Terms and conditions for distribution of photographs and video for payment. 


  • By accepting this agreement you give Paul Jacobs at Picture Exclusive permission to distribute your photographs or video to the national papers, news websites, magazines and other forms of media for use in the UK and worldwide. 


  • If the photos or video are published you will receive 60% commission from UK sales paid within 48 hours of publication via bank transfer or Paypal on receipt of an invoice. When a sale is made to media in foreign countries you will receive 60% commission from the monies paid to Picture Exclusive and paid once Picture Exclusive is paid.


  • You will be informed as soon as possible if your content is published so you can see the work online or in print


  • An invoice template will be supplied to return with just some personal information to add and return which will be paid same day. 


  • Monies paid will be estimated from previous sales, if it occurs that the fee paid to Picture Exclusive is more than expected, you will be paid the difference. Payment from publishers to Picture Exclusive can take over 8 weeks. 


  • In order to be able to pay straight away Picture Exclusive requires exclusive use of the images, it is to be sure that Picture Exclusive was the agency that got the photos or video published, so no other third party can distribute the images. In the situation that another person or agency has been given permission to distribute the images, payment will be made as soon as the publishers pay Picture Exclusive - which can take over 8 weeks. 


  • You accept that the photos or video supplied to Picture Exclusive were created by yourself and you are the copyright holder and it doesn’t infringe the rights of anyone or any business. 


  • As the copyright holder you retain the copyright to the photos or video at all time


  • You are granting Picture Exclusive to licence your work worldwide, images and video may be edited and reproduced in print, online or broadcast, in addition the work may appear on social media as part of the publishers content promotion.


  • You also grant permission Picture Exclusive to monitor and charge copyright infringers of the content supplied, 60% commission will be paid if a fee is successfully obtained. Please note that some countries cannot be chased for copyright infringement due to a language barriers and different copyright laws in their country. 


  • This agreement can be terminated at any point, it will be terminated upon confirmation of a request being made within 24 hours of an email being sent to pictureexclusive@gmail.com


  • While your images won’t be distributed once a termination request is made, in the unlikely situation a publisher uses a photo from a previous submission, you will be paid 60% commission. 


To agree to these terms, please email the below sentence, cut and paste it into an email, adding your name and todays date to pictureexclusive@gmail.com


   I   (name here)  agree to the terms set out by Paul Jacobs at Picture Exclusive for distribution of my photos or video as set out here - www.pictureexclusive.com/terms . Dated