New Website Sells Photos

The website ‘Rangeetar’ (literally meaning more colorful), an online platform for the purchase and sale of Iranian photographs has been launched. Available at rangeetar.com, the website so far contains over 20,000 photographs on nature, city life, architecture, working environment and people among others, according to Webna (Webna.ir), a news agency covering Iranian websites. Rangeetar seeks to serve as a bridge between photographers wanting to sell their works and buyers. Both sides should be members of the website before benefiting from its services. Updated daily, the platform contains only copyrighted photographs. A topical search is also available. Photos in the website are ranked and based on their price. Those ranked A are of high resolution and rare subjects. They can be used for use in billboards and commercial packing. A photo can be bought from $2.45 (100,000 rials) to $7.35 (300,000 rials).  he lower qualities and more common subjects are categorized from B to D. Photos in D category are as good as a desktop wallpaper and priced between $1.22 (50,000 rials) and $2.45 (100,000 rials). B photos come at $2.45-$4.9 (100,000-200,000 rials) and those in C category are tagged at $1.84-$3.68 (75,000-150,000 rials).