As someone in the creative profession, I often wonder where exactly the bad stock photography of the world comes from. What inspired the commission of that shoot, of that subject matter? Now I know, we only have ourselves to blame...
According to The Inspiration Room blog, Getty Images records all their users searches, which isn't terribly uncommon. What is strange is that, if they don't have what people are searching for, they commission a shoot.
To test this theory, Think Meets Do, a design team in London, decided to create a Facebook group called 'Search for a Rollerblading Dwarf on Getty Images'. An entourage of creative industry folk began using terms such as 'Rollerblading Dwarf' or similar terms like "Miami Midget" or "Little Person on Tiny Wheels" on Getty to see what happened.
Low and behold, Getty noticed the influx of terms and Patrick Ryan was commissioned to shoot a dwarf on roller skates, now available for sale online.
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Another fabulous example of Radiohead pushing boundaries with technology:
http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/14/no-lights-or-camera-just-laser-action-for-new-radiohead-video/
Posted on December 12, 2008 08:22
Getty are clearly idiots since that dwarf is obviously wearing quad skates, not rollerblades.
Posted on December 17, 2008 08:42