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Basic Search     back to top

Basic Search gives you quick, simple and reliable access to the ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd Collection. Search by keyword, image number or photographer's name and get the results you need. Ready to start your Basic Search? Click here.

Below is more information about using a Keyword, Image Number or Photographer's Name to find the images you are looking for:

Keyword (for example: Women)
Enter any word or words in the Keyword field and the search engine will return the images that match your keyword(s). Each ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd image has very specific information associated with it, like a caption, country, state, season, weather, time of day, mood, concepts, and color description. The search engine combs through this information to find matches to your keywords.

Image Number (for example: 5000106001)
Enter an image number image in the Image Number field and the search engine will return the image you are looking for. Each image in ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd collection has a specific identification number. This feature is great for re-visiting a familiar image or locating an image on the suggestion of a friend or co-worker.

Photographer's Name
Enter a photographer's name when you only want to see ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd images by that photographer. Every photographer who has images in ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd on-line collection will appear in the Photographer's List. Searching by a photographer's name is a quick way to explore the images of a particular photographer.

Basic Search will return images that contain all the words you have type into the keyword field. You can use Exact Keyword Searches and Logical Operators to refine your searches.

If you search returns no results you will be provided with a list of similar keywords, categories and concepts that will link you to similar images.




Power Search     back to top

Use Power Search to focus your search for images. Enter a keyword, image number or photographer's name and select a specific category. The search engine will return images that meet your search requirements. Ready to do a Power Search?

A Power Search combines a keyword, image number or photographer's name search with pre-defined category options. With these search criteria, the results are returned to meet your individual needs.

Here is more information about keywords, image numbers, photographer's names and categories:

Keyword (for example: Women)
Enter any word or words in the Keyword field and the search engine will return the images that match your keyword(s). Each ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd image has very specific information associated with it, like a caption, country, state, season, weather, time of day, mood, concepts, and color description. The search engine combs through this information to find matches to your keywords.

Image Number (for example: 5000106001)
Enter an image number image in the Image Number field and the search engine will return the image you are looking for. Each image in the ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd collection has a specific identification number. This feature is great for re-visiting a familiar image or locating an image on the suggestion of a friend or co-worker.

Photographer's Name
Enter a photographer's name when you only want to see ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd images by that photographer. Searching by a photographer's name is a quick way to explore the images of a particular photographer.

Category (example: Nature & Environment)
Each ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd images is associated with a specific category. Doing a Power Search within a category is an excellent way to find the images that you need, without sorting through relevant images from different categories.

The search engine will return images that contain all the words you have type into the keyword field. You can use Exact Keyword Searches and Logical Operators to refine your searches.

If you search returns no results you will be provided with a list of similar keywords, categories and concepts that will link you to similar images.




One-Click Concepts     back to top

Looking for an image that represents individuality, depicts wealth or shows love? You will find it in the One-Click Concept collection. Browse One-Click Concepts images of everything from achievement and danger to wisdom and youth, and much more. Start your One-Click Concept Search now.

If you search returns no results you will be provided with a list of similar keywords, categories and concepts that will lead you to similar images.




Exact Keyword Search     back to top

What if your search returns too many results? When this happens, we suggest doing an Exact Keyword Search by putting quotation marks around the word you are searching for (for example, "keyword"). ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd search engine will ONLY return images containing that exact word in the descriptions. For example: If you search for "fun" the search engine will "NOT" return images with "fungus" in the description.








Logical Operators     back to top

When your search results are either too specific or not as specific as you want, you have several options. In addition to trying Power Search or Exact Keyword Search, you can use a Logical Operator to modify your search keywords. Logical Operators are linking words like AND, OR and NOT, which combine the criteria and allow you to narrow or broaden your search. Enter a Logical Operator with your keywords as part of a Basic Search.

Use AND, OR and NOT in the following ways for the best results:

Search for: women AND children and the search engine will return images with the word women AND the word
children in their descriptions.

Search for challenge OR competition and the search engine will return images with the word challenge OR the word
competition in their description.

Search for old NOT ancient and the search engine will return images that contain the word old and NOT the
word ancient in their description.






