Terms & Conditions

General Terms of Service

1. Terms and Definitions:
(a) picture includes a photograph, images, transparency, negative, digital scan, design, artwork, painting, montage drawing, engraving or any other item which may be offered for the purposes of reproduction;

(b) reproduction includes any form of publication or copying of the whole or part of any picture and whether or not altered by printing, photography, slide projection (whether or not to an audience) xerography, artist’s reference, artist’s illustration, layout or presentation, electronic or mechanical reproduction or storage by any other means;

(c) the Photographer (otherwise known as David Dixon) is the Author of the photograph or the Photographer.

(d) the Client is the person or organisation to whom the invoice is addressed (whether or not the Client is acting for a third party);

(e) Imagine Oxford Photography administers the licensing of the works of the Photographer, David Dixon and is a trading name of David Dixon Photography (David Dixon).

(f) These terms and conditions represent the entirety of the agreement between Imagine Oxford Photography and the Client. Any variation is only applicable when agreed in advance and in writing;

2. Copyright and Ownership of Materials:
(a) The entire copyright in the pictures is retained by the Photographer, David Dixon at all times throughout the world and is administered by Imagine Oxford Photography;

(b) Title to all photographs remains the property of the Photographer;

(c) Images will be licensed for use for a specified period (unlimited in the case of property or real estate photography) or as agreed when work is commissioned. When the License to Use has expired, the images should be returned to the Photographer and a written undertaking given that all digital files have been destroyed. The Client is expected to comply with this requirement within 30 days of expiration of the License to Use. The Photographer reserves the right to make an additional charge for continued use after this period;

(d) The Photographer, as administered by Imagine Oxford Photography, supplies the technical and artistic ability to illustrate an idea photographically, and sells the right to reproduce those pictures in a given context. No property or copyright in any pictures shall pass to the Client whether on its submission or on Imagine Oxford Photography’s grant of reproduction rights in respect thereof;

(e) David Dixon asserts both his moral right to be identified as the author of his work and the right to a credit is asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988;


3. Use and Reproduction:
(a) The License to Use only comes into effect once full payment of the invoice has been made. No use may be made of the images until full and final payment – including any late payment charges that may have been levied – has been received by Imagine Oxford Photography;

(b) Permission in writing may be granted for image use before payment, however this permission will be immediately revoked if payment of the invoice is not made by the timescale stated on the invoice;

(c) Reproduction rights granted are personal to the Client and may not be assigned, nor may any picture submitted to the Client be loaned or transferred to third parties save for the purpose of the exercise by the Client of such reproduction rights;

(d) Any reproduction rights granted are by way of licence and no partial or other assignment of copyright shall be implied;

(e) Imagine Oxford Photography reserves the right to refuse to supply or grant a reproduction licence to a third party when requested to do so by the Client;

(f) In the case of printed publications, three copies of the relevant pages containing any picture supplied are to be furnished to Imagine Oxford Photography free of charge within two weeks. In other media, evidence of use must be made available if requested;

(g) On the Client’s death or bankruptcy or (if the Client is a company) in the event of a Resolution, Petition or Order for winding up being made against it, or if a Receiver is appointed, Imagine Oxford Photography may at any time thereafter inspect any records, accounts and books relating to the reproduction of its pictures to ensure that the pictures are being used only in accordance with the reproduction rights granted to the Client.