ImageBrief takes on Corbis and Getty with new crowd-sourcing model
– Presenting at Creative Sydney
30 MAY 2011, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Summary
Media Release, May 31st, 2011 – The world’s first crowd-sourced image library has officially launched in beta with co-founder Simon Moss invited to discuss the new image buying service at Creative Sydney’s Group Think session, held at the Sydney Opera House this Saturday, June 4, 2011.The ambitious Sydney based start-up, which plans to take on Getty Images and Corbis, is an online marketplace that connects image buyers with a global network of professional photographers. Buyers can post a brief for an immediate image requirement and photographers submit images that are tailored to the buyer’s request.
Targeted at advertising agencies, marketing departments, magazines and graphic designers, ImageBrief provides an alternative solution for image buyers who no longer wish to spend hours trawling through image stock libraries.
“It’s an expensive and time consuming process for image buyers to wade through pages of irrelevant search results from stock image libraries,” says co-founder Moss.
“Photographers’ images are buried amoungst tens of millions of other images and when the buyer eventually finds a suitable fit the image may already be published or is too expensive for them to license,” he adds.
“The use of a ‘crowd-sourcing model’ is more cost effective, time-saving, far reaching and tailored than the ‘search model’ offered by Getty, Corbis, and other traditional stock library businesses.”
ImageBrief aims to disrupt the two sleeping giants (Corbis and Getty) that hold a duopoly over the $200-plus billion image sourcing market. The co-founders are confident that the outdated ‘search based’ business model of both Corbis and Getty will become a secondary option to ImageBrief’s ‘brief based’ approach.
Moss explains: “We have professional photographers around the globe registered and ready to respond to a buyer’s brief. Because of this, ImageBrief delivers exact results of available images in real-time and at a price set by the buyer.”
Creative Sydney director Jess Scully, who has included 150 speakers in this year’s festival line up, believes ImageBrief provides the perfect platform for professional photographers to monetise on their already existing body of work and says the service will help identify new market opportunities.
“We look for companies and individuals’ whose market approach is new and exciting and can offer an advantage to other creative professionals,” says Scully. “ImageBrief utilises the power of the crowd and is the next stage of web 2.0. It’s not just sourcing a crowd but is developing targeted niches, in this case for professional photographers, so it ticked all our boxes.”
ImageBrief’s Simon Moss will speak at Creative Sydney’s Group Think, a free annual event presented as part of Vivid Sydney, a festival of ideas, light and music, running until June 12, 2011.
For more information visit: http://www.creativesydney.com.au/events/creative-futures/group-think
About ImageBrief: ImageBrief is an interactive platform for image buyers and sellers. Buyers engage with photographers providing references, samples and feedback when the brief is active. ImageBrief provides a secure platform for the image tender process, award, payment, legal agreements and high resolution image download.
About the team: The four Sydney based ImageBrief co-founders draw on more than 60 years experience in image sales, management, marketing, IT software and online digital media. Co-founder Simon Moss is a director of Picdesk and manages the largest social media community of photo editors, art buyers and creative directors.
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"“It’s an expensive and time consuming process for image buyers to wade through pages of irrelevant search results from stock image libraries,” “Photographers’ images are buried amoungst tens of millions of other images and when the buyer eventually finds a suitable fit the image may already be published or is too expensive for them to license,” “The use of a ‘crowd-sourcing model’ is more cost effective, time-saving, far reaching and tailored than the ‘search model’ offered by Getty, Corbis, and other traditional stock library businesses.”" Simon Moss, Co-Founder ImageBrief
"“We look for companies and individuals’ whose market approach is new and exciting and can offer an advantage to other creative professionals,” “ImageBrief utilises the power of the crowd and is the next stage of web 2.0. It’s not just sourcing a crowd but is developing targeted niches, in this case for professional photographers, so it ticked all our boxes.”" Jess Scully, Director, Creative Sydney
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About ImageBrief
ImageBrief is an on-demand photography sourcing platform for the world's leading brands and their agencies. Buyers can search, brief, or hire 45,000 photographers from more than 161 countries and handpick content that is specific to the brands requirements. Search images by keyword, reverse image, collections, or photographer.
ImageBrief clients include Ogilvy, TBWA, Publicis, Y&R, BBDO, Conde Nast, Penguin, Simon & Schuster, Coca-Cola, Expedia and Visa.