Terms and Conditions of Use     back to top

ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE Your Agreement with ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd. Welcome to our website. Following are the terms and conditions that govern your use of this site. THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CONSTITUTE A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd ("WE" OR "OUR"). PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT") IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE YOU CONTINUE TO USE THIS WEBSITE OR DOWNLOAD ANY IMAGE. BY USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE. If you are under eighteen (18) years of age, you must have parental consent before ordering any photograph or image on this site. OWNERSHIP OF THIS WEBSITE This website is owned and operated by ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd. All of the content featured or displayed on this website, including, but not limited to, text, graphics, photographs, images, moving images, sound, illustrations and software ("Content"), is owned by ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd, or its licensors, clients and content providers. All elements of ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd websites, including, but not limited to, the general design and the Content, are protected by trade dress, copyright, moral rights, trademark and other laws relating to intellectual property rights. Except as explicitly permitted under this or another agreement with ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd or one of its subsidiaries, no portion or element of this website or its Content may be copied or retransmitted via any means and this website, its Content and all related rights shall remain the exclusive property of ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd or its licensors unless otherwise expressly agreed. You shall indemnify ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd, its subsidiaries, its affiliates and licensors against any losses, expenses, costs or damages incurred by any or all of them as a result of your breach of the terms of this Agreement or your unauthorized use of the Content and related rights. "ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd", the ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd logo, " Independent Photography Network," and Independent Photography Network logo are trademarks of ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd and may be registered in some countries. IMAGE LICENSING ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd grants you a non-transferable, non-exclusive license to store, reproduce (including making a copy onto your computer's hard drive) and use the photographic images on this website and any authorized derivatives or copies thereof (collectively the "Images") solely for evaluation purposes, to test or sample the Images, including using the Images in comps, rough or draft layouts, or for demonstration to your clients but only when in a non-commercial manner. Rates and rights must be negotiated before use, other than those uses described above. All photographs and rights not expressly granted in writing remain the exclusive property of the photographer and are limited to one-time use. ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd requests that a credit reading "©Photographer's Name / " appear adjacent to the Images or on an obvious credits page or screen. Missing and/or incomplete credits are susceptible to additional charges. Notwithstanding the License Grant above, you may not: Sublicense, re-license, rent or lease any of the Images; Copy or publish any of the Images to a network or bulletin board, or otherwise distribute or allow any of the Images to be distributed to or used by anyone other than the authorized users, without prior written consent from ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd; Use any of the Images for any form of pornography, or in a libelous, defamatory, fraudulent, infringing, or otherwise illegal manner; Use any of the Images to promote a business that sells or licenses photographic images, or otherwise competes with ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd in any manner; Use an Image in a manner that implies endorsement of a product or service unless you request and receive a copy of a model release for all recognizable individuals and private property depicted in the Image; or Ship, transfer or export any of the Images into any country or use any of the Images in any manner prohibited by any export laws, restrictions or regulations. MODEL RELEASES No model releases or other releases exist on any Images unless a network photographer specifies the existence of such release in writing to you. You shall indemnify ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd against all claims arising out of the use of any Images where the existence of such release has not been specified in writing by a network photographer. In any event, the limit of liability of ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd shall be the sum paid to it per the invoice for the use of the particular Image involved. You will hold ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd harmless from all claims for the use of the Images, including defamatory use. ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd gives no right or warranties with respect to the use of names, trademark, logo types, registered or copyrighted designs or works of art depicted in any Image, and IT IS YOUR OBLIGATION TO BE SURE THAT ALL NECESSARY RIGHTS, CONSENTS OR PERMISSIONS, AS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR REPRODUCTION, ARE SECURED. If any Image featuring a model is used in a manner that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the model personally uses or endorses a product or service, or if the depiction of the model is used in connection with a subject that would be unflattering, embarrassing or unduly controversial to a reasonable person, Licensee must accompany each such use with a statement that indicates that the person is a model and the Image is being used for illustrative purposes only. PRIVACY POLICY ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd fully respects your rights to privacy and utilizes the following practices in regards to any information we are provided or obtain about users of this website. In order to fulfill licensing transactions or provide service to you as a customer of ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd, we may require you to provide certain information to us. Common items may include, but are not limited to, your name, address, phone number and credit card number. By providing this information to ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd, you are agreeing to allow us to utilize this information to complete all transactions you request through this website and to disclose that information and details of all such transactions to ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd, our subsidiaries, affiliates and any necessary payment processors. Because of the nature of the Internet, such data may pass through any country. Email If you have provided us your email address, ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd periodically sends promotional emails to its subscribers about services offered by ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd and its partners. If you do not wish to receive email information from ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd or its partners, please let us know by emailing us at: removeme@vnuemedia.com or by writing us at VNU eMedia, Inc., 770 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10003. Cookies When you visit the ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd website, we place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser directory of your computer's hard drive. A cookie is a small piece of information that a website can store on your web browser and later retrieve. The cookie cannot be read by any website other than the one that set up the cookie. Cookies enable our website to recognize the information you have consented to give to our website, and help us determine what portions of this website are most appropriate for your personal needs. We do NOT use cookies to examine your surfing behavior before or after leaving an ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd website. If at any time you believe that ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd has not followed the above policy, or if you would like your information to be removed from our system, please contact us. We will make reasonable efforts to identify and correct any problem. DISCLAIMERS THIS WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd EXCLUDES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE FUNCTIONS EMBODIED ON, OR IN THE MATERIALS OF, THIS WEBSITE ARE NOT WARRANTED TO BE UNINTERRUPTED OR WITHOUT ERROR. YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION DUE TO YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE. ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd MAKES NO WARRANTY AS TO THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR RELIABILITY OF ANY CONTENT, INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR MATERIALS MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THIS SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd NEITHER ENDORSES NOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE, STATEMENT, INFORMATION OR OTHER CONTENT MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THIS SITE, NOR SHALL IT BE LIABLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY CONTENT, INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR MATERIALS OBTAINED ON OR THROUGH THIS SITE. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE, STATEMENT, INFORMATION OR OTHER CONTENT MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THIS SITE. Except as specifically stated in these Terms and Conditions of Use, Licensing Agreement, and the Privacy Policy, or elsewhere on this website, or as otherwise required by applicable law, neither ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd nor its directors, employees, licensors, content providers, affiliates or other representatives will be liable for damages of any kind (including, without limitation, lost profits, direct, indirect, compensatory, consequential, exemplary, special, incidental, or punitive damages) arising out of your use of, your inability to use, or the performance of this website or the Content whether or not we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd uses reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy, correctness and reliability of the Content, but we make no representations or warranties as to the Content's accuracy, correctness or reliability. There may be links to other websites from the ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd website; however, these other websites are not controlled by ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd and we are not responsible for any content contained on any such website or any loss suffered by you in relation to your use of such websites. You waive any and all claims against ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd regarding the inclusion of links to outside websites or your use of those websites. Some U.S. states and foreign countries do not permit the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties or liability for certain categories of damages. Therefore, some or all of the limitations above may not apply to you to the extent they are prohibited or superseded by state or national provisions. Governing Law and Venue This Agreement shall be interpreted, construed and governed by the laws of the state of The State of VIC, without reference to its laws relating to conflicts of law and not including the provisions of the 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Venue for all disputes arising under this Agreement shall lie exclusively in state or federal courts of located in mycounty County and each party agrees not to contest the personal jurisdiction of these courts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd shall have the right to commence and prosecute any legal or equitable action or proceeding before any non-U.S. court of competent jurisdiction to obtain injunctive or other relief in the event that, in the opinion of ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd, such action is necessary or desirable. No action of ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd, other than an express written waiver or amendment, may be construed as a waiver or amendment of any of these Terms and Conditions of Use or Privacy Policy. Should any clause of these Terms and Conditions of Use or Privacy Policy be found unenforceable, wherever possible this will not affect any other clause and each will remain in full force and effect. We reserve the right to change these Terms and Conditions of Use, Licensing Agreement, the Privacy Policy, prices, information and available contractual license terms featured on this website without notice. These conditions set out the entire agreement between ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd and you relating to your use of this website. VALIDITY If any part of this agreement is found void and unenforceable, it will not affect the validity of the balance of the agreement, which shall remain valid and enforceable according to its terms.




ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd Privacy Policy     back to top


This privacy policy tells you about our online collection and use of data. ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd is committed to protecting your privacy. By using this site, you understand and agree to the terms of this policy. This site is owned by ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd LLC. and may be accessed in the United States and abroad.

Information we collect from this web site.
We collect personally identifiable information about you when you visit the site and input information, whether you are registering to use the site, enrolling or signing up for features and functions, ordering or purchasing images or in the course of any other exchanges of information, transactions and activities. We may use the information we obtain from you, including personally identifiable information, to tailor your experience on the site, to display content we think may be of interest to you or to let us customize what you see when you visit the site, according to your preferences.
When you visit this web site, some information may be collected automatically as part of the site's operation, such as your IP and e-mail addresses as well as navigational details. Your name, postal address, phone number, e-mail address, password and other information are collected when you register online with ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd.
If you wish to license an image from ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd your username, password, full name, telephone number, e-mail address and postal address, your credit card number and other personally identifying information is collected to complete the license agreement or to receive products or services. On occasions, we may use certain account information such as credit card number and company information of authorized users to conduct credit inquiries.
From time to time ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd may ask you questions about you or which might relate to your user preferences. This information may be linked to your personal information. Providing this kind of information is always voluntary. ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd also collects your orders, your searches and selections and other account information as part of your sales history with us. We do this in order to better serve you and improve the use of the ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd web site. We may also compile data in aggregate form so that we may better understand the users that are visiting our web site.

