Image DAY 292 HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Stock Photography

IMAGES FOR ALL OCCASIONS

Stock photography agencies hold vast collections of images that are available for a usage fee to consumers in a variety of fields. With stock collections as an option, people working in advertising, journalism, publishing, or marketing can choose from a database of photographs rather than hiring a photographer to go out and create new images. Agencies sometimes hold the rights to classic, widely recognizable photographs, but they also have collections of “generic” images—objects, landscapes, landmarks, animals, models making specific gestures, or expressions—that ...

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