Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in large lagoon at The Turtle Center. Le Meridian Resort, Bora Bora, Society Islands, French Polynesia
© Michele Westmorland / drr.net

Elder Chief, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea, 2007
© Michele Westmorland / drr.net

Digital Railroad member and Marketplace contributor Michele Westmorland, shared these thoughts about Research Network:

“I’m pleased to see the activity in the Research Network for DRR. In addition, the new digest that comes frequently is a great reminder of the opportunity to license images to those publications looking for special needs. When on the road, it is also a great tool for shooting images that may be missing from my files.

Digital Railroad gives me control over images to be presented to buyers everywhere. A great portal and a great way to showcase my work. I look forward to the future in collaboration with DRR.”

See more of Michelle's work in this lightbox and in Marketplace.

Frequently as I troll through images in Marketplace, I come upon an image that stops me dead in my tracks. More often than not, the credit belongs to Peter Menzel.

Author Jack Finney, author of cult classic “Time and Again” and “From Time to Time”. Photographed in his home in Mill Valley, California, 1995. MODEL RELEASED. (now deceased).
Peter Menzel/drr.net

Peter Menzel is known for his international photographic coverage of the sciences, world cultures, and the environment. His photos have been published in the world’s best magazines and have garnered many awards. He is the creator and principal photographer for the book Material World: A Global Family Portrait, and is co-author with his wife Faith D’Aluisio of the books Women in the Material World; Robo Sapiens: Evolution of a New Species; and the award-winning Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.

BIT—Baby It—is the prototype for My Real Baby, the most sophisticated robot doll yet made. According to a press release, it is only the "first born" in a series of dolls created from the union of its parent companies, toy giant Hasbro and iRobot, a small Massachusetts robotics firm. Somerville, MA. From the book Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species.
© Peter Menzel/drr.net

Their most recent book, Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, received the 2006 award for best book of the year from the James Beard Foundation and the Harry Chapin Media Award.

Harry Fujita, president and CEO of Iwasaki Images of America, shows samples of the plastic food and novelty items his Torrance, California company makes. MODEL RELEASED.
© Peter Menzel/drr.net

They are working on two new books: "Nutrition 101" (101 people documented with a day’s worth of food); and "The End" (death rituals around the world). Menzel’s most-wished-for assignment would be to periodically document the prison life of ex-president George W. Bush.

See more of Peter's images in Marketplace.

Republic of Yemen, Sana'a, bab Al Yemen as published in the 7 March 2008 edition of Evening Standard Magazine
Photo Credit: © Sergio Pitamitz/Danita Delimont Agency/drr.net

China, Yunnan, Qujing District, Luoping. Yellow rape flowers cover terraced rape fields as published in the 7 March 2008 edition of Evening Standard Magazine
Photo Credit: © Charles Crust/Danita Delimont Agency/drr.net

Evening Standard Magazine, one of London's top newspaper magazines, published two images in the March 7th edition from members Sergio Pitamitz and Charles Crust both of Danita Delimont Agency.

Digital Railroad member Dorit Thies created these beautiful images now available in Marketplace and shares this story about their creation:

© Dorit Thies/drr.net

"After having done many health and fitness shoots for the past couple of years, 'Beauty' photography has become my latest passion. Make-up artist Iris Moreou and I have collaborated on a few shoots lately which were based on our own concepts. Our inspiration in this case came from flowers and plant elements.

© Dorit Thies/drr.net

Right after the shoot I offered the series of six images to Monika Steinberg,
the former Editor in Chief of "Foam" magazine and she immediately jumped on it. We got the spring '08 cover of "Foam" magazine plus a 6 page spread of beauty images.

© Dorit Thies/drr.net

After being on the news stands for two weeks I got a call from LORAC cosmetics
and got hired to shoot their fall campaign. A good example on how success comes when believing and following your gut instinct and giving yourself an assignment."

See more of Dorit's work in Marketplace and her archive.

© Peter Bennett/Ambient Images/drr.net

DRR Member Peter Bennett of Ambient Images shared these recent images and comments about Digital Railroad.

“Environmental issues are not only dear to my heart, but are also subjects I have been shooting more and more of lately. It is also an area I am encouraging our photographers to focus on as well. Two recent shoots were of couple of local Los Angeles environmental groups, FoLAR (Friends of the Los Angels River) and their LA River tours and Santa Monica’s Heal the Bay Clean up.

© Peter Bennett/Ambient Images/drr.net

Marketplace has become an excellent way of reaching clients beyond the scope of our own marketing efforts. This is so important when we expand into new subject matter like environmental issues, as it allows us to see what works and what clients are licensing. Research Network also acts a guide in a similar fashion as it tells us what buyers are looking for, but are not finding. This kind of information is absolutely critical in the stock photo business today.”

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© Juice Images/drr.net

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