seems a lot already. I think I can get to maybe 6 off the top of my head).

List the concepts.

bunhill · « **Reply #21 on:** June 18, 2014, 16:59 »

Here are 10 off the top of my head. But at least 3 I think could be further reduced and all of the headings could be better defined.

Freedom & Individuality
Style, Grace & Beauty
Success / Failure
Health
Complexity & Simplicity & Purity
Progress
Age - youth and old age
Quality
Power
Sex

ShadySue · « **Reply #22 on:** June 18, 2014, 17:10 »

Sustainability.

Shelma1 · « **Reply #23 on:** June 18, 2014, 17:18 »

Quote from: bunhill on June 18, 2014, 16:59

Here are 10 off the top of my head. But at least 3 I think could be further reduced and all of the headings could be better defined.

Freedom & Individuality
Style, Grace & Beauty
Success / Failure
Health
Complexity & Simplicity & Purity
Progress
Age - youth and old age
Quality
Power
Sex

Fear?
Anger?
Life?
Death?
Love?
Optimism/Pessimism?
Faith?

I was really hoping you had the definitive list, because Google as I might I can find no reference to the Hegarty quote or even reference to any quote that boils down all ideas or concepts to a list of ten.

But overall, I found that in the video he comes across as arrogant and dismissive. For example, his claim that Getty came up with the idea of using animals as metaphors. Or something along those lines, really don't want to watch it again. Really? Getty came up with that? Nobody ever thought of that before?

ShadySue · « **Reply #24 on:** June 18, 2014, 17:26 »

Quote from: Shelma1 on June 18, 2014, 17:18

But overall, I found that in the video he comes across as arrogant and dismissive. For example, his claim that Getty came up with the idea of using animals as metaphors. Or something along those lines, really don't want to watch it again. Really? Getty came up with that? Nobody ever thought of that before?

Hahahaha.
A bit like patenting shooting on white.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Metaphors_referring_to_animals
http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/faculty_sites/sommerb/pubs/zoomorphy_11.pdf
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/popcult/handouts/metaphor/animal.html
and another 6,390,000 results on Google for 'animal metaphor'.

But you knew that, Shelma.
Seems someone else didn't.

bunhill · « **Reply #25 on:** June 18, 2014, 17:32 »

Quote from: Shelma1 on June 18, 2014, 17:18

Quote from: bunhill on June 18, 2014, 16:59
Here are 10 off the top of my head. But at least 3 I think could be further reduced and all of the headings could be better defined.

Freedom & Individuality
Style, Grace & Beauty
Success / Failure
Health
Complexity & Simplicity & Purity
Progress
Age - youth and old age
Quality
Power
Sex

Fear?
Anger?
Life?
Death?
Love?
Optimism/Pessimism?
Faith?

I was really hoping you had the definitive list, because Google as I might I can find no reference to the Hegarty quote or even reference to any quote that boils down all ideas or concepts to a list of ten.

I don't have a definitive list. But isn't that what this conversation should usefully be about.

Remember that this is not about coming up with all narrative scenarios. It's about the key concepts which an advertiser might try to communicate as a sell. I reckon 10 is too many.

Ironically I do think that sustainability should be on the list. But I think it probably comes under some other broader heading. And I cannot imagine any advertiser wanting to communicate a message of death per se. Anger, death, fear etc are not messages IMO - rather, they are narratives. For example an advertiser does not want to communicate death as a message. It's going to be used in a narrative about some other concept. Ditto fear, love, anger, frustration etc etc.

Eta: I suggested age - but that isn't a selling point either. It's a story. But I think trust should be on the list. I think advertisers sell trust.

bunhill · « **Reply #26 on:** June 18, 2014, 17:47 »

I think that whilst the narrative can be a negative the sell is always a positive. Here is my final 10. But that might change.

Freedom & Individuality
Style, Grace & Beauty
Success
Health
Purity
Complexity & Simplicity
Progress
Trust
Quality
Power

Shelma1 · « **Reply #27 on:** June 18, 2014, 18:39 »

Quote from: bunhill on June 18, 2014, 17:32

Ironically I do think that sustainability should be on the list. But I think it probably comes under some other broader heading. And I cannot imagine any advertiser wanting to communicate a message of death per se. Anger, death, fear etc are not messages IMO - rather, they are narratives. For example an advertiser does not want to communicate death as a message. It's going to be used in a narrative about some other concept. Ditto fear, love, anger, frustration etc etc.

Eta: I suggested age - but that isn't a selling point either. It's a story. But I think trust should be on the list. I think advertisers sell trust.

Tell that to people who need to advertise life insurance, cars with air bags, and funeral homes.

