Sudden removal of simple photographs with no explanations

[Franz Sidney]

Hello fellow creators,

I can see I am not alone in this, but suddenly Adobe is filtering through my 4 year old stock photography and removing perfectly fine images with no explanation (link for review and undestand why does not take me there).

I do not and will never use AI for creating art or photography. I do hardly any editing (mostly cropping and histogram based adjustments)

Photos removed are well exposed, they are not duplicates, oir similat to anything, they do not infringe any copyright and are mostly taken with my house, garden and pets.

I am selling regularly and I would like to undertand just who is doing this filtering and based on what, to avoid uploading any photo that might be removed for the same reasons.

I have looked at all the forums to avoid duplicate posts but to be hones I cannot find out the principles behind the removal.

Thanks for your input!

PS I include below one the removed photos.

[Jill_C]

Are you certain that you have not duplicated this image in your portfolio? Adobe reported today that they are actively removing duplicates.

[Franz Sidney]

Thanks Jill! Good point. Hard to tell because they only show the first image, not the rest, but I've been very careful. Also, the message about duplicates came over a month ago and I think that is sorted. I have about 1000-2000 photos. 

[Jill_C]

Though the email regarding removing duplicates was sent over a month ago, Adobe has just started removing those duplicates. It appears they didn't delete all simultaneously, so the deletions might still be occurring.

[RALPH_L]

After reviewing the photos of mine that were removed, I determined that they had quality issues. I corrected the errors and resubmitted. Two days later, they were approved and readded back into my portfolio.

Your photo has quality issues. The reflection in the bottle.

[Franz Sidney]

That was good. However, in my particular case I got 2-3 emails, where they announced the removal of 2-8 assets, and only the FIRST image is disaplyed. The link does not take me anywhere. I spent ages looking in my rejected files and I cannot find out which ones have just been removed, so I cannot re submit them. This is why I am confused...

[Jill_C]

Removed/rejected assets are displayed in the "not accepted" tab in the sequence in which they were originally uploaded to Adobe Stock; therefore, the removed assets could be many pages back in your "not accepted" section.

[Franz Sidney]

Oh my! Really? What's wrong with the reflection?

[Nancy OShea]

Unwanted artifacts like this detract from your subject. A polarizing filter might have helped here.

[Franz Sidney]

Good point. I have 4 lenses and still no polarising filter. I will go edit that....thanks!

[Abambo]

Adobe gives an explanation, even if it is may be not obvious or satisfactory. Check your refusals for a new (strange) audit refusals.

You should also have gotten an e-mail at the end of February announcing these removals.

[Franz Sidney]

Yes I got that email. But there is no explanation. Just removal. And I am saying these are average good photos - not AI, not badly exposed....decent quality, good focused subject etc.

[Nancy OShea]

Averagely good might not be good enough by today's standards. 

Customers want Hi-Def images with good aesthetic appeal. They might be looking at download & sales activity, too.

[Franz Sidney]

Good point. I think the one with less appeal have been rejected to begin with. I shall wait and see, so far they have removed 12 photos!

[Abambo]

Yes I got that email.

By @Franz Sidney

But that e-mail should have told you that they performed an audit and found assets that should have been removed. They are, according to Adobe, removing duplicates.

[Colette_Becker1722]

trying to purchase footage today - suddenly gone! it was there yesterday!!!

[Colette_Becker1722]

now I have to explain to our client tomorrow why we can't deliver an edit that she looked at for weeks.

[Nancy OShea]

trying to purchase footage today - suddenly gone! it was there yesterday!!!

By @Colette_Becker1722

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Sorry for your disappointment. All assets are subject to removal. It could be due to a 'Take Down Notice' filed by a 3rd party.  Or the Contributor can elect to remove it. 

This is not unique to Stock.  It can happen at any royalty-free service.

If you're seriously contemplating a purchase, license & download it right away.

[Abambo]

trying to purchase footage today - suddenly gone! it was there yesterday!!!

By @Colette_Becker1722

That may have multiple reasons.