Competitive tariffs
Gran Angular gets a commission on the final sale much lower than the one of the leading news agencies of the sector. Subsequently, the conditions for the photographers are more advantageous. The commission that receives Gran Angular is: 35%.

You maintain copyright
Gran Angular does not buy the rights of the photographies. The photographer at any moment maintains the rights on his work.

A European distribution network
Gran Angular has got clients in several European countries and the United States. It means that a single feature can be published in several publications and the same time. The benefits for the photographer are multiplied.

Non exclusivity
The fact of collaborating with Gran Angular does not imply any contract of exclusivity on the part of the photographer, who can deposit his works in other agencies.

Fast payments
Gran Angular makes the payment to the collaborators, once the clients have paid the bill. The term usually does not exceed two months.

Protection of the photographies
All the photographic material present in the website granangular.net is in low resolution and protected against undesired unloadings. The material in high-resolution is never published in the website. It is sent directly to the client with the necessary conditions of security.

Assignments
The photographers that would like to work with us will be automatically included in our database. In this way, every time a client orders us an assignment we will contact the photographer who will fit better to the nature of the assignment. The conditions of each assignment will be discussed case by case.

Are you an agency?
Yes, we are an agency, but not a normal one. Gran Angular was born to become a meeting point between you, the photographers, and the many buyers of photographic rights. All the members of Gran Angular are photographers themselves.

No extra charges
Gran Angular will never ask you to pay any administrative charges. You will not pay a cent by the fact of having all your photos and features online in our Web page. Our Web page is a mirror to the world. Thousands of clients will have the opportunity to examine your work online and eventually decide to publish it. Gran Angular offers you this great advantage for free.

How can we accept two competing agencies?
The only thing we demand the photographers who would like to be represented by Gran Angular is to grant us a license to sell your photos or features in the countries you decide. You can work with as many agencies as you want, but we WILL NOT accept any material whose exclusivity has been already granted to another agency.

Exemption and restrictions
Do not forget that the responsibility for a photo is yours. It is up to you to have the exemption signed by the people photographed if necessary. This is important to avoid lawsuits. Every time you send us a photo, do not forget to specify these exemptions and the restrictions of use. In all the cases you must specify in which countries we CAN or we CAN NOT sell your photos and features.

Authors' rights.
Gran Angular will never be the acquirer of your rights. We only take on management in the countries in which we have been authorised to work. That’s all.

Your percentage
Gran Angular will retain a 35 per cent sale commission for every photo or feature sold directly by us. That percentage mounts up to 50 per cent if the sale is made through any of our strategic partners in different countries.

When will I be paid?
You get paid when we get paid. Magazines and newspapers don’t usually pay immediately after the publication. Normally the payments are made one or two months after publication.

Currency of your payment
Your payment will be made always in Euros.

How will I be paid?
You will be paid via a transfer to your bank account (less the bank charges). From the very beginning you must indicate us your complete bank information.

I have a few indexed images with Gran Angular, but I have never had any sale. Why?
Everything doesn't sell immediately. Sometimes you have to wait months before an image is sold. The best way of guaranteeing sales is to send us pictures continuously to swell your archives.

Protection of the pictures:
We have chosen to secure our pictures with a watermark for the low-definition images. The high-definitions are only accessible to recognised clients and only after financial negotiation. The high-definition photos are not included in our online database. We send them to our clients by a secure track.

Only digital copies
Gran Angular works generally with digital copies. That is to avoid damages or looses of original slides or negatives. You can send us your original photos if you want and we will scan them for free, but we prefer to work always with digital images with a minimal resolution of 300 dpi. 2.900 dpi or higher will be better. In case of damage of originals during the scanning process, Gran Angular will not pay any compensation to the photographer, since we are offering you a service for free. We will not send the originals back unless you specifically ask for this and at your own expense. We want to avoid the handling of your originals unless you ask us to digitise them.

A text is needed
Since Gran Angular is specialised in features and interviews we demand that all the features you decide to submit us MUST include a text. The text MUST have al least three A4 pages. More will be appreciated. We accept texts in the following languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. The text MUST include: the title of the feature, a short lead of about 5 lines and the body. Texts must be submitted by –email ( redaccion@granangular.net) with the extension: .doc

Captions
All the photos you submit us MUST be captioned. The information required is as follows: name of author, description, date and place. A short footnote will be appreciated. The photos without captions and not indexed will be refused.

Restrictions
Do not forget that the responsibility for a photo is yours. It is up to you to have the exemption signed by the people photographed if necessary. This is important to avoid lawsuits. Every time you send us a photo, do not forget to specify these exemptions and the restrictions of use. In all the cases you must specify in which countries we CAN or we CAN NOT sell your photos and features.

How do you send your images?
Low-definition images can be sent us by e-mail ( redaccion@granangular.net), FTP (information) or CD. High-definition images will ONLY be accepted via FTP (information) or CD.

Size of the files
For news-related items, we can accept images made with a digital camera, we want to accommodate and offer our customers a minimum resolution of 300 DPI. But our quality standards impose us a minimal resolution of 2.900 dpi. Most of our photos have been scanned at 4.000 dpi. All the photos submitted must be in one of these two formats: RGB Jpeg or TIFF. All the photos submitted must also be able to guarantee a double page, which is 30 x 40 cms. Uncompressed files in high definition can reach up to 75 megabytes. Each time a photographer wants to send us some material you must respect the following procedure:

1. First, you have to send us the images in low-definition via e-mail
( redaccion@granangular.net ) with the following proportions:

- 450 pixels width, if it’s an horizontal image, at 72 dpi.
- 300 pixels width, if the image is vertical, at 72 dpi.

Each image must include the information described before

2. Second, inmediately after sending us the images if low-definition, you have to send us the high-resolution images via FTP or saved in a CD-Rom with the maximun definition you can reach with your scanner (acceptable 2.900 dpi, best at 4.000 dpi).

In which categories can be my images included?
Every image submitted to us can be included in the following categories:

Features
It is the central space of Gran Angular. Features appear classified in different sections with a small introductory text and all the photographies .

Interviews
It is the section dedicated exclusively to interviews. Every file image which does not include an interview will be included in the Politics section of the category Features.

The gallery
Monographic banks of images, designed to satisfy necessities in the scope of the press, advertising and editorial fields. We accept image banks or individual images that will match in any of the already existing banks.

Cities of the world
It is an extensive image bank of cities all over the world. We accept image banks or individual images that will match for this category.

Photo-gag
This is the section where amazing or humoristic photos are placed. Images fosused on famous people will be also appreciated. You can send single photos or assembled in series that must not exceed 5 photos. Every image must include a short text of 5 lines in one of these languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian or Portuguese.

What equipment do I need to work with Gran Angular ?
You must scan your images, caption them and send them to us on-line or saved on a CD-Rom at our address. So you need a good computer, a fast Internet connection to send your files, and a good professional scanner.