Image licensing

A licence grants a named usage, for a named duration, across a named territory. The three are negotiated together and written into the contract. Website, social media, booking platforms, press, editorial, out-of-home and packaging each count as a separate usage.

A licence never transfers ownership of the work. The author’s moral right stays attached to the image, which means the photo credit must appear wherever the medium allows it.

Resale, sub-licensing to a third party, deposit in a stock library, use as training data for a machine-learning model and any substantial alteration of the image fall outside a standard licence and require separate written agreement.

Photographs showing identifiable people, private interiors or third-party trademarks may be subject to additional permissions held by their rights holders. Those limits are stated case by case.

The credit reads “Photography: Ahoueke Hilaire” and, on digital media, links to ahouekehilaire.com. IPTC metadata embedded in delivered files carries the creator, the copyright notice and the address of these terms.

Tell me which image, and the usage, duration and territory you need. A costed proposal follows within 24 working hours. For an image originally produced for a client, that client’s agreement may be required before any new exploitation.