Dreamstime, a multi-platinum global stock photography agency characterized primarily by its “community,” has expanded its submission regulations to open the door even wider to become more resourceful in the news and editorial fields.
Dreamstime has expanded its editorial license policy to accept non-model released and non-property released images that are directly pertinent to current events, news and political stories, and social and cultural scenes.
“This exciting new image option for photographers, and all its users, frees Dreamstime photographers to cover world, national or local events of important newsworthy nature without being concerned with securing model releases,” Dreamstime co-founder and CEO, Serban Enache, announced.
An original concept to Dreamstime, the expanded editorial license and new acceptance policy will enable the photographer the opportunity to “point and click” without hesitation to document newsworthy photo stories on the spot, as they happen (including landmarks, logos and crowds).
In addition to generating a larger library of quality photos on a daily basis, the enhanced editorial license will serve to compliment Dreamstime’s In The News section. In The News was introduced more than ten months ago and was specifically designed to not only initiate interest and participation by skilled and talented photographers, but to seek out and educate the amateur and semi-pro photographers who wish to elevate their experience and skills as photojournalists. This Dreamstime exclusive section features photos that “tell a story” or are of a newsworthy international, national or local event (past or present).
Customary editorial restraints apply to the new license. Although these high-resolution images will appear in the Dreamstime keyword search engine, non-model released and non-property released editorial images submitted cannot be used for any other purpose other than to illustrate a truthful and literal story documenting or complimenting the facts surrounding that story or article. Editorial images can be used in print, electronic or broadcast media only (newspapers, magazines, online magazines, and television). The non-model released and non-property released editorial images will not be available for commercial use (i.e. calendars, advertising, general merchandise). For editorial terms and conditions information visit https://www.dreamstime.com/terms#editorial.
“Expanding the policy for editorial submissions will enable Dreamstime to become more resourceful over all,” Enache, added. “This will afford citizen journalists a larger canvas to shoot as well as provide users (who are specifically seeking an ‘informational’ photo to document current events, news, political stories, and social and cultural events) a larger active library of images to enable them to find the perfect picture to compliment their story.”
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This article was last modified on January 7, 2023
This article was first published on February 7, 2008
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