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I am a freelance photographer based in Derbyshire, East Midlands, UK and I work in the following areas:
- · · News, photojournalism and reportage
- · · Live music and festivals
- · · Documentary issues
- · · Fine Art
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View latest documentary project I am a Passanger
Gary Austin is a traditional photojournalist and documentary photographer working on short and long term projects surrounding social justice, human rights and environmental issues. He also covers entertainment and news which he supplies images for editorial and news outlets as well as fine art which he supplies to collectors.
Feel free to browse around this site. If you have comments about my pictures or services, or simply want more information please get in touch on the contact page at the agency Radical Images, who will be able to put you in touch with me or assist you further
Thanks for visiting
Contact
Gary is available for assignments and commissions, contact me for rates and to discuss the details of your needs.
Here are some ways to contact me:
Email:
info@gary-austin.co.uk
Or use any of the methods below to contact me urgently:
Telephone:
+44(0)5602 301 829 Office
Mobile
07967 344740
You can contact me using the old fashioned, but slow way as well:
Address:
Radical Images
19 Station Road
Little Eaton
Derby
Derbyshire
DE21 5DN
UK
Current location
Models of all shapes, styles and experience are always needed contact me for more information.
Secure Communication
You can also contact me using a secure method, please contact me for more details
Client Access
You may also view my stock imagery. Follow these links to browse by collection or search by keyword. Or, use the stock search form below:
Or if you are an existing client please log in below
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Why use Stock imagery
Stock images are often hard to find especialy when it is a past event
Services
I can provide on location wire service and syndication to the UK, national and local newspapers or any other publisher that has ftp access to their server as well as to allow downloading from my image archive.
Documentary, News, Reportage and Photojournalism
I specialise in Photojournalism and Documentary work and can wire from the field, I can also supply images in private folders on my archive so they are safely stored for when you need them with your own dedicated access.
As an ex agency photographer supplying National papers with images of news and sport I am very familiar with deadline demands and the need for reliability.
As a photographer, who has a personal interest in social and environmental struggles. I cover a lot of protests and demonstrations for which, I often get dragged through the mud in heavy handed evictions and face arrest, but the issues and events still need covering even though they may not be glamorous, reader friendly or commercially practicable, but I cover them anyway.
I have had training for hostile environments and conflict zones, so there is not much that I am unable to cover when it comes to covering news or documentary subjects in inhospitable places. I also carry the UK press card.
Entertainment
I cover live music events and festivals in the East Midlands area, but I do travel when needed and aim to deliver the highest photographic quality and service to music agencies, publications and promoters.
Radical Images provides high quality images taken on top of the range, professional digital cameras of live music concerts and festivals for editorial uses.
To enable ease of use for our customers, I also use the image file archive system which clients can have access to upon request. This allows editors to add, sort and download images from lightboxes as they need, proof print, and discus images or email a complete lightbox or selection of images. Further, images can be remote wired direct from the venue direct to your server.
Accreditation:
I normally recommend that accreditation to be acquired by the publication company wanting the images, all images from an accredited event that you have acquired, go direct to you, we don’t farm out half the images to another source. However if you wish for us to apply for accreditation on your behalf, we will and we still wont farm out your images.
Private Collections
Radical images started photographing fine art nudes and erotic images out of demand from his Friends and colleagues. As a photojournalist never having control of the events that unfolded before him, he started working in an artistic way where he had full control of the image and surroundings, which he did for his own sanity and creative impulse. Many of his friends wanted to buy copies, some art directors wanted large prints for their house or office and commercial sales soon followed due to his unique view point on life.
Gary is still a photojournalist as well and he often combines this style when working with models which gives a unique "fly on the wall look," unusual angles or a documentary feel to his images.
Rather than aiming to shoot the perfect body, Gary believes that an erotic image has to have a human element, creating a sensual image and revealing something of the subject’s soul, Gary aims to capture his images as he sees them through the lens, using the computer only for minimum retouching and for showing his work. Gary’s distinctive style has won him much attention as to evoke a response in the viewer as he tells a story which being a photojournalist has helped define this in his images.
He solely uses digital cameras for his work notably a Nikon D2x that allows him to capture the image as he sees it and allowing him to concentrate on working with the models to create the mood and feel and to tell an implied story.
Gary's camera gear for studio work is a Nikon D2x. Lenses are 24 -120mm VR lens, 18-70mm and his favourite 50mm f1.4 which he says "its great for available light work and dropping distracting backgrounds out of focus."
