AgriPix – Not just a stock image library

(originally posted April ’26)

(Not written with any AI assist but from the heart)

I did some research before creating AgriPix and learned there are a few other local image libraries who’ve been connecting local clients with great Aussie images for years.

But they’re not direct competitors.

In fact, they’re quite different when you understand what AgriPix is aiming for.

Others are more focused on the traditional agency model, staging bespoke professional photo shoots with lighting and paid models.

And they’re doing a great, much needed job.

But there is a huge difference between them and what AgriPix is all about.

And that is collecting metadata associated with all images.

This makes AgriPix a unique platform.

And that’s what’s going to make AgriPix a valuable resource beyond the role of the traditional agency model.

This value will manifest itself one day when people can search for a great image of, for example, barley growing or being harvested, and also being able to see what variety of barley it is, where it’s grown, whether it’s been fertilised, irrigated, sprayed, when it was sewn and maybe even what soil type is present and how much rain it’s had.

And eventually end users will be able to compare images of the same type of crop, breed of livestock or horticultural species at different growth stages in different regions.

And machinery, infrastructure, landscapes, native flora and fauna…everything!

My dream is that AgriPix will one day delve into the realm of citizen science and be a valuable resource not only for marketers but for industry, education, and science.

And AgriPix is a platform anyone can to contribute to.

You don’t need to be a professional and apply with a polished CV.

Farmers, students and travellers with a phone camera are as welcome to contribute as are more experienced artists.

The library is already growing, therefore so is its value as a knowledge resource to the wider community.

Join us if you have a camera, even a phone camera will do, and tell your visual stories about rural and regional Australia.

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Photos:
European bee helping pollinate a Mexican poppy (weed) by Leesa Baldwin
A three-month old Charolais calf – Central Highlands, Qld. by Leesa Baldwin
Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) taken at sunset in the Bunya Mountains Rainforest by Richard Cox