HMH – Is $300 Per Picture A Deal?

Posted on 3/23/2015 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (1)

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) has started requesting images directly from some very experienced stock photographers and offering them $300 for all-future-rights, including copyright, to any image they select.

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Bill Bachmann Posted Mar 23, 2015
Jim,

Any REAL photographer who accepts that deal is crazy. YOU, as a leader in the field of writing about this, should make an even stronger stand against it.

You always sugar-coat it saying amateurs will go for anything. How about you helping real photographers talk to these amateurs (in camera clubs, on blogs, etc) with stronger statements.

That is my criticism with your writing. You say on one side that many photographers should just get published and get beer money, then you seem surprised that they do because you don't stand against it strongly.

Many of us do lecture to camera clubs and say NO to these things in front of crowds. I wish you, years ago even, helped to stop this "Give Away" mentality due to ignorance.

www.billbachmann.com

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