Models are always needed for all levels of work contact me for details
Clients
My clients include the BBC,The Telegraph, Time Out Magazine, Greenpece and private collectors.
What I don't do
I don’t do weddings or pet portraits. I am probably the wrong photographers to contact if you want cheap, instead of fair prices or high quality and good service.
I don’t get in the way or make excuses, nor do I dump a whole load of unedited images on a CD and send them to you late.
I don’t fit in ten jobs a day so we have to rush every one. I Don’t farm out images, that you have commissioned to a rival publication. I Don’t do estimates that are low, just to get your custom and a foot in the door.
What I always do
I offer the highest quality I can, always, no compromise. On budget on time, time after time.
I offer package deals, hourly rates or job rates at competitive prices. We try to work with your system of purchase and invoicing.
I offer to do the first job on spec, providing further jobs are paid commissions.
I try and cover, capture the mood you want for your publication or private session
I colour correct (white balance) and check or adjust contrast, light, colour and clean up noise on images that we send to you.
I am available to give ideas on how to promote your festival and can fit in with your PR team’s needs.
Payment
Invoicing can be done via email or by post and payment methods are check (for invoices) or pay through my archive system, I can also take pay pal for one off account sales. Direct bank wire service can also be catered for, if you have any other requirements please contact me.
So if that’s the sort of photographer you want to do business with then get in touch and enjoy the site.
The majority of the images on this site or archive can be obtained by requesting a quote and can be sold as Rights Managed or Royalty Free.
Image Quality
Hi Res copies can be supplied on request and are available as jpeg, tiff with no compression or can be resized to your needs.
Sharpening
The images in the archive have no sharpening applied as this largely depends on your final use. All images for print sales are optimized before printing to ensure the highest quality
Prints
You can order high quality prints from myself by clicking here, if you don’t see what you want, contact me. All images specially optimized for the highest quality. For print sales Click Here
Wire Service and FTP Syndication
I can also provide on location wire service and syndication to the UK national and local newspapers or any other publisher that has ftp access to their server as well as to allow downloading from my image archive.
Website
This website has been designed in neutral colour to avoid eye fatigue and visual distortion of colour
Please don't hesitate to contact Gary about assignments, prints or one-time usage rights
Terms and Conditions
This web site is operated by Gary Austin. All of the content featured or displayed on this web site, including, but not limited to, text, graphics, photographs images ("content") and software is owned by Gary Austin and its content providers.
All elements of Gary Austin's web site, including, but not limited to, the general design and the content, are protected by trade press, copyright, moral rights, trademark and other laws relating to intellectual property rights. Except as explicitly permitted under this or another agreement with Gary Austin or one of its agents, no portion or element of this web site or its Content may be copied or retransmitted via any means and this web site, its content and all related rights shall remain the exclusive property of Gary Austin or its licensers unless otherwise expressly agreed.
You shall indemnify Gary Austin, its agents and licensers against any losses, expenses, costs or damages incurred by any or all of them as a result of your breach of the terms of this Agreement or your unauthorized use of the content and related rights.
Privacy Policy
Gary Austin does not sell or rent information about our customers to any third parties. All information supplied to us, including your email address and telephone number, is used for internal purposes only, in order to keep you updated with the latest news, promotions, and updated web site information. We also use your account information to personalize content and the services offered to you. Your web site activity is anonymously recorded in order to improve the functionality of the web site and our service. Any payment information submitted to Gary Austin is retained in the off-line Accounts.
Cookies
Are used by the web site only to establish your user ID when you log-in to the web site in order to alleviate the process of re-submitting your user ID and password every time you enter the web site. A cookie is a small file that is downloaded from this web site into your hard drive automatically.
Gary Austin will periodically send email updates regarding new features, exhibitions or web site information that may be of interest to you. If you do not wish to receive these emails, please reply to the sender and you will be removed from future lists.
Copyright
Gary Austin set up his website, with the clearly defined aim of protecting the copyright of "his work". Further, the copyright laws around the world now offer statutory protection for the copyright of photographers' work except where Gary Austin has willingly agreed to part with the copyright to a client. Gary Austin remains highly protective of his rights, and will not agree to undertake editorial or other media assignment work where the client wishes to hold the copyright subsequently. Gary Austin remains at the forefront of the campaigns for photographers' rights generally, and is aggressive in pursuing circumstances where it perceives the copyright of his work has been breached and where it perceives the law has been broken.
