LONDON – October 19, 2011 – Getty Images,
a leading creator and distributor of visual content and other media ,
and Flickr®, a Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) service and 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 and innovative 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 2011 alone, 30,000 new images were available to
license from the Flickr Collection and over 1,000 images are typically
uploaded on daily basis. There are currently more than 32,316 images
submitted from UK-based artists and contributors. The 250,000th image to be added to the Flickr Collection was “Two little boys,” shot by Sally Anscombe from Ormskirk, Lancashire UK.
Sally, a professional photographer, captured the image of her two
children, George and James, as they stood on a bed and stared out a
window of her Lancashire home.
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, communicating what is needed at a
local level and working with contributors to ensure this is reflected in
the imagery that is shot. As a result, Getty Images has been able to
not only increase the number of images within the Flickr Collection, but
to also ensure that the Collection has an abundance of content from all
regions around the world.
“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. “For us, the 250,000 image milestone emphasizes how dynamic
and engaged our Flickr community of contributors truly is and we
continue to be thrilled by the imagery being creating for this real life
collection.” The Flickr collection features imagery from the highly
conceptual to everyday scenes of believable and regionally relevant
content, with thousands of new images added each month to meet the
evolving needs of Getty Images’ customers.
Distinct trends and common themes from UK-based Flickr contributors
feature observational, outdoor life, family life and urban living.
Throughout Getty Images’ Flickr Collection, some of the most popular UK
subjects have included kids, food, travel and pets.
For more information and to view Getty Images’ Flickr Collection, please visit: www.gettyimages.co.uk/flickr.
Getty Images is one of the world’s leading creators and distributors of still imagery, video and multimedia products, as well as a recognized provider of other forms of premium digital content, including music. Getty Images serves business customers in more than 100 countries and is the first place creative and media professionals turn to discover purchase and manage images and other digital content. Its award-winning photographers and imagery help customers produce inspiring work which appears every day in the world’s most influential newspapers, magazines, advertising campaigns, films, television programs, books and websites. Visit Getty Images at www.gettyimages.co.uk to learn more about how the company is advancing the unique role of digital media in communications and business, and enabling creative ideas to come to life.
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