Too my surprise it seems I’m more famous than I thought, or maybe would like to be. Doing a simple Google search under my name I found a large number of my images on the Fotosearch website. I’ve never heard of this site before, nor do I remember ever being asked to have my images placed there. These are fairly old images, but still pretty good, that were originally placed with a London photo agency – Imapct Photos – back in the 90s and which may be defunt by now. Certainly it’s been a very long time since I heard from them or recieved any cheques. I stopped submitting images and pulled out most of my originals from Impact a long time ago but let them keep scanned copies.
I’ve emailed them about Fotosearch, but am not sure if that address is still valid. What concerns me is the ominous statement on the Fotosearch site saying ‘These images are Royalty Free.’ Does anyone have any info on Fotosearch or experience with them? It’s US based.