Having worked on a couple of life insurance accounts, I can assure you we want to sell death...or the fear of death...certainly the fear of what might happen to your loved ones after your death. Same with anti-smoking campaigns, for example. Overall, we see fear as the main motivator, which is what we'e been accused of for decades...preying on people's fears (of death, rejection, failure, etc.) and creating fear where there was none.

But I'm glad you insisted on this debate, because in my Googling I found a great video of Hegarty boiling down the essence of what he loves about advertising, which is irreverence...and then taking us through a history of reverence vs. irreverence in art, and the struggles all artists have with client revisions.

And a big contrast between this video and the OP's is Hegarty's humility...he acknowledges that advertising is trivial, after following directly behind a neuroscientist in giving his speech.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXwT-gJhwG8

bunhill · « **Reply #28 on:** June 18, 2014, 18:47 »

Quote from: Shelma1 on June 18, 2014, 18:39

Tell that to people who need to advertise life insurance, cars with air bags, and funeral homes. Having worked on a couple of life insurance accounts, I can assure you we want to sell death...or the fear of death...

I do not believe that you are selling death in this scenario. Or fear. Fear and death in this context are narrative scenarios. What you are selling is trust in the product.

I believe that in all cases the sell is a positive. The narrative may be a negative.

Shelma1 · « **Reply #29 on:** June 18, 2014, 18:58 »

Quote from: bunhill on June 18, 2014, 18:47

Quote from: Shelma1 on June 18, 2014, 18:39
Tell that to people who need to advertise life insurance, cars with air bags, and funeral homes. Having worked on a couple of life insurance accounts, I can assure you we want to sell death...or the fear of death...

I do not believe that you are selling death in this scenario. Or fear. Fear and death in this context are narrative scenarios. What you are selling is trust in the product.

I believe that in all cases the sell is a positive. The narrative may be a negative.

Watch the commercial Hegarty uses as an example at the end of his speech. Of course, in the end we want people to think in a positive way about the product...but we also know fear and negativity (and humor, relieving that fear) are what get attention. So the vast majority of that commercial is fear, fear, fear.

Fear is a huge motivator. Of every species, really.

bunhill · « **Reply #30 on:** June 18, 2014, 19:04 »

Yes fear gets you attention. That's what I mean about it being the narrative. It's the story. It's a powerful narrative.

But it is very clearly not what you are selling. What you are selling is a concept of trust.

Shelma1 · « **Reply #31 on:** June 18, 2014, 20:10 »

Unfortunately, this isn't really going anywhere. Neither of us knows what 10 ideas he's referring to. I can tell you why take umbrage to that statement, though: Because he's standing in front of a roomful of people whose only job is to come up with ideas, and he's telling them (not to diminish advertising, of course) that there are only 10 ideas in the entire world, without any form of proof or making any reference to where THAT idea came from.

cthoman · « **Reply #32 on:** June 18, 2014, 20:12 »

Quote from: bunhill on June 18, 2014, 14:59

It's really disappointing that the intellectual merit of what was said is not being debated here.

As an illustrator, I usually feel left out when I see most of these guys speak. What they are saying usually doesn't have a lot of relevance and kind of concerns me that I'm not part of the conversation. I'll admit that I didn't watch the whole video, but just a general observation.

bunhill · « **Reply #33 on:** June 19, 2014, 01:46 »

Quote from: Shelma1 on June 18, 2014, 20:10

he's standing in front of a roomful of people whose only job is to come up with ideas, and he's telling them (not to diminish advertising, of course) that there are only 10 ideas in the entire world

No he isn't. You've misunderstood what he is saying.

JKB · « **Reply #34 on:** June 19, 2014, 04:48 »

Reminds me of the idea that there are only a certain number of basic, archetypal plots in all of literature. See for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Basic_Plots

There have been some advertising takes on this: http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/7-basic-types-stories-which-one-your-brand-telling-144164

This might be the kind of stuff that forms the basics of Klein's thinking, in a Chinese whispers kind of way, though I have to confess I didn't watch the video.

Edit: Links

BaldricksTrousers · « **Reply #35 on:** June 19, 2014, 05:51 »

Quote from: bunhill on June 18, 2014, 16:59

Here are 10 off the top of my head. But at least 3 I think could be further reduced and all of the headings could be better defined.

Freedom & Individuality
Style, Grace & Beauty
Success / Failure
Health
Complexity & Simplicity & Purity
Progress
Age - youth and old age
Quality
Power
Sex

Curious, that already looks like 16 to me (accepting that youth and old age are subsets of age)

bunhill · « **Reply #36 on:** June 19, 2014, 06:15 »

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on June 19, 2014, 05:51

Curious, that already looks like 16 to me (accepting that youth and old age are subsets of age)

If you read down the log you will see that I revised that list. This was as close as I could get for now:

Freedom & Individuality
Style, Grace & Beauty
Success
Health
Purity
Complexity & Simplicity
Progress
Trust
Quality
Power

What would your list comprise ?

