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新闻摄影在中国：改变的十年(第二部分） Photojournalism in China: A Decade Change Part II: 2) Photographic Market
a) Getting Images form China
Like elsewhere in the world, the Internet and photo agencies online have also changed the photographic market in China totally. Just a few years ago, if a U.S. newspaper would like to find a picture about China, China’s official news agency Xinhua was almost the only place it could turn to for help. Today, there are more than dozen photo agencies in China that can meet such request, if the standard of international image quality is not an issue here. Typical photo suppliers in China included www.photomall.info, www.imaginechina.com, www.photocome.com, www.colphoto.com, www.cnsphoto.com, www.newsphoto.com, www.chinafeatures.com, www.featurechina.com, www.fotoe.com, www.documentchina.com, www.sun-pix.com, just to name a few.
Online photo agencies in China can be divided into two groups: one, such as www.imaginechina.com, www.photocome.com, www.colphoto.com, is invested by foreign venture capital, and the other is launched by traditional Chinese media, such as www.photomall.info by Xinhua, www.cnsphoto.com by China News Service and www.newsphoto.com by China Daily. In the pre-Internet era, Xinhua, with its own photo transmitting system, monopolized photo supply inside China. During the Internet age, its international news photo service is shared by www.photocome.com (agent for Getty, Sipa, etc.), www.colphoto.com (agent for wwp, Kyodo News and New York Times) and www.imaginechina.com (agent for AP, AFP, EPA, Magnum, Gamma, ICON International, JBG, Zuma, Contrasto, LA Times, LAIF, etc.), while its domestic news photo service is shared by www.cnsphoto.com, www.newsphoto.com, www.chinafeatures.com, www.fotoe.com, www.photocome.com, www.imaginechina.com, etc.
For many years, AP, AFP and Reuters were the only western mainstream media to have staff photographers stationed in China. This situation has also changed in the past two years. EPA (Europe Photo Agency) launched its Beijing bureau in 2003, followed by Getty and Corbis. Reuters, AFP and Getty are not just assigning photographers in Beijing and Shanghai, they already recruited a team of stringers in other major cities around the country. Chinese photographers already see more and more foreign photographers running through Beijing’s Hutongs (small alleys), and they would expect to meet more photographers, staff and freelancing, foreign and Chinese, in other parts of China.
B) Selling images to China
Flourishing of Chinese photo agencies makes it possible for foreign photo agencies, including some with international reputation, to sell their images to China. As some Chinese regulations still forbid foreign news media from selling their products inside China, the first step for a foreign photo agency to get into China’s market is to find a Chinese agent. This is true to all those foreigners that have entered China, including Getty (Newsmaker and Allsports) Sipa, Gamma, AP, AFP, Reuters, Laif, and Zafa.
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