ASIA-PACIFIC – SINGAPORE, OCTOBER 20, 2011 – Getty Images, a leading creator and distributor of visual content and other media , and Flickr, one of the world’s largest photo sharing communities, today announced an exciting milestone for the Flickr Collection. Just two years after the debut of this first-of-its-kind collection, the Flickr Collection has grown to 250,000 images, featuring compelling, quality content from a global community of photography enthusiasts from over 115 countries. Available for licensing exclusively on gettyimages.com, the Flickr Collection reflects the customer’s diverse needs for authentic and regional imagery around the world.
In September alone, 30,000 new images were available to license from the Flickr Collection, and over 1,000 images are typically uploaded on daily basis. Within Getty Images’ Flickr Collection, there are currently more than 6,000 images submitted from contributors from South East Asia and Hong Kong. Distinct trends and common themes in the area include tranquillity, childhood, cityscapes, food and flowers, as well as spirituality.
“For Getty Images, the strength of the Flickr Collection lies is in its raw authenticity, with local photographers contributing genuine, creative images that audiences can identify with,” said Stuart Hannagan, Vice President, Australasia and Director of Photography, Asia Pacific.
The growth of the Flickr Collection can be attributed to Getty Images’ dedicated team of photo editors who work with networks around the globe on a daily basis.
“The Flickr collection has proved a massive success for us in our aim to bring a different and a varied range of imagery to the marketplace,” explained Andrew Saunders, Getty Images SVP of Creative.
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Grandmother and granddaughter, Hanoi, Vietnam
Nga Nguyen, a Getty Images Flickr contributor from Hanoi, Vietnam, comments: “I’ve been working with Getty Images through the Flickr Collection for a year now and it’s been quite a ride. Before then, I was shooting for fun and didn’t know what ‘stock photography’ meant. There are thousands of amazingly talented Getty Images Flickr Collection contributors who are willing to share with you everything they know. It’s great to be part of such friendly and embracing community,” said Nga.
Flickr is a service of Yahoo! Inc. For more information and to view Getty Images’ Flickr Collection, please visit: www.gettyimages.com/flickr.
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Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep is Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai Province
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