The way I currently see this: there are the concepts which advertisers sell. These I think are always positives. I think that these are what the 10 would be all about. So my 10 (or 14 if you want) would be about trying to approach the subject headings. I am sure that you can see that where I have more than one concept on a line it is because I have not been able to reduce those elements to their lowest common denominator.

And then there are narrative concepts - e.g. the themes around which a story is told. Eg - love, friendship, fear, anger, frustration, wealth, happiness, communication, growth, family, journey, the environment etc etc. This list would be much longer. But I am going to guess that it would still reduce to maybe 20.

Whether or not we agree with Jonathan Klein it must be clear that this is an interesting, positive and useful thinking process.

Shelma1 · « **Reply #37 on:** June 19, 2014, 07:57 »

Quote from: cthoman on June 18, 2014, 20:12

Quote from: bunhill on June 18, 2014, 14:59
It's really disappointing that the intellectual merit of what was said is not being debated here.

As an illustrator, I usually feel left out when I see most of these guys speak. What they are saying usually doesn't have a lot of relevance and kind of concerns me that I'm not part of the conversation. I'll admit that I didn't watch the whole video, but just a general observation.

I know what you mean...these guys discuss photography only, as if illustration doesn't exist. (That's what bugs me about Stocksy. Beautully curated work. Where are the illustrators in that scenario?)

ARTPUPPY · « **Reply #38 on:** June 21, 2014, 02:47 »

Well I finally got around to seeing what the video is about. My take is this - It's basically a little presentation to the movers and shakers in the advertising industry to say "Hey, we're Getty Images, you used to use us all the time in the glory years and we're still relevant today. We need each other, so please don't leave us behind." So you take off your suit and tie and hang out with the young advertising hipsters. (who are too young to know who Princess Diana is, thank god Mr Klein explained it to them) Yes, images are important and are powerful, that's been going on for thousands of years even before the camera. The problem here is with every passing year of new technology, Getty Images is becoming more and more a thing of the past for the advertising industry. It's true, it's quite possible for almost anyone to make a great image. And thanks to the internet, you don't have to go to Getty and pay $600 (or more) for a single image for your ad campaign. More and more I see corporations turning to low cost models to get more value out of their ad dollars. Tim Hortons I recall asked their customers to submit photos of themselves holding a cup of Tim Hortons Coffee. They compiled the best images and created a commercial out of it. How many "Shoot your own commercial for our product and win $1000!" have you seen? Expect more in the future.

Getty Images is stuck because their old model is failing. But to turn to the new model (microstock) will open another can of worms, that there is a lot of low cost options out there like shutterstock. So now Getty is trying to sell itself as the "Great Advertising Image Guide" with the insider knowledge of "concepts". The problem is that the creative people in the advertising industry know all about the events of istock, and the corporation of Getty Images, not to mention the failed business of "istock selling logos". (they also have shutterstock accounts) The last people in the world you can try and Bulls**t are the advertising creatives because they're in the business and they know what stinks.

And the mention of the "10 concepts" in advertising is nothing more than a gimmick to make him seem like an industry insider. It has no more value to me than the "Mr. Senator, in my hand I hold a paper that contains the names of 130 communists who are in American government today!" Advertising is simply two things: A need/desire/question. And an answer/fulfillment/benefit. So in the case of the funeral home, you plant the question: "What will happen to my loved ones when I die? Will they suffer because I don't have a plan?" and then give an answer "But if you buy a prearranged funeral plan from us... no worries."

With regards to illustration in the ad industry, I would think it's mostly commissioned work for the big stuff and Getty can't address that need with stock illust. You'd be better off selling yourself for that market.

Shelma1 · « **Reply #39 on:** June 21, 2014, 09:57 »

gbalex · « **Reply #40 on:** June 21, 2014, 14:18 »

Quote from: cobalt on June 18, 2014, 12:50

But then when he talks about "crowd sourcing" it is clear he doesn't get it. He shows really famous images that have earned a lot of money, but he doesn't know the name of the artists. He belittles "cliches" without appreciating the very hard work that goes into creating them. These images sold because they are so useful. But artists that consistently produce these images are very few. Anna makes fantastic stuff and her story is just as interesting as that of the editorial artists that he happens to know personally.

We just see the same thing again, there is no real understanding how crowdsourcing really works.

More than anything else I detected underlying resentment at Istocks disruption of getty's original market. He is trying to make the turn but the resentment is tinging the air.

To bad we can not get past this energy in our own discussion, as bunhill mentions several times there is more to discuss.

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