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THE FILE
American Stock Photography maintains a general subject file of over 1 million
images in contemporary black & white and color. We also stock
a large percentage of Retro imagery from the 1920's. Within the Retro file
are movie stills, actors of the past, historical and lots of images
on California from the past. (As for the Retro imagery - due
to the age of some of the photographs, the quality may not be
up to our usual high standards.)
Color transparencies
Proven superior in reproduction quality, American Stock's color transparencies
are in 35mm, 2 1/4" and 4" x 5"
sizes however, film is no longer supplied. Transparencies are still used where a digital file doesn't exist. All final submissions are digital.
Black & White
American Stock is one of the few contemporary agencies that maintain
a black & white file. Especially in the case of old-fashioned or retro images, this is the only form available. Whether in print or negative form, images are scanned for digital submissions.
Digital files
Because we've been around for 80+ years, the majority of our file is still analog. We will research your request via our digital and analog files. For the analog images that fit your qualifications, we will make low-res scans to create a lightbox for your viewing. Once the final image(s) are selected, we will create a hi-res scan(s) to be available to you via our FTP site. All this happens seamlessly behind the scenes.
Captions
In all cases, we must rely on our photographers to convey the
caption information regarding the images that they submit. Sometimes
additional information can be gathered by our staff and is included
within the caption or the keywords used to portray the image.
Occasionally we are feed some information that is not 100% correct.
For this reason - we cannot be held responsible for any implications
that may occur. We realize that we are in the "information
age", people want to be knowledgeable and informed.
Regarding the Retro imagery, we have captioned the
photographs with information that has been handed down over the
years.
Model Releases
American Stock either holds legal model releases (or can acquire them), for your protection, on
most recognizable persons or personal property, with the exception
of public gatherings or crowd scenes. We do not sanction the
use of a photograph in any intimate manner or in conjunction
with copy, which would be embarrassing to the model. Kindly check
with you local representative if use of said photograph is questionable.
Regarding VIP's and personalities, we are offering the photographs
as a service and in most cases give editorial rights only. For
additional rights, either the actor's estate or an appointed
agency must be contacted. In some cases an additional fee will
be required. Call your local representative if the need arises
to use one of these images for advertising. We will be happy
to direct you to the correct source.
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