Joining MaximImages as a Contributor

MaximImages is a boutique image licensing library based in Canada with a focus on unique and refined Rights Managed photography and illustrations. MaximImages was founded in 2007 as a personal image library by a fine art and commercial photographer Alex Maxim, and in 2019 we have made a decision to open our doors to select talented contributors from all over the World.

As a boutique image library, we are interested in seeing you top quality artistic works created with taste, style, skill and vision, thought-provoking, storytelling, emotionally expressive, classy, inspiring, daring, unique. Our clients are interested in seeing refined artworks, different from that found in generic image libraries, and they can truly appreciate the skill and vision of the artists that goes into their creations and see the value in such works.

We are aware of the challenges that artists face in the modern creative environment, and we are committed to help you make your art available for licensing. No matter where you are in the world and what language you speak, it will be our pleasure to help you make your unique work available to the world without sacrificing its value.
Currently we are interested in the following categories of images: Fine art nude, High-end Beauty and Fashion, Boudoir and Erotic photography, Sensual and Romantic Couple and Relationships photography, Creative, Mysterious, Suspenseful, Dramatic, Thought-provoking and Conceptual fine art, High-end Lifestyle and Alternative Lifestyle imagery.

Please note that your photographs with people must be model released and available for commercial usage. You must be the sole copyright owner of your work.

After you send us your selected works, we will review them within 1-2 weeks. If we are interested in your work and you have been selected as a potential contributor, you’ll hear from us with the details regarding your next steps shortly after. Please understand that we are able to accept only a limited number of selected contributors every year and only some of their selected works.

Send us a selection of your best work in low resolution for review or give us a link to your web portfolio.

To send images directly, please save your files as JPEGs with the size of 600-800 pix, and upload them via WeTransfer.com or similar, or email them to us: .

Once we have reviewed your work and invited you to join MaximImages, you will be able to register a contributor account, read and accept the terms of the Contributor's Agreement, setup your Contributor's profile and upload your work in high resolution. We will provide our own image keywording and preparation services if you don't have metadata already in place. Only certain descriptive details or image titles will need to be provided by you. Our image submission process is easy for artists and takes minimum time.

Content creators and certain customers need to have a degree of control and knowledge of how the art is being used. A Rights Managed (RM) license is issued when all the details regarding the placement, territory and duration are specified. MaximImages reports any issued licenses with all the specified usage details to their contributors in real time. In addition to this, a Rights Managed license allows our customers to license images exclusively to avoid any competitive usages within the scope of the exclusivity, also providing the with the details of previous usages, whenever requested. Any additional usages and usage extensions are billed separately, and the royalties are paid to the artist. We strongly believe that RM license has the most fair and balanced approach to image pricing and rights distribution for both, our customers and our artists.

On your request, we can list some of your images under Royalty free (RF) license which generally offers unlimited, perpetual use of images. Please note that once an RF image is licensed it can be used without any limitation (unless specified in the license agreement) by the end client and the artist has no control over the usage or can receive any additional royalties as the usage goes on. There is also no possibility of attaining short or long duration exclusive distribution rights to an RF image, as often required by certain high-end publications, and serious art buyers or corporate customers. So an RF license is generally not our preference for unique, top-class imagery. MaximImages contributor's agreement is Non-Exclusive, but as you might understand, we prefer to have a degree of exclusivity to the images that our contributors supply to us, though our rules are not as strict as those mentioned in generic exclusive agreements.

We offer a non-exclusive contract for both Royalty-Free and Rights Managed images, which means that our contributors keep full copyright and distribution rights to their works and can license their images or sell prints elsewhere. Our exception, is that Rights Managed images which you supply to us cannot be available under Royalty Free license, any low- or fixed- price license or offered at prices significantly lower that ours anywhere else. You also must be able to remove or restrict a particular image from sale elsewhere at our notice when an exclusive rights license has been sold. We ask for your complete understanding of this aspect, to prevent misleading of our customers or undermining your own profits. Your integrity and cooperation are required.

Normally our exclusive images are priced higher than non-exclusive and have an notice of exclusive representation in the image detail section.

As a MaximImages contributor, you will be paid 60% of all net sales. You don’t have to pay any placement or membership fees. We will prepare and list your selected images for free.

As a boutique image library, we price our images according to their best market value, which often means higher prices that most generic stock agencies. We also offer much higher contributor royalties. With this in mind, there is no guarantee of a high-volume of sales of your work, however, when your images are licensed, rest assured that you get the best value for your work with us and your work is truly appreciated and valued as a unique piece of art by the customers. As usual in art industry, it often takes time for your work to be noticed and for potential customers to become interested in it. Thus, your continuous commitment, patience and supply of high-quality artistic works plays and important role in your popularity and success as a contributor. Any additional external promotional exposure of your MaximImages portfolio, external links, blog and social network posts etc., can greatly add to your success and bring more potential customers, while we take care of the rest. By carefully keeping our license prices on the high-end of the traditionally accepted range, we are striving to prevent devaluation of your creative works and maintain sustainability of your creative profession by offering you higher than normal royalties, at the same time offering the best value for licenses of unique, exclusive artworks to our customers.

Here is an example of our Rights Managed prices (non-exclusive images):

Rights Managed prices of exclusive images (not represented by other agencies):
We allow customization of your print prices, as well as an option to opt out of print sales or offer limited-edition artworks, printed, signed and shipped by you.

More about Licenses...

Being artists ourselves, we take image copyright and protection very seriously. All high resolution files are stored on our servers away from public access in a secure encrypted format and are only available after a license has been paid in full. All low-resolution previews are watermarked with a personalized copyright credit of our contributors. We provide our artists with access to real-time data of their portfolio's activity, sales and licenses.

We recommend focusing on quality and uniqueness rather than on quantity, though the quantity is very important as well. The more of high-quality, unique images you have, the higher is the chance of them being seen by the clients and getting licensed or sold as prints. You can continuously grow your portfolio over time.

We are open to your feedback. If you have any ideas or concerns, let us know. Our goal is to bring the most balanced and friendly experience to our artists and customers and provide them with generous support. We look forward to seeing your work!

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Alex Maxim
Photography, Illustration
BC, Canada

Veronika Maxim
Illustration, Painting
BC, Canada

Juan Alfonso Solis Martinez
Photography
Louth, Ireland

Arkadiy Kurta
Photography
Sumy, Ukraine

Dmitry Bugaenko
Photography
ON, Canada

Dasha & Mari
Photography
Kiev, Ukraine

Kai Grim
Photography
QR - Quintana Roo, Mexico

Alessandro Della Torre
Photography
Mi, Italy

Az Jackson
Photography
Queensland, Australia

Katya Dudnik
Illustration, Painting
Kyiv, Ukraine

Katerina Klio
Photography
Zhovti Vody, Ukraine