The Living Archive
Existing work. Ready for the right use.
A growing archive of still photography and motion available to license for commercial, editorial, publishing, and creative work. Columbus and Central Ohio are a major part of it, but the archive extends well beyond them.
Search what already exists. If the Standard License fits, license it directly. If it doesn't, tell me what you want to do and I'll build the right license around it. Either way, you can start with finished work instead of starting a production from zero.
Three licensing paths
Start with the use.
There are three ways to license the archive. Start with what you want to do.
Standard Archive License
The Standard License fits your use. $750 per asset.
Review Standard ↓Custom Licensing
You need different terms for this use. Tell me what you're making.
Request Custom ↓Archive Partner
You need imagery regularly and want an ongoing relationship with the archive.
Explore the partnership ↓Existing work, organized
When the right work already exists.
If the right image or motion is already here, you don't need to pay to make it again. You get finished work without building a new shoot, crew, schedule, location, and post-production cycle around it.
The archive is built from my own photography and motion, organized so the work is easy to find, review, license, and deliver.
Need something that doesn't exist yet? Start a Project to commission still photography, motion, or production around your organization, campaign, or idea.
Self-Serve Licensing
The Standard Archive License.
The Standard path is designed to be simple: one asset, one predefined license, $750. Because the work already exists, you get the value of finished photography or motion without paying for a new production around it.
$750 per assetStandard is the right path when the predefined license fits your use.
It grants one named licensee a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, non-transferable, and non-sublicensable license for owned and organic use within the current legal scope.
- Owned and organic use: Websites, organic social media, blogs, editorial content published by the licensee, email, internal presentations, and ordinary non-resale printed collateral.
- One named licensee: The license cannot be transferred, sublicensed, or reused for another client or organization.
- Qualifying motion: A motion asset with a designated Companion Still includes that still under the same licensed rights.
- Outside Standard: Paid advertising, exclusivity, product or resale use, third-party or client rights, and major print distribution require Custom terms.
Review the Standard Archive License Agreement. If your use does not fit it, use Custom Licensing instead.
Custom Licensing
When Standard doesn't fit, I'll build the right license around the use.
Custom licensing starts with what you actually want to do.
That might mean more rights, fewer rights, a shorter term, one publication, one campaign, a limited print run, paid advertising, exclusivity, a product, client use, Reserve work, or something else entirely. Tell me the use and I'll shape the terms around it.
Custom does not automatically mean broader or more expensive. It means the Standard License isn't the right fit.
Describe the useFor Recurring Needs
Archive Partner.
Some organizations need imagery regularly, not one asset at a time. Archive Partner is an ongoing licensing relationship built for that.
Partners can use prepaid annual licensing credits and get curated Archive pulls, searches of unpublished work, easier licensing support, early access, and priority consideration when they need a particular image or location.
Apply for Archive PartnerInquiry
Request a Custom License
Tell me what you want to do with the work. You don't need to know the licensing language. Give me the project, where it will appear, and anything unusual about the use, and I'll take it from there.
The archive
Built to be searched.
The archive is designed to be searched, not just browsed. Every asset has a stable ID, searchable metadata, controlled previews, and a defined licensing path so you can find the work, know what you're looking at, and get the right files when you license it.
The archive keeps growing. Columbus and Central Ohio are a major foundation, not a boundary.
Common questions
What does the $750 Standard License include?
It licenses one asset to one named licensee on a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, non-transferable, and non-sublicensable basis for the owned and organic uses defined in the Standard Agreement. A qualifying motion asset also includes its designated Companion Still under the same rights.
What if my use does not fit Standard?
Send a Custom inquiry. The license can be broader, narrower, shorter, limited to a particular territory, publication, campaign, print run, or shaped around other needs that do not fit Standard.
Can I license several assets?
Yes. Add eligible Standard assets to the cart individually, or list several SKUs in a Custom inquiry for a collection, campaign, publication, or negotiated package.
What comes with a motion license?
A qualifying motion asset includes its designated Companion Still under the same licensed rights. If an asset needs a Custom path, the site will route you there.
Can an agency license work for a client?
Yes, but the intended end client must be the named licensee unless separate written terms say otherwise. One license cannot be reused across unrelated clients.
Can I request exclusivity?
Yes. Exclusivity is considered through Custom Licensing and depends on the asset, category, territory, duration, and any rights already granted.
What is Archive Partner?
It is an ongoing relationship for organizations with recurring imagery needs, built around prepaid credits, curated pulls, Archive searches, and easier licensing support.