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Internet Basics for Photographers
  For photographers, the Internet offers three main functions:

    COMMUNICATION

  • Use the Web for electronic mail, newsgroups and research
  • Transmit digital picture files
  • Sell photographs to web publishers

    PUBLICATION

  • Get listed and post samples on a photographers' gallery site.
  • Develop your own web site to publish portfolios, credentials, background information and new work.
  • Create photoessays and photojournalism features paid for by subscribers or sponsored by advertisers.

    TRANSACTION

  • Search and download on-line stock photography.
  • Post and sell your photographs over the net.
Posted by Jack Powers
October 20, 1995
Client:
The Photo Conference
at Viscomm 95
 

The links below illustrate the range of photography connections on the World Wide Web discussed in the Viscomm 95 seminar, "Internet 101: Should You Be On the Net?" by Jack Powers. This list is by no means comprehensive, but it provides some good examples.

    A WALKING TOUR OF THE INTERNET

  1. Sydney University Cappucino Machine
  2. Iguana Images
  3. Talk to My Cat
  4. The Well and Brian's Page
  5. CBS Television Network
  6. Paramount/Star Trek
  7. Zima
  8. Adobe Systems
  9. Eli Lilly corporatehome page with Chairman Randy
  10. The Lycos web spider with more than 10 million pages in a searchable database
  11. Yahoo's Photography page

    COMMUNICATION

  12. National Press Photographers Association newsgroup
  13. Agfa Corp. home page
  14. Eastman Kodak home page
  15. Kaidan electronic camera accessories

    PUBLICATION

  16. Photographers on the Net list
  17. Portfolios On-Line
  18. Seth Resnick's promotional site
  19. Photon Magazine on the Web
  20. The Russian Chronicles photojournalism project

    TRANSACTION

  21. Joel Day's list of Stock Photo web sites
  22. Photos On-Line stock photo and editorial
  23. Kodak's Seymour database with 300,000 searchable images
  24. Muse downloadable stock photography

If you've got any additions or comments about this set of examples, please POST me a note. My notes and slides from the sessions built on this material will be available here on ELECTRIC PAGES.