16 responses to “new vegan stock photo site launching tomorrow!”

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  Fritz April 21st, 2011 at 07:15

  Yay! So GOOD to see integrity triumphing over depravity!

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  nomnomnom April 21st, 2011 at 08:54

  Their conditions say “Do not alter the image.”
  But the license is CC by-nc which allows “Remix — to adapt the work” with attribution of author.

  Also, won’t be very good stock photo website if it isn’t allowed for commercial use.

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  cornfused April 21st, 2011 at 08:56

  it seems like a CC license with attribution and non-commercial clause wouldn’t be of much benefit with regard to the “photogate” situation – veg news wouldn’t have been able to use images licensed that way anyhow…

  in this deal the photographer is basically giving work away for free and only to non-profiting folks who agree to give them credit (attribution).

  the only people that can use the photos must not be making a profit, and must give attribution. since commercial use is prohibited you couldn’t use the pics if you make money in any way– be it in sales of magazine, or even if you have ads on your personal site for example.

  All that being said, I did see the site listed commercial-use licensing as an upcoming feature, but that seems like it would require lawyers and much more complexity… Hopefully they can pull it off and make something worthwhile to both the photographers and the folks interested in buying the photographs. Good luck to them.

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  Daniel April 21st, 2011 at 09:01

  Agree with the above commenters that this is a good start, but they’ll probably need some more features to make it a viable option. Good for them though, I can really get behind this!

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  Gauri Radha गौरी राधा April 21st, 2011 at 09:24

  ^ Agreed.
  This is a good start.

  “i honestly don’t know how they had time to get a stock photo site off the ground—i’d be way too busy eating nachos.”

  ^ Haha, exactly, me too. That’s great they’re making an effort and trying to prevent future vegan photogate episodes.

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  quarrygirl April 21st, 2011 at 09:51

  oof, sorry guys! i deleted some comments off this post. i normally never do that, but these were extenuating circumstances. let’s leave it at that! i promise they had nothing to do with the integrity or veganocity of the photo…haha.

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  Julie Bernstein April 21st, 2011 at 11:03

  Agreed that this stock site, while certainly well-meaning, would not have been useful in the VegNews situation without allowing commercial licensing. Hopefully the site administrators will be able to implement that feature down the road as planned.

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  Fritz April 21st, 2011 at 12:41

  Wonder if they were made by meat-eaters…. : )

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  Gregalor April 21st, 2011 at 14:11

  I still want photos of recipes in magazines to actually be of the printed recipe.

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  Matthew April 21st, 2011 at 16:13

  I looked at the stock photo site… the photo you submitted of a faux meat burger (I assume it was you… it said quarry girl) was extremely blurry. Do you really think a magazine can print something that low quality? Nonsense.

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  quarrygirl April 21st, 2011 at 16:14

  i’m pretty sure that’s just their preview window. when you download the picture it shouldn’t be blurry.

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  Gregalor April 21st, 2011 at 19:25

  I’m positive that people are going to try to slip meat photos in.

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  VeginNOVA April 22nd, 2011 at 06:07

  Thank you Quarry Girl, you truly started a revolution!!! 🙂 I hope that you can give yourself a good old pat on the back and realize that you singlehandedly saved hundreds of innocent animals in your quest for the truth! Bravo! Not trying to be redundant but has else anyone noticed that Robin Robertson did the same EXACT thing as VegNews (using non-vegan stock photos) with her book “Vegan on the Cheap” and did I mention it’s her COVER SHOT!?!?! “VEGAN” COVER IMAGE http://www.amazon.com/Vegan-Cheap-Recipes-Simple-Strategies/dp/0470472243/ref=as_li_wdgt_fl_ex?&camp=212361&creative=383961&linkCode=waf&tag=cookbooksbyrobin
  GETTY IMAGES STOCK PHOTO W/REAL CHEESE http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/81569932/StockFood-Creative She also did this in her other book “Party Vegan,” the majority of her cover shots are non vegan as well! Well at least she openly admitted and apologized for it yesterday on her blog, after she’s received all the messages we’ve sent her complaining about it since February! Surprisingly she blames her editors and says they did it without her knowledge. I was unaware authors had no say in their cover art… This is quite disappointing and if true, I think she should be ashamed of both putting her name on a “Vegan” cookbook that has cover photos of non-vegan foods not once, but twice! Additionally using stock photos that are not even made by using her vegan recipes in a cookbook is pure bs! That’s just beyond deceitful in my “book” lol. *Her admitting everything albeit blaming others, in her blog post link below* http://veganplanet.blogspot.com/2011/04/open-letter.html

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  Fritz April 22nd, 2011 at 07:55

  How awful! I sure wouldn’t consider reading those books!

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  Crystal April 22nd, 2011 at 07:57

  Good morning!

  Today is Chris’s birthday and he’s really excited to launch the site later on today. He was working on finishing touches all night and will probably fall asleep into his vegan ice cream cake. Totally worth it, though.

  With regards to commercial use, don’t fret. We have some seriously incredible news that we are very excited to share.

  The pictures are so great and there is such a collection already. When you’re done submitting photos, consider rating a few.

  There will also be a “not vegan” flag button that will notify us that there’s a suspicious picture and we’ll get right to handling that image (finding proof of vegan-ness or deleting).

  Best,
  Crystal Tate

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  herwin April 28th, 2011 at 23:37

  me too. i always did imagine that somebody actually tried the recipe and made a photo from it. Not recipe + most glossy photo from photostock that is made with diferent ingredients.