Image Licensing
Images requested and purchased through Gary Austin are offered on an individual license basis - either as Rights Managed Licensing, Royalty Free Licence or a Creative Commons licence. The copyright of the image is always retained by the photographer, Gary Austin. The licenses serve to protect the rights of Gary Austin, the licensee and even the subject matter of the images. Rights management has advantages for the licensee as it can be used to limit the use of a particular image, even allowing the use to be licensed exclusively, which effectively embargoes the use of the same image within the requested media. When an image is licensed, there will be standard terms and conditions outlined with your specific usage rights. This will be sent to you by post or email once the license has been agreed, with the full terms and conditions.
Usage Rights.
When an image is licensed by Gary Austin, the Usage is specified on the invoice and cannot be used for any other purpose without further agreement by Gary Austin. The license will state the media use, language rights and the territories for the Usage. On all images supplied by Gary Austin are copyrighted, you must have permission to use the image from Gary Austin even if there is no fee involved or it is going to be used under a creative commons license.
Usage Fee.
A fee is generally payable to license any rights managed image, unless supplied on a creative commons licence by Gary Austin for non-commercial, non-profit usage’s. This includes images that may appear on Indymedia, or other open publishing media. It is important that you contact Gary Austin if you want to use the Creative Commons Licence as it may affect other rights managed licences in use and there terms, so please don’t just copy the images and use without the permission of Gary Austin. The fee is based on how the image is going to be used. This will be calculated by such factors as the print run, media, the reproduction size, and territory distribution and whether the requested use is exclusive or non-exclusive. Gary Austin calculates this fee by relying in good faith on the information provided by the licensee. Incorrect information can lead to a surcharge on the originally agreed fee and may lead to a cancellation of the license. As a guide I work on the NUJ Freelance rates.
Cropping and Image Manipulation.
Gary Austin works on the ideal that photographs must not be altered, cropped or manipulated in any form without permission from Gary Austin. This is extremely important to me as creative cropping can be used to take the image out of context and would no longer represent the true nature of the scene that the photographer recorded. The rights to alter any photograph rests with Gary Austin and will seek his opinion in any alteration request. Today, many alterations are granted by Gary Austin, but it is necessary to submit a request before the image is reproduced as this may affect the terms of the license and result in an additional charge on top of any agreed Usage fee.
Captions.
All images must be reproduced with or in the spirit of the accompanying caption. If there is any doubt by the licensee, then verification should be sought before publication. For example, an image of a workman on a lunch break looking tired, cannot be captioned by the licensee as a lazy workman taking time off when they should be working.
Credit Lines.
With all editorial rights managed, Royalty Free or Creative Commons licensed photography, Gary Austin should be credited with any reproduction of his work. The credit line should read ©Gary Austin. The preferable location for this credit line is immediately adjacent to the image or in the acknowledgements or credits section. For all commercial and advertising uses, we would request that the licensee would use reasonable effort to provide the same credit line.
Published Images.
Gary Austin always requests at least two copies of any publication featuring an image reproduction upon publication.
Model and Property Release.
Most of Gary Austin’s work is of a documentary or reportage nature, whereby he is documenting the world around him, or reporting on events that he witness. This style of photography does not lend itself to the obtaining of model releases, property release or other releases. Unless specified by Gary Austin in writing, no model releases, property releases or other releases for any images. The licensee is responsible for clearing all necessary permissions from third parties, be they people, buildings, art, art animals, which may include trademarks, personality rights, property rights, fine art rights, etc. The licensee shall indemnify and hold Gary Austin harmless against any and all claims, liability, damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) arising out of the use of any Image for which:
(a) no release was furnished by Gary Austin in writing.
(b) The use of any Image exceeds the scope of the release provided by Gary Austin.
The licensee will also indemnify and hold Gary Austin harmless against all claims, liability, damages, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) in connection with any third party claim arising out of the use of the Images, including, but not limited to, defamation, right of privacy, right of publicity, and obscenity claims. Gary Austin liability for all claims shall not exceed in any event the total amount invoiced per particular image. Gary Austin makes no representation or warranty with respect to the use of any names, trademarks or works of art depicted in any image or the accuracy of captions accompanying any images.
