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Our animal rights motto: The greatest threat to people is ignorance. The greatest threat to animals is ignorant people. | ||||||||||||
Help
General Questions
- What kind of photo does Grrafix stock?
- Are the photos on Grrafix free?
- Will I find offensive or disturbing photos on Grrafix?
- Must I believe in animal liberation to use Grrafix?
- How often does Grrafix add new content?
- How can I help Grrafix?
For Photographers & Illustrators
- Can I contribute photos or illustrations to Grrafix?
- What do I gain by contributing my photos to Grrafix?
- What kind of photo does Grrafix want?
- What sort of photo does Grrafix not want?
- What technical quality of photos does Grrafix want?
- Who might use the photos I send to Grrafix?
- Can I stipulate how my photos are used?
- Can I give my photos to other agencies in addition to Grrafix?
- Can I copyright the photos I contribute to Grrafix?
- Will the photos I send to Grrafix still be mine?
- Will Grrafix manipulate my photos?
- Might you reject my photos?
- What should I do if you reject my work?
- Will you tell me why you rejected my photo?
- Will you give me back my photos if I lose them?
For Photo-Hunters
- Are all the photos on Grrafix free?
- Can I use the photos on Grrafix for private or commercial purposes?
- Can I sell or alter the photos I download from Grrafix?
- What is a photo’s largest resolution?
- Must I add a credit or other information to a photo when I use it?
- Can I own photos I see on Grrafix?
- What kind of photo does Grrafix stock?
- Are the photos on Grrafix free?
- Will I find offensive or disturbing photos on Grrafix?
- Must I believe in animal liberation to use Grrafix?
- How often does Grrafix add new content?
- How can I help Grrafix?
- Can I contribute photos or illustrations to Grrafix?
- What do I gain by contributing my photos to Grrafix?
- What kind of photo does Grrafix want?
- Relevant to animal liberation.
- Elucidate or document some aspect of animal liberation.
- Convey a message, theme, action or state.
- Celebrate animal life.
- Be artistically or photographically interesting.
- Have no superfluous background (crop it out).
- Be of good quality or taken in difficult circumstances.
- What sort of photo does Grrafix not want?
- Photos that are not your own (because of copyright reasons).
- Typical family or tourist photos and ordinary-average photos of pets or other animals (because they are boring).
- A set of photos that are almost of identical composition or exposure (because duplicates are a waste of time).
- Photos that you have deliberately made foul in some way (because we do not encourage cruelty).
- Photos showing pornography or zoophilia (because we do not want to develop into a porn site).
- Photos that breach the legal rights of third parties, as when people can be recognised as specific individuals in your photos. However, this could be acceptable if you have a model release.
- Photos of objects or properties legally protected by copyright. These photos might be acceptable if you have a property release. Alternatively, if the copyright object is small and not the primary interest you could deftly airbrush or crop it away.
- Transparencies or prints (because we are entirely digital).
- What technical quality of photos does Grrafix want?
- Who might use the photos I send to Grrafix?
- Can I stipulate how my photos are used?
- Can I give my photos to other agencies in addition to Grrafix?
- Can I copyright the photos I contribute to Grrafix?
- Will the photos I send to Grrafix still be mine?
- Will Grrafix manipulate my photos?
- Might you reject my photos?
- What should I do if you reject my work?
- Will you tell me why you rejected my photo? Not usually. Because of our workload we cannot explain every time. Top
- Will you give me back my photos if I lose them?
- Are all the photos on Grrafix free?
- Can I use the photos on Grrafix for private or commercial purposes?
- Can I sell or alter the photos I download from Grrafix?
- What is a photo’s largest resolution?
- Must I add a credit or other information to a photo when I use it?
- Can I own photos I see on Grrafix?
General Questions
Grrafix stocks photos (posters, illustrations, etc) that document animal liberation and are of photographic or artistic relevance. Photos are in the public domain or are contributed by amateur or professional photographers.
TopYes. But sometimes photo contributors attach a Creative Commons licence to their photos regulating how their photos are used. Check each photo.
TopYes. Be prepared to encounter what humanity does to animals. You can always click off, but please stay with us if you can.
TopNo. Believe what you like.
TopWe are always developing our web site and acquiring more photos and content.
TopSend us good photos. Use Grrafix photos sensibly. Make web links to us: "Grrafix - Grr! Graphics for Animal Liberation" (http://www.grrafix.com). Give Grrafix and our contributors a credit when you use our photos, eg Courtesy Grrafix/Contributor's-name. Tell people about us.
TopFor Photographers & Illustrators
Yes. Anyone can contribute their own digital images to Grrafix.
TopYou share your photos with other people online, you have the knowledge that your photos are working for animal liberation, you may gain publicity, and if you have other photos for sale you may attract buyers.
TopDigital photos that are your own, including digitally scanned photos that were originally analogue. Ideally, they should be:
Also see Submissions. Top
Minimum photo resolution should be 500 pixels on the longest side. Photos must be clean, sharp, low noise and correctly exposed. Exceptions are allowed, however, for photos taken under difficult circumstances. Try to shoot and polish up your photos in RAW format then save the final photos in good quality JPEG format. Also see Submissions.
TopYour photos could be used responsibly (see Terms of Use) by anyone for their personal projects or by not- for-profit or commercial companies. Viewers of Grrafix may just want to look at your photos out of interest in animal liberation.
TopYes. You may wish to assign Creative Commons licences to them.
TopYes. It is the practice of many photographers to give their work to more than one agency.
TopBy law you automatically already possess the copyright of your photos if you created and own them (this applies to the US, EU, Canada, Japan or most countries). Therefore you do not need to do anything further. However, Grrafix cannot give you legal advice, for which you would need to consult a professional lawyer.
TopYes. You own their copyright, unless you state that you forgo the copyright (eg if you wish them to be in the public domain). By contributing your photos to Grrafix you are giving us permission to display them and agree that people can download them free.
TopAdjusting your photos to enhance them is largely up to you. We make thumbnails and may need to downsize large dimensions to make them suitable for appearing on Grrafix. We might adjust some photos to be more effective, eg sharpen, colour correct or crop.
TopIf we suspect your photos are not your own, yes. Moreover, we want photos of as good a quality as possible to offer photo-hunters and viewers. We hope our good quality policy will further animal liberation.
TopDo not be discouraged. Try again another time with more relevant or better quality photos.
TopKeep copies of all your photos because we cannot automatically restore them to you should you lose them.
TopFor Photo-Hunters
Yes. But sometimes photo contributors attach a Creative Commons licence to their photos regulating how their photos are used. Check each photo.
TopGenerally you can use the photos privately or commercially for non-profit or profit - but please read each photo’s detail to see if it has a Creative Commons licence relating to how it is used.
TopYou cannot sell the photos because they are public domain or owned by their contributor. You may be able to alter photos. Check whether they have a licence regulating whether you are allowed to change them or not.
TopThe largest resolution for photos is that which you see on the page showing a photo. Should you need a larger resolution you may be able to trace the photographer of the photo.
TopYou may credit contributors if they have asked for credit, eg through a Creative Commons licence, otherwise it is up to you. Please check photo details. A link to grrafix.com is always welcome.
TopNo. Photos are the copyright of their authors or are public domain.
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