The Turkish newspaper «Hurriyet Daily News» published an article about me in their section ‘Expat of the Week’. You can read it online here.
Irony is that they refused to pay (or give credit) for the to images they printed. In return I made them include the following sentences:
Despite having some pictures published in Turkey, Schulze said he never actively approached the Turkish media market due to its insufficient budget and frequent copyright breaches.
“I had some pictures published in some Turkish newspapers. They don’t have a budget nor do they respect copyrights – you are badly paid and your work is stolen.”
There you go.
John Easterby’s talk last wednesday on assignments, picture marketing, contracts, and so on triggered a short discussion started by Heidi’s question how to prevent theft of one’s pictures by magazines and blogs.
To add my two cent: I am in favor of liberal copyright terms. Why not giving your pictures for free for non-commercial use? It is not only nice but might also pay of:
- One’s pictures published in blogs with your name next to them is free advertisement. People see your pictures and might remember your name.
- I don’t have to talk about the power and importance of google. Many blogs are search engine optimized (SEO). Meaning: they will rank high in Google. They will help you dominating the search results if your name is searched for – by photo editors and other possible clients
- As a photographer you also might want to show up in the image results. At least when your name is googled or topics you’re profound with. The text of blogs helps you to be linked with many keywords
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