I've been getting some nifty catalogs lately from Veer, a bunch of people who appear to be one of the few remaining creative stock photo agencies that haven't been swallowed by Getty Images or the dreaded Corbis. I like the catalogs. They nail me in the forehead demographically. They are like the stock agency equivalent of a Jetta. They're giving away messenger bags. They have a swingin' hip logo that is refreshingly free of swooshes, dots or little jumping men. Their design is gorgeous, their type is clean, and they openly admit to not using Quark. So of course I like them.
I took a look at their website, and even though it is strangely completely lacking in any information about the company itself (please say they're not actually in Provo, Utah), it does have some neat features - not only can you download some free desktop pictures, they have a really spiffy "ideas" blog on the site.
Anybody know anything else about these people? I really want to like them, so don't tell me they're owned by Time Warner or something.
Hi Kristen.
Do I know anything about these people?
Probably. I am one of these people.
Funny you should mention that we haven't been swallowed by Getty Images or Corbis, because we're all escapees from EyeWire - another fine company that Getty chewed up and spat out. And no, we're not actually from Provo - not that there's anything wrong with that. We only ship products out of a Utah warehouse. We're based in Calgary, Alberta as a matter of fact.
What I find even funnier is that you worked with (or is that for?) Getty, PhotoDisc and PowerPics - all those brand names that we were trying to take a deliberate chunk out of while we were at EyeWire.
I'd like to tell you that everyone here at Veer appreciated your comments. It's feedback like yours that validates our hunch that we're heading down the right path. Oh, and after ransacking nearly every single link on your site, we like what you've been up to as well.
By the way, I hope your forehead recovers.
Cheers.
Grant
Posted by: Grant Hutchinson on September 18, 2002 12:49 PMYay! I love Canadians! Canadians are better than Time Warner. Definitely.
Posted by: kia on September 18, 2002 02:36 PMwow, kia, you got fan mail from the people you were writing fan mail about. that's so cool. the question is, how did they find you?
Posted by: kyra on September 23, 2002 12:48 PMReferrer logs. That Grant fellow is rather clever.
Posted by: kia on September 23, 2002 11:23 PMYes, that dreaded Corbis. I ordered an image from them ONCE. They were very interested that I promise to go to them for images first, and then I had to call them FOUR TIMES to get them to give me the info to download the image. Deadlines anyone?
Posted by: Ned Mercury on September 26, 2002 07:17 PMClever?
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Posted by: Grant Hutchinson on October 1, 2002 04:37 PM