Magnolia Photos

Launching

January 2026

Fair image licensing, built for photographers and the teams who license them.

We are building a modern photo archive platform that makes storing, finding, licensing and tracking high‑quality imagery simple and transparent, powered by the latest in artificial intelligence. Search will be intuitive, pricing will be clear and predictable, and required clearances will be handled in‑house with a single point of contact.

Photographers: You have been kept in the dark by vague statements and shrinking commissions, and you're not imagining it; it's real and often worse than it appears. Drawing on decades in photo licensing, we run a full‑service agency with straightforward terms, line of sight into every deduction, and real control over how your work is used with preferences you set, approvals you make, and payouts you can track. We use artificial intelligence to remove unnecessary third‑party layers so you keep more of your revenue, and we are completely transparent where today the process is opaque.

  • Radical transparency. Photographers and their representatives will have access to search activity, license negotiations, invoicing, and payments for their work.
  • Closer collaboration with reps. Reps will have full visibility into their photographers' licensing activity so they can be as involved as they'd like.
  • Modern technology and easy archive management. Uploading and managing archives is simple, intuitive and connects with 3rd party services. Photographers and their representatives have unrestricted access to their files.
  • Streamlined copyright registrations. Our tools make registering your images with the U.S. Copyright Office easy. Manage it yourself or our automation platform can do it for you.
  • Fair and efficient copyright enforcement. Other agencies outsource major parts of the enforcement and recovery process, leaving photographers with less than 20% of gross collections. We're building a system that minimizes outsourcing, our commissions will align with traditional syndication models, ensuring photographers receive a fair return.

Clients: We are building a custom website from the ground up so you can find what you need fast, brief us in plain language, and check out with confidence. You will see transparent terms before you commit, and our team will manage talent, publicity, trademark, and location considerations so your legal and production workflows stay clean.

Photographers: Let's talk about your archive and goals.

Clients: Tell us what you want from our platform, and we will build it.

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hello@magnolia.photos