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Getty Releases Loads of Images For Free Use

Chris Gampat
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08/14/2013
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Last Updated on 08/14/2013 by Chris Gampat

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Photo by Alfred Stieglitz. Digital image courtesy of the Getty’s Open Content Program

Editor’s Correction: This is actually the Getty Trust, not the agency. We apologize for the error.

In a very interesting move for a photo agency, Getty has recently decided to release over 4,000 images for absolutely free use: commercial or otherwise.Launched under their EDU interface, it is called the Open Content Program and they plan on releasing even more free images for use.

Of course though, there is one small stipulation, You need to give them correct citation: just like we did in the image above. This is great for students and small businesses, but we hope that it also helps to teach folks about proper citation usage and crediting people with the work that they’ve created.

We’re probably going to see loads and loads of this happen as many agencies can only hold onto images for a certain amount of time.

Via Pop Photo

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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