Jersey City, NJ/USA Tetra Images, a leading royalty free stock image production company, has announced the appointment of picture industry veteran Chuck Plante as its new Creative Director.
Plante is an established image industry veteran, having started out as a picture researcher at The image Bank in 1984 and subsequently enjoying a lengthy career at that company while holding such positions as Creative Manager and Director of Photography. rnrnPlante has also held the positions of Director of Photography and Collection Director at Getty Images, Visual Leader at Photonica (where he conceived and started the highly successful Iconica brand now owned by Getty Images), and most recently as VP Creative at amanaProductions, a subsidiary of amanaImages in Tokyo.
Tetra Images is known for relevant, conceptual pictures that earn an extremely high rate of return in the global marketplace, commented Tetra president Valerie Saunders. Chuck Plantes high standards and profound industry experience make him a great fit for the next stage in our companys growth, so were thrilled to have him on board.
Plantes role at Tetra will be twofold: to reinforce and guide the visual direction of the image collection, as well as recruit talented new photographers to join Tetras roster of contributors. Plantes unique eye and sensibilities honed in directing rights-managed picture collections will be a key factor in steering the evolution of Tetra Images high-end royalty free brand.
"Im excited to be teaming up with Tom Grill and the entire Tetra creative team, says Chuck Plante. Though still a relatively young brand, Tetra Images has achieved surprising revenue and profitability results in a very short timeframe. All the pieces seem to be in place for strong growth for both Tetra and the photographers who join us.
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