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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: oxman on May 10, 2013, 18:33
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CSA_Images must have cut a deal with Getty/iStock for its illustrations (but considered photos?) and now fills up the first 36 pages of Vetta New Files. Check it out. This may be signs of the image factories reaction to the the unlimited uploads.
If I was a buyer and wanted to check out some new Vetta, this would make me nuts. I mean, sure they are good illustrations but 36 pages of retro archive "PHOTOS" just seems nuts.
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How does this continuing ingestion of CSA's stuff as 'photos' match up with this announcement?
http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=351543&page=1 (http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=351543&page=1)
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I thought this was quite racist interpretation of an asian man in this current day and age. I get it that these are retro type photos of illustration done earlier but i doubt these images have been curated at all.
http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-18317843-asian-man.php?st=e220fe9 (http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-18317843-asian-man.php?st=e220fe9)
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CSA is also featured on the current istock home page in an article here about Charles S. Anderson: http://www.istockphoto.com/article_view.php?ID=1519&isource=EN_HS1 (http://www.istockphoto.com/article_view.php?ID=1519&isource=EN_HS1) In fact, in almost every istock home page redesign a CSA image is featured. Last year's Easter illustration was a CSA image. Gosh, it must be nice to get such red carpet treatment. I wish they would do that for istock exclusives instead. It's too bad Mr. Anderson doesn't give any credit to the artists who created these illustrations in the first place, oh well... Istock will continue to try and "up-sell" CSA content like a Fuller Brush salesman who tries to push products you don't need. I'm sure Shutterstock would love to pull CSA over to their site and would be eager to meet with Mr. Anderson anytime, anywhere. Gotta make sure CSA is well promoted and can get istock sales, don't want to make them unhappy, do we?