Stock photography and its place in graphic design

In the first part of this thesis, the historical development and the copyrights of stock photography are emphasized. In the second part technical and conceptual requirements are explained with examples. In addition, the photo industry with a unique language and style stock photo, which is the target audience to meet their demands and expectations of advertisers ways to reach photograph were investigated. Produced the photo to arrive ready for sale, such as digital editing and more in detail operations to be performed after the production process were evaluated. Stock photo sites have been investigated on expectations of the photographer, an interview on the subject is included in the study. Printed publications all over the world about the stock are very little about photography so far there has not been a study in Turkish. For this case, the photographer intends to enter the sector to recognize and understand the dynamics of the sector but that is an obstacle. For this reason, the study made by two stock photographer answering critical questions about the industry is given in the interview. In the final part of the study in the field of graphic design with emphasis on the use of images and stock photography designers in terms of the use of the advantages and disadvantages were investigated. The position of the consumer in the sector with a view of designers stock photos have been revealed by the interview with the art director of a publishing house that uses high amount of stock photography .