There are lots of people using "Ansel Adams" as a keyword or even in a title as in "Homage to A. Adams" or something.  This guy seems to be the only one trying pass off screen grabs as the real deal.

You don't want to upload anything there right now, anyway, because there's a bug that's causing images to be lost.  Contributors have been told that it only affected a very small number of images, and that it's been fixed, but it's now obvious that neither of those statements are correct.   There's been no response from FAA in quite a few days now and some people are getting a bit ticked off. 

Here's the current discussion thread, but you need an account logon at FAA to see it:

http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=1807822&targetid=1809977#1809977

Fine art prints and stock images market are very different things. Yes,  some images suits well for stock and for fine art prints simultaneously. But not always.

Maybe not all people know it. Couple of words about names of FAA and Pixels.
FAA and Pixels are a mirror pages.  Content and pages are same. Pixels.com was created to better sell images worldwide. Not all people lives in America and not all people loves a  name Fine Art America. So Pixels is more neutral name for people outside of US.

FAA is strong for Americans. European taste is sometimes very different.
From newletter Sept 2013

"FineArtAmerica.com is a great domain name if you're interested in buying and selling fine art... and you're an American.
Unfortunately, we get asked all the time... "Do you ship to England?"... "Do you ship to Australia?"...

"I'm a photographer living in Spain, can I join your site?"... etc. We decided to answer those questions once and for all and transform FAA into a truly international destination.
Introducing... the world's greatest domain name for artists, photographers, graphic designers... and anyone involved in the visual arts Pixels.com"


Best
http://www.jaaknilson.ee

If Pixels offered all of the merchandise stuff like a Society6 - pillows, three print sizes in standard frames and just canvases - then they could probably expand globally with other partners.

Supposedly, a major upgrade to the 'premium' site is coming soon.  This has been teased for quite a while but we've been told to expect it in May, if I remember right.  Of course that was before they went off on this latest wild goose chase.

FAA does many things well, and it certainly fills a niche.   Like many others, I wish McDunn would focus on improving what he already has instead of going off on new tangents.   

For example, the site totally sucks on touch-screen tablets.  Think of all the people who might be shopping for wall art while sitting in their living rooms using iPads.  Now write them off because the site will totally turn them off.

 I'm not at all bothered by supposedly low quality work by newbies or unsophisticated photographers - I like seeing people's sincere efforts and sometimes they score a hit.   But I really wish he'd reject all that questionable stuff discussed above - like the Ansel Adams stuff, and the Rembrandts - because it sells, and therefor gets pushed higher and higher in the search, and buries the honest work.

Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on March 23, 2014, 12:30

Browsing around over there, I didn't realize how much selective coloring, vignetting, solarization, toning, bad HDR and terrible text overlays were required to be called "art".  The way some of these guys are defending this stuff as worth thousands per license, you'd think they painted the Mona Lisa.

Exactly.

Check out the most awesome place on the internet to show your FAA artwork. Make a cup of coffee for yourself while the site is loading. http://qthecollection.com/qtalk/index.php

I don't think the person you quoted was referring to QTalk, were they? Because I happen to be a member of Qtalk and I don't do HDR or any of the other things that are mentioned above. I paint, draw,sculpt and also marquetry work along with some photography. I do all original work and I don't do much of anything at all to my pictures.  The vast majority of the gallery on there is fine art photography and paintings. There are a couple of paintings being featured right now at the top of the forum along with photography, including one of my own oil paintings so why are you linking QTalk to what the person you quoted said?

Was your intention a defamatory attack overall on QTalk itself including all members or was it intended to be a personal attack on Gunter? If you didn't agree with what he had to say in this thread, thats fine, I disagreed with him on some things in this discussion regard myself right on QTalk, but it's out of line to attack him personally and/or his forum. When you make derogatory remarks about the forum in general as you have then you are defaming all participants without due cause, which includes me and is not something I appreciate.

So which was your intent? To defame the site in general or did you really mean to only attack Gunter personally?

I believe the remarks of over the top HDR was in reference to FAA in general.  Regarding Qtalk, the grandiose language used on the site was called into question.

Gunter asked for critique of the site, he got it and ignored it. Check out art galleries online and compare to qthecollection and find the 1000 differences.

