April 25, 2005
AGPix.com
image catalog/ photographers with images online
~Hundreds of photographers; thousands of travel, nature and stock photographs "legally protected by U.S. & International copyright laws and may NOT be used for reproduction in any manner without the explicit authorization of the respective copyright holders."
for example...
You must purchase the images to see them in the sizes in which they are intended to be viewed.
There's a cartoonish or emblematic quality in these smaller, less detailed versions. While destroying the artfulness, the uniqueness of the valued versions, they tell us something about the class, the genre of photographs being sold and the photographer's technical expertise.
After randomly browsing the images of a half-dozen of the above photographers I see that I've haven't (yet) produced one photo equaling the overall level of quality exhibited here.. The difference between amateur and professional sports comes to mind.