Stock photography has been an alien affair to India as of 2000. Come the MNC’s and stock photography industry has penetrated into the much desired market - India.

India was never seen as a potential market because, the law had it’s pitfalls in ensuring the license concept for major channels like movies and music. There were always the threat of piracy lurking under.

Thanks to the proliferation market by Digi cams and gadgets, there are more photographers than ever in India today. And the advertising and the editorial market gambling around with lavish money, this is the right time to plunge in.

Recently, Getty Images which is the world’s number one player in stock photography Industry, has tied up with a local player churning out Visage Images - an Indian based agency for Getty. Visage has been doing it’s campaigns off late which even had a competition for designers over the topic - India alive.

Corbis also followed track soon - they tied up with an Indian agency India Picture(CEO Dushyant Mehta) to mark their presence in the most allured market.

Alamy which is a UK based stock photo agency has been doing it’s operations in India, and is accepting Indian based photographers to it’s collection.

The benefited is the photographers who can now earn a living with these agencies.

Details on how to earn money with these agencies..

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