{"id":16,"date":"2009-10-23T13:50:06","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T20:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wildnaturephotos.com\/Blog\/?p=16"},"modified":"2010-09-21T10:14:41","modified_gmt":"2010-09-21T17:14:41","slug":"weve-joined-evostock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wildnaturephotos.com\/Blog\/2009\/10\/weve-joined-evostock\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019ve joined Evostock!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_24\" style=\"width: 545px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24\" title=\"evostocklogo_001_7inch\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wildnaturephotos.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/evostocklogo_001_7inch.jpg\" alt=\"Evostock\" width=\"535\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wildnaturephotos.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/evostocklogo_001_7inch.jpg 535w, https:\/\/www.wildnaturephotos.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/evostocklogo_001_7inch-300x42.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evostock<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Many photographers complain that the cost of doing business through most stock agencies \/ distributors has become too high!<\/strong> The agency system as it exists today threatens the business viability of any professional artist who creates images for stock licensing.\u00a0 Not only do the big agencies take the large majority share of the revenues but they continually and historically keep charging less and less per license without any apparent concern for the business realities of those professionals who create the imagery they distribute and license.<\/p>\n<p>Enter\u00a0<strong>Evostock<\/strong>. \u00a0Evostock\u2019s mission is to end the need for agency representation \/ distribution for professional stock image creators.\u00a0 In so doing, Evostock will empower the independent artist to have control over their business and imagery and in turn allow the vast majority of stock licensing fees to go directly to the creators. \u00a0\u00a0Evostock will also work to evolve rights managed licensing \/ pricing models in adaptation to the new and emerging media environments.\u00a0 These new models will be designed along with input from professional trade organizations and other industry players to serve the short and long term business interests of independent professional stock artists and their customers \/ clients.<\/p>\n<p>The vision and organizational plan for Evostock has been released on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.evostock.org\/\">www.evostock.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evostock is a virtual collective of independent professional stock artists. <\/strong>Photographers are coming together online with their images to create a new way forward\u00a0outside the system of large stock agencies who they believe no longer serve\u00a0the best interests of professional image creators. \u00a0Evostock&#8217;s mission is to\u00a0empower professional stock image creators and end the necessity for overly\u00a0expensive agency representation \/ distribution in the stock image\u00a0marketplace. Evostock is a general subject matter edited collection.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more, go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.evostock.org\/\">www.evostock.org<\/a> or view the initial members&#8217; collections, including ours, at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.evostock.com\/\">www.evostock.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Evostock is being built on\u00a0<strong>Photoshelter Virtual Agency<\/strong> (VA) technology and\u00a0was founded by Tim McGuire in late July, 2009.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.EVOstock.com\/\">www.EVOstock.com<\/a>, an online virtual collective for stock imagery creators.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EVOlve or go extinct!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Rich Wagner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many photographers complain that the cost of doing business through most stock agencies \/ distributors has become too high! 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