How we use the information we collect.
We may use information in any of the following ways :
1. For the purposes for which you specifically provided the information including, for example, to enable us to process, validate and verify orders for images.
2. To send you e-mail notifications about our new or existing products and web site, special offers, or to otherwise contact you.
3. To enhance existing features or develop new features, products and web sites.
4. To provide advertisers and other third parties with aggregate information about our user base and usage patterns.
5. To allow us to personalize the content and advertising that you and others see based on personal characteristics or preferences.

We may combine the information that we collect from you on the site with information that you provide to us in connection with your use of our other products or web sites.
We may hire other companies to provide services on our behalf including, without limitation, facilitating some aspects of the web site, sending e-mail and fulfilling purchase requests. These other companies may be supplied with or have access to your personally identifiable information solely for the purpose of providing these services to us or on our behalf.
We may use third parties, called third-party ad servers or ad networks, to deliver ads to you on our behalf. These third-party ad servers may be supplied with or have access to your personally identifiable information solely for the purpose of providing these services to us or on our behalf. They also may also collect and use non-personally identifiable information about your visits to the web site and other web sites in order to present advertisements that may be of interest to you.
Except as specifically set forth in this privacy policy, we will not share your personally identifiable information outside of ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd unless you "opt in" to having your personally identifiable information shared with a company that is not affiliated with us.
We may disclose and use personally identifiable information in special circumstances where it is necessary to enforce our End User License Agreement (for example, when necessary to protect our intellectual property rights).

Interactive services.
Our web site may include discussion forums or other interactive areas or services, including blogs, chat rooms, bulletin boards, message boards, online hosting or storage services or other areas or services in which you or third parties create, post or store any content, messages, comments, materials or other items on the sites ("Interactive Areas"). If you use an Interactive Area, you should be aware that these areas are open to the public and any personal information you post or provide at registration may be viewable by others. We are not responsible for personal information you submit in connection with the Interactive Areas, nor are we responsible for how others might use that information, including to send you unsolicited messages. Interactive Area postings may be retained indefinitely. If at any time you would like to remove a posting, please e-mail us at email-us. Keep in mind that removal of a posting from an Interactive Area does not mean that the posting will be deleted from our systems.

E-mail messages.
If you register on our web site, you may occasionally receive e-mail messages about the web site that are intended to assist you in making the most out of your registration. Such e-mail messages may contain a link that you may use to opt-out of receiving further such messages.

Cookies.
ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd uses "cookies" to enable you to sign in to our services and to help personalize your online experience. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard drive. Cookies contain information, including personal information, that can later be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. The information that cookies collect can include the date and time of your visit, your registration information, and your navigational and purchase history. Cookies are not linked to you as an individual and cannot be used to track where you have been either before or after you visit .
Cookies offer you many conveniences. They allow us to identify registered users when they return to the site so that they can retrieve previous image search results, access lightboxes and view their previous invoices. Cookies also save you time by eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information.
Most browsers allow you to decline cookies, but if you elect to do so, certain pages and user features such as lightboxes may not display properly. You are free to delete cookies after your session. Your browser should contain instructions on how to do this.

Ads for this web site.
When you view an ad for this web site on other sites, our third-party advertising company may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser. The web site and our advertising company may also use web beacons (invisible images often referred to as pixel tags or clear GIFs) to note which web site pages you visit after viewing our ads. Once again, the information that is collected through the use of these images is not personally identifiable and is used only to track response to our advertising efforts.

Data security.
We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your information and while no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure from intrusion, we have used, and will continue to use, commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the protection of your information. We continually assess new technology for protecting information and, when appropriate, we upgrade our information security systems.

Reviewing, updating or correcting your information.
If at any point you wish to access your personal information to (1) change your preferences, (2) review the accuracy or (3) correct, supplement or modify your information, you may inform us at email-us.

Links to other web sites.
We may link to web sites, including those of our subsidiaries and content providers, that have different privacy policies and practices from those disclosed here. We assume no responsibility for the policies or practices of such linked sites and encourage you to become acquainted with them prior to use.

Children.
ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd does not intend to either solicit or collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are under 18, you should not use or enter information on this web site.

Changes to this online privacy policy.
ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd reserves the right to modify its privacy policy at any time without notice. Any changes to the policy will be posted on this page. Your continued use of this web site will be deemed conclusive acceptance of such modification.

Legal disclaimer.
We may disclose personal information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law or to comply with a legal process served on our web site. If you have any questions about ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd's privacy policy or concerns about personal information you have supplied to ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd, please contact ANT Photo Library Pty Ltd Customer Service at : images@antphoto.com.au.