taylan
Street Dog
I think question is obvious. i am just wondering. i feel it is impossible to sell any street photograph on flickr. If you did, could you please state that it was wet or digital print.
furcafe
Veteran
I have sold photography, some of which has been street, via flickr. Always digital prints or publication, but that's how I do the vast majority of my printing (I only have wet prints made if someone specifically requests them). Edit: I've also sold images for publication (print & web) via flickr.
I'm talking small money for small prints, though, when it comes to flickr sales.
I'm talking small money for small prints, though, when it comes to flickr sales.
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taylan
Street Dog
it seems flickr is only a part of joy.
Strangeluv
Christer Johansen
Not sold, but given permission for some people to print for free. All digital.
Bobfrance
Over Exposed
No Sales, but I have given permission for a non-profit humanist press agency to use some of my pictures of exiled Libyans protesting against the Gaddafi regime.
click
Established
Never sold a single print from Flickr. I abandoned the site long ago. I sell lots of wet prints to people in person. The internet drowns us in white noise. I don't personally know anyone who's made any money from Flickr or anywhere else on the web. Wet prints in person is an entirely different matter.
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Graham Line
Well-known
I've sold from flickr but it's not a site I'd pick for marketing photos.
click
Established
Exactly, why even bother to upload to Flickr? I hope I'm not insulting anyone but I think it just sort of cheapens all of a photographers hard work. I think Flickr makes a person look like a "craigslist photographer".
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I think you'll be taken much more seriously as a Photographer if you have a proper website and your images can be better presented.
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I think you'll be taken much more seriously as a Photographer if you have a proper website and your images can be better presented.
Neare
Well-known
Others have marketed themselves extremely well though flickr, so you can't write it off.
Also, I know a few well known photographers who upload their photos to it so they can hotlink them to other places. They never get comments of favorites on their photos yet their success is far greater than others who get 100's of comments and favorites. I dislike this "I'll pat your back if you pat mine" system around flickr, but I can still see that flickr has it's own advantages.
Also, I know a few well known photographers who upload their photos to it so they can hotlink them to other places. They never get comments of favorites on their photos yet their success is far greater than others who get 100's of comments and favorites. I dislike this "I'll pat your back if you pat mine" system around flickr, but I can still see that flickr has it's own advantages.
Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
I sell enough digital prints from my website to support myself and my son. I sell almost nothing in person, owing to my living in a place where art of any kind has zero value. 100% of my income os from out of state.
leicashot
Well-known
street photography has little commercial value compared to say, stock photography s its no surprise. I'm sure even the Magnum photographers couldn't sell much on Flickr LOL
andredossantos
Well-known
There are many other uses to Flickr besides making money. I personally never even thought of profit when I started uploading to the site. I use it to organize my work and to help me arrange it into groups and organize my thoughts so to speak.
I also use it as a means to keep up with a small group of friends work as we all share it with each other via the site.
Im not sure how this "cheapens" the work of professional photographers as the vast majority of Flickr users are not on there to try and drum up a profit, but maybe I misunderstood that part of your post. OTOH, the pre-Internet photography market has drastically changed from it's previous form and no amount of hating Flickr is going to bring it back.
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StefanJozef
Well-known
I once made 100 us dollars for an image on another site, I think it was photonet. A community college near Detroit wanted to use the image to advertise a seminar they were promoting on the demise of the car industry in North America. The irony was it was a colour image and I very rarely use colour. They phoned me here in Scotland, and offered me a hundred dollars. It's the only money I've ever made from my photography. The photograph was one I'd taken of scrap cars. I'm just beginning to market some of my images, to hopefully sell a few to cover some of the costs.
furcafe
Veteran
Exactly. Neare made a similar point. Flickr is just another tool that you can use, whether for marketing, organizing, etc. I got 1 well-paying corporate gig via flickr & this is true of other photographer friends. Same goes for Facebook, etc.
craygc
Well-known
A couple of year back I was contacted by Aljazzera, through Flickr, to provide some photographs I had taken of the Rajah Sulayman Lumba Ranao Grand Mosque and its remaining squatters - in Manila, Philippines - shortly before the police moved in, killing people in the process.
click
Established
Like I said, I mean no offense to anyone who uses Flickr. The original poster asked if anyone made money from street photography with it and I responded that I didn't and abandoned the site because I find the parts surrounding the images extremely distracting and in my opinion it cheapens the impact. In a world of ever increasing information I value "psychological breathing room" around a photograph, Flickr does have lots of extraneous information surrounding it and that's what I mean when I say it cheapens the work. Don't be offended, it's just how I see it.
I'm not Flickr hating, rather I just have limited time resources and have to spend it wisely. I decided that Flickr wasn't the right channel for me. I applaud anyone who's making money from whatever means works for them. If Flickr is working for you then I'm genuinely happy for you.
Chris I think that you're the exception rather than the rule. Obviously you're a very talented artist who has a dedicated website to sell images. I also gather that you're more of an artist than most and you've managed to figure out how to market yourself well. I haven't really tried to use the internet to sell images because I assumed that people buy pictures that they have an emotional connection to, I can create that emotional connection much easier by doing things locally. I'd love to know how you do it.
I primarily use the internet to give me credibility, not to sell images but to prove that I can deliver, like a resume. When speaking with people about photography they will always ask "Do you have a website?" and "Do you have a business card?" If I only had a Flickr account and vista print cards I'm certain that I would be taken far less seriously. These days a website is as critical as a business card. Would you hire a professional that didn't have a business card? Or used those cheap vista print cards? I would not.
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I'm not Flickr hating, rather I just have limited time resources and have to spend it wisely. I decided that Flickr wasn't the right channel for me. I applaud anyone who's making money from whatever means works for them. If Flickr is working for you then I'm genuinely happy for you.
Chris I think that you're the exception rather than the rule. Obviously you're a very talented artist who has a dedicated website to sell images. I also gather that you're more of an artist than most and you've managed to figure out how to market yourself well. I haven't really tried to use the internet to sell images because I assumed that people buy pictures that they have an emotional connection to, I can create that emotional connection much easier by doing things locally. I'd love to know how you do it.
I primarily use the internet to give me credibility, not to sell images but to prove that I can deliver, like a resume. When speaking with people about photography they will always ask "Do you have a website?" and "Do you have a business card?" If I only had a Flickr account and vista print cards I'm certain that I would be taken far less seriously. These days a website is as critical as a business card. Would you hire a professional that didn't have a business card? Or used those cheap vista print cards? I would not.
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Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
Not unless they have a tween self-portrait expert, no, I don't think so. Flickr and most other sites have a certain "weighted" demographic: a look takes hold on one site and another takes hold on a different one.
High traffic on any site that allows it will always be nudes, whether tasteful or tasteless. And even that, a certain look is already established: piercings and/or tattoos, or heavily-airbrushed with a "glamour" filter.
All sources of photography have their cliches and predictable findings, whether be online or at art galleries. One man's "distracting" is another man's money-maker. One man's gaudy is another man's trophy.
So before yet another thread gets hijacked, let that one rest. The OP is not about "what do you think about flickr?" or any other websites. It's about whether you have sold a "street" (or otherwise) photo on flickr.
To answer the OP: I haven't sold a single image on flickr or elsewhere online.