PhotoLooney: "Unique Pictures" - Entertainment Photography?

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

"Unique Pictures" - Entertainment Photography?

Posted by aehong at 10:12 PM

Discovered this blog site the other day and thought I'd share it. It's called "Unique Pictures", and offers just one thing - different and interesting photos found on the Internet.

Well, actually it offers two things - the daily photos, plus a connection to a website which promotes "common and practical information for the young, independent person." The site asks for article submissions on matters of money, food, people and technology.

The Unique Pictures blog shows a disclaimer which specifically states: "The pictures below have been found on the Internet and we do NOT claim property of them. This is for entertainment purposes only." Unique Pictures also has two mirror sites, called Random Pictures and Awesome Pictures, with the same photos showing on all three blogs.

The key word here is "found". The site shows no attributions to any photographers nor any stock sites. Were they "borrowed" without the photographers' permission? Unknown, but highly suspect. This is one of the downsides of posting one's pictures on the Internet - there's no way to know when they'll be copied or where they'll show up.

Many of these photos are of high quality. I'm sure that some of them can be found in micro stock sites, and could possibly be purchased. Certainly the photographers would - at the very least - appreciate a by-line and direction to the site where their photos could be purchased.

This blogster is now following me on Twitter. In fact, he's following 872 Twitterers. I suspect it's so he can find (and use?) the photos I post on my blog. So, to Mr/Ms AeHong, I ask one thing of you - before you lift any of my photos, since my photos are copyrighted, would you please contact me first for permission?