About
Gary Austin is a longtime photographer specializing in traditional photojournalism and documentary photography as well as covering news entertainment and sports. Gary is working on short and long term projects surrounding social justice, human rights and environmental issues. Gary also covers entertainment, news and sports which he supplies for editorial use
Gary is also member of the British Association of Journalists
Gallery
Click on image title below to go to gallery
Leave it in the Ground A new campaign opossing open cast mining in Derbyshire
Love is... sometimes painfull (contains nudity)
Links
Photography related
Radical Images My image archive
Photography related
Radical Images My image archive
My Blog Err... my blog
Reporters Without Borders Reporters without Borders - More than a third of the world’s people live in countries where there is no press freedom. Reporters Without Borders works constantly to restore their right to be informed. Forty-two media professionals lost their lives in 2003 for doing what they were paid to do — keeping us informed.
Hot Black On-line magazine for Documentary photography focusing on the UK
Life Spy Documentary photo tips and news
International Photojournalist Festival Visa Pour l'Image is held yearly in Paris, France
NUJ Is among the biggest and a well established journalists' unions in the world, with 35,000 members. These members cover the whole range of editorial work – staff and freelance, writers and reporters, editors and sub-editors, photographers and illustrators, working in broadcasting, newspapers, magazines, books, on the internet and in public relations. NUJ fees guide
Digital Journalist A Multimedia Magazine for Photojournalism in the Digital Age
Lightstalkers Lightstalkers is a resource for editors, travelers, photographers, journalists and any one to do with media production My page on LS
Blue Eyes Magazine A magazine for Photojournalist images that are rarely seen
EPUK An email forum for professional photographers to discus pricing, rights grabbing, bad payers and other business issues
News outlets
Reuters Alert Net Reuters AlertNet is a humanitarian news network based around a popular website. It aims to keep relief professionals and the wider public up-to-date on humanitarian crises around the globe.
AlertNet attracts upwards of three million users a year, has a network of four hundred contributing humanitarian organisations and its weekly email digest is received by more than 17,000 readers.
Indymedia UK An alternative news site that is breaking the bounds of how news is received and made
Indymedia Nottingham The Nottingham version of the UK site
Newswatch Newswatch India, to borrow a worn-out dotgone cliché, is a portal. To steal another hackneyed phrase from the zillions who are quoted day in and out, we are “different”. Newswatch is a website which provides news (and occasionally, views) about what is pertinent to newspeople.
Actions coming soon
Spring Into Action From Thursday 5th – Wednesday 11th April 2007, there will be a week of workshops, events, music and action on climate change happening at different venues across Nottingham.
Climate Camp At The Camp for Climate Action 2006, over 600 people converged on a field in Yorkshire. Over a period of 10 days there were over 100 workshops, ranging from alternative technology to the Kyoto Protocol to non-violent direct action training. The camp was powered entirely by renewable energy, and everybody was welcome to take part in running the camp. The camp was also a base for non-violent direct action against industrial polluters such as Drax, the largest coal-fired power station in the UK.
The 2007 Camp for Climate Action will be even better! Everyone is welcome to get involved. If you have any questions, email info [at] climatecamp.org.uk
Campaign groups and NGO’s
Red Cross The ICRC is an independent, neutral organisation ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of war and armed violence.
The ICRC has a permanent mandate under international law to take impartial action for prisoners, the wounded and sick, and civilians affected by conflict.
With its HQ in Geneva, Switzerland, the ICRC is based in around 80 countries and has a total of more than 12,000 staff.
Greenpeace Greenpeace stands for positive change through action. We defend the natural world and promote peace.
We investigate, expose and confront environmental abuse by governments and corporations around the world.
We champion environmentally responsible and socially just solutions, including scientific and technical innovation.
Amnesty UK As a movement of ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights, our purpose is to protect individuals wherever justice, fairness, freedom and truth are denied.
Liberty Liberty is one of the UK's leading human rights and civil liberties organisations.
We believe in a society based on the democratic participation of all its members and the principles of justice, openness, the right to dissent and respect for diversity.
We aim to secure the equal rights of everyone (as long as they don't infringe the rights and freedoms of others) and oppose any abuse or excessive power by the state against its people
Witness WITNESS uses the power of video to open the eyes of the world to human rights abuses. By partnering with local organisations around the globe, WITNESS empowers human rights defenders to use video to shine a light on those most affected by human rights violations, and to transform personal stories of abuse into powerful tools of justice. Over the past decade, WITNESS has partnered with groups in more than 60 countries, bringing often unseen images, untold stories and seldom heard voices to the attention of key decision makers, the media, and the general public -- catalysing grassroots activism, political engagement, and lasting change.