Tony Stone Joins Microstock Company Vivozoom

Posted on 4/15/2010 by Julia Dudnik Stern | Printable Version | Comments (5)

In a news certain to shock many a traditionalist, the godfather of stock photography Tony Stone has joined the executive management team of microstock newcomer Vivozoom. Stone will lead the company's creative strategy.

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Bill Bachmann Posted Apr 15, 2010
I feel badly about Tony doing that to the business. He should know more than most that the business model does NOT work for PHOTOGRAPHERS! It may work for agencies and of course it works WONDERFULLY for clients who get great images for almost free.

I expected more from him. Guess he got his money when he sold his company and doesn't care about true photographers now. I personally would never try to ruin the business for the next generation of photographers for a few bucks (or even a lot of bucks!)

Sad to me.

Bill Bachmann
www.billbachmann.com

Karim Ezzat Posted Apr 16, 2010
Tony Stone's decision will have very destructive consequences on the entire stock photo industry.

Bob Prior Posted Apr 16, 2010
Why did Tony do it? I suspect he got bored. And bored people sometimes do strange, questionable things.

Robert Prior
www.stockindexonline.comk

John Harris Posted Apr 16, 2010
The move seems understandable to me - microstock is the growth area and he is an expert in that imagery. But surely The Hope in a "Good Emperor" at the top is always misplaced - as Bill Bachmann says the interests of the photographer and the interests of the large capitals are now in stark contrast and diametrically opposed.

John Harris
www.reportdigital.co.uk

Andrew Sacks Posted Apr 16, 2010
This doesn't read like it's the same Tony Stone I know. His leadership and wisdom in shaping our industry (starting in the late 80's) were good for both his contributing photographers and his image-buying clients.

I can't see how dressing up microstock photography in a new suit of clothes is going to benefit photographers. Maybe Tony can explian it. If nothing else, I'm willing to listen and watch.

Andy Sacks
www. saxpix.com

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