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Terra Galleria is a high-end specialist independent stock photo agency representing for image licensing the work of Quang-Tuan Luong. The image bank contains several hundred thousand images, covering a vast diversity of worldwide travel, nature, and adventure subjects. Currently, more than 20,000 of those images can be browsed for easy photography research in our online photo gallery, where you can preview images, create and send a lightbox of selected images, and download the industry's largest non-watermarked comp files. All images can be transmitted on the same day or better as super high-resolution files.

The image bank

The photo agency's areas of specialty are:

In addition, for jobs which require the ultimate in quality and the ability to make huge enlargements, our stock photo agency distinguishes itself from competitors thanks to its growing photo library of several thousand 5x7 transparencies which represents an extensive coverage of American landscapes, including all the 58 US National Parks. See a representative set in this gallery of large format images from the National Parks. As of 2004, Quang-Tuan Luong is the only person to have photographed all the US National Parks with a large format camera.

How to license images from us

If you are seeking to license a single image, the easiest way is to click on your selected image, and then use the button which will take you to a form for requesting a quote. For more complex requests, please contact the photography agency by email or phone, but please be sure to read the rest of this page first if you are not familiar with right-managed (RM) licensing.

Uses. We license images for any use, including advertising, corporate, promotional, editorial illustration in magazines and books, web, media, presentations, decor, and retail products.

Free research. Since we represent only our own images that we know intimately, we can do a fast stock photo search in our image bank and suggest quickly the right images to help you make the strongest presentation. We can also provide more extensive background information on each stock photo than stock agencies that represent the work of multiple photographers. There will never be any stock photo research charge for courteous and professional service.

Free electronic delivery. All our 35mm images are available as pre-scanned high resolution digital files, up to 3000x5000 pixels (11x17 inches at 300dpi) which can generally be made available by download (no special software such as FTP programs required) within a couple of hours after the stock photography order. Unless specified otherwise, images will be transmitted in Adobe RGB, saved as high quality (photoshop 9) jpeg. No fees are charged for electronic delivery, including transmission by FTP direct to your prepress house. For substantial orders, original slides or transparencies might be shipped upon special request, after the original request form (PDF) is faxed back. Super-high resolution drum scans may also be arranged at cost.

Rights. Like many providers of high quality images geared to the discriminating photo buyer, we specialize in right-managed licensing to guarantee you the limited use of each image. Our photo agency has a record of uses of each image in our photo library. Our unique system informs you instantly whether the image you are interested in has been licensed at all before, and if so, how many times. Exclusive rights are available. All images are registered with the US Copyright Office. None appear in royalty-free collections. In general, we charge one-time use fees which depend on the actual usage, but we can arrange for any type of license to meet exactly your needs.

Pricing. You will find our pricing extremely fair and competitive. We match the price of any other stock photography agencies that offers right-managed licenses (for reference, here are price tables for a few competing stock photo agencies: Stock Solution, Seth Resnick, Stock Connection, as well as an external price calculator). Discounts will be given for multiple image uses. If you have a particularly tight budget, please let us know, and we will try to be flexible to accommodate you. No transaction will be conducted below the minimal licensing fee of $150. We do not grant free commercial licenses solely in exchange for credits or links.

Quotes. For a quote, provide as much detail as you can. This is important because if we do not have enough information, we would assume that you require more general rights, resulting in a higher quote. Please contact the photo agency with the following information:

Payment. Licensing contracts can be paid by major credit cards (secure online page or fax an authorization form), paypal and wire transfer. For account holders, we also accept purchase orders and checks, net 45 days.

Licensing terms. We have very simple terms: click here to view them all. Not all images can be licensed.

References. You can work with us in confidence that we have a track record of serving the stock photography needs of several leading editorial, corporate, and advertising clients with 100% satisfaction. See a short list of clients that have recently licensed stock photography from us.

Contact us for your stock photo needs. If you are a photo editor or graphic designer looking for strong adventure sports, travel, and nature stock images, please contact us by e-mail or phone with your stock photography research request.

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