About a year ago, Getty Images started a partnership with Flickr, which allowed any Flickr user to elect to place a Getty Images licensing request link on their photos. I did so. Recently someone expressed an interest in licensing one of my photos via this link, and so I’ve been invited to become a Getty Images contributor! So far, four of my photos have been selected for inclusion in the Getty Images Collection.
As an invited contributor I can now submit up to 25 new photos per month for consideration by the Getty editors. They’re very selective about which images they accept, but hopefully my contribution there will grow over time. :-)