Copyright Notice

Unless otherwise noted, all photographs, text, and logos displayed on this web site are the sole property of David Fonda and Fonda Photographic and have been registered with the United States Copyright Office and are therefore protected by United States copyright law. They may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the prior written permission of Fonda Photographic. You may not copy, reproduce, crop, manipulate, or otherwise alter, or remove any copyright notice from copies of the photographs contained on this web site. The use of any images or other materials contained herein, in whole or in part, for any purpose other than the private viewing of them online, without the prior written consent of Fonda Photographic is prohibited. Not-for-profit use may be granted on an individual basis. For media requests, please contact us prior to publication.

Limited use of watermarked, low-resolution copies of images displayed on this web site is permitted for non-commercial blogs and editorial web sites with the following conditions:

  • Permission to use any image on this website for blog posts and editorial use must be requested in advance. Please contact us with the URL of the page where the image will be posted on your web site.

  • It is not permitted to remove or crop the copyright watermark from our images.

  • A photo credit link to our website must be placed on any web page where the image is used.

  • Photo credit links must be valid HTML and contain no javascript, redirects, or link-blocking code such as nofollow tags. All links back to our site must remain unblocked for as long as the image is used.

We monitor usage of our images and will request the removal of any image which is not accompanied by an acceptable credit link.

Fonda Photographic utilizes image tracking services and image search sites to monitor infringements of our images. The recovery services scour the internet for infringed uses of our images and notifies us when they are found. We reserve the right to bill any party who has infringed on our copyright and is using our images without permission or a valid license. Infringing parties are contacted by our legal counsel and action is taken against parties who do not respond. You should always make sure that any third party web or graphic designer you hire submits copies of valid licenses or proof of payment for the images being used on your website or you, the site owner, can be sued for damages.

Artificial Intelligence Statement

Under no circumstance are the works presented on this site intended to be included for use in any artificial intelligence (“AI”) collection or training data set. Photographer David Fonda is the sole creator of the images displayed on this website and the sole copyright holder of the images and text presented on this website. The images may not be included in any data set or AI platform without the express consent of the Photographer.