This is the Qcollection:
http://fineartamerica.com/groups/q-collection.html?tab=overview
I'm happy to compare to other galleries.


This is qtalk, a social network for artists:
http://qthecollection.com/qtalk/index.php
We promote all artists that are registered members, feature them, and provide a platform to network. FREE
And if the complaint is that you have to grab a cup of coffee while it loads - life is good


These are the facebook groups we maintain for artists to network:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/423104211112827/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/358025760893320/
https://www.facebook.com/QTheCollection
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Qthecollection
We retweet all our members and their work


I never ignore a good critique, but I will refuse to waste time.
Everything we do is to help other artists promote their work and gain exposure, and yes, we also make mistakes.

@Wolfgallery: Thanks for your support


~Gunter

How could I what? Pretend to run the most amazing place on the internet? Well I cant, because I dont. I am not pretentious. And if you would look at your website with a critical eye you should come to the same conclusion that it needs improvement.

he has that on the forum header and it's not pretentious it's a fact. It IS the most amazing forum on the internet and do you know why?  There hasn't been a troll and ZERO personal attacks.  Look at any other forum on the net and see if they can say the same so it is an amazing place indeed.

Plus...I'm there! lol! : ) 

I am not critiquing the forum, its about the display of art and in the way the website performs. I dont understand where you get personal attacks from, I have never attacked Gunter, I criticised his work and his website. But it seems that you and him dont want to see it. Which is fine. And a forum without trolls is great. I will make sure Ill stay away from your forum then. You dont want trolls like me stirring up the place.  And I dont want to wait 3 minutes for the site to load anyways.

It's a new site so of course there will be glitches and things that need to be worked out but the site loads up just as fast for me as this one, FAA and even Facebook does for me, so maybe the problem is on your end and you need to upgrade.  You criticized his work and his site ...I think that would fit the definition of personal attacks. His carousel horse is one of my favorite images I have seen on that site so maybe you just don't have as much good taste as I have? Haha!
Hey Semmick, you are welcome to join anytime and if you want to stir up the place feel free to do so in my little section. I have moderator "powers in my section but I will let you speak freely...and debate you because I know I will win! lol! ; )
Seriously, Semmie...all you might need is a hug so here ya go....{{{{{{hug}}}}}} !
: )

How can it be a personal attack if he asked for critique? Critique is a major part of photography. Are you saying all critique is a personal attack? I guess the art world is different from stock photography.

http://www.microstockgroup.com/product-resale-forum/new-site-to-promote-your-work-free/msg370650/#msg370650

No where on there do I see him asking for a critique of his work. No where! And the only thing you can use to say he was asking for a critique was at the bottom where he said to let him know what you think. Anyone reading the entirety of his post can see that his intention was to extend an invitation to join. After joining if you run into any problems with the site then everyone is free to tell them about it. There are threads designated just for that purpose but for you to take that post as an opportunity to "critique"  him and his work, then you are way out of line in doing so. Even using his invitation as an excuse to critique his site is a bit of a stretch. I took what he said to mean to let him know of issues as I mentioned when one runs into them. No where in his post does the word "critique" appear.

 I have seen you do nothing but complain for the most part in the threads you start on FAA so come on admit it....you are just a grumpy gus a lot of the time. By the way...I saw a thread here where you apologized to the entire forum previously so it looks to be a pattern of behavior on your part to be negative often.  As far as specifically asking for critiques in the artworld.... one should ask a professional they respect and trust like their mentor or maybe a teacher they may have...not a bunch of people they don't know at all on the internet. Thats foolish and is just inviting trollish types in to get their odd jollies.

By the way, this isn't the first time I've seen you trying to have a go at Gunter so I'm beginning to think you may have a crush on him.  If not a crush then it most likely is an attempt to knock out competitors.


@ Gunter
Please do not ask what your competitors think of your site or anything else for that matter any more. They love having an opportunity to knock on someone else they are directly competing with for sales and will do so every chance they get anyway so my advice is not to leave yourself open to it by asking them what they think.  If you really want to know then ask someone you respect and trust that will give you an honest opinion without malice or agenda.