News & Reports

Read their discussion on what is taking place between many stock photographers professionally, and agents alike, during a licensing sea change.

As the health care debate unfolds in the Senate, the Stock Artists Alliance (SAA) and its allied organizations are watching. In a letter sent to the Senate, SAA joined the Small Business Coalition for Affordable Health Care to ask for H.R. 3590 -The Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act to be made friendlier to the small business community.

As the Health health Care care debate unfolds in the Senate, the Stock Artists Alliance (SAA) and its allied organizations tell Senators senators that proposed health care legislation “costs too much and delivers too little.”

In celebration of the recent merger with the Alliance of Visual Artists (AVA), we are thrilled to extend SAA members an all-access pass to attend the new

It looks like SAA members may have reason to be concerned about the health care bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday, November 7, 2009.

We asked and you responded! Stock Artists Alliance (SAA) members turned out on behalf of professional photographers to sign The Copyright Alliance's letter asking President Obama and Vice President Biden to pursue policies supportive of artists' rights.

The Stock Artists Alliance (SAA) announced today that it will merge with the Alliance of Visual Artists (AVA), an umbrella organization representing five ppphotographic associations and some 45,000 professional photographers worldwide.

Merger with Alliance of Visual Artists creates strength in numbers for advocacy, education and networking.

Stock Artists Alliance Announces Photo Metadata Events in Chicago on Sept. 24, Atlanta on Oct. 10

800 picture professionals who attended free eduational events this summer have a better grip on the power and processes of embedding photo metadata. Three more getMETAsmart events are coming later this year, and we continue to build out resources on the Project website, PhotoMetadata.org.

SAA invites all to the launch of our getMETAsmart tour and PhotoMetadata.org. Partnered with the Library of Congress and supported by industry partners, the SAA Photo Metadata Project is on a mission to promote industrywide use of standard photo metadata in every digital image file. With our free live events and online resources, we’ll show you the many benefts of using photo metadata and how easy it is to do.

The Stock Artists Alliance, the only trade association dedicated to the interests of professional stock photographers, is pleased to announce its new Board of Directors and Officers.

Since November 2007, when Photolibrary's controller alleged the company had failed to acknowledge and pay $2.2 million in past debts the company owed Index Stock contributors, SAA has investigated the issues raised and monitored the situation to ensure the company meets its obligations to artists.

Seven artists associations have joined together to support photographer Jerry Greenberg's Supreme Court appeal in this critical case.

When Digital Railroad operations shut down abruptly in October, SAA intervened on behalf of photographers who had archives. Updates on the situation are posted here.