Is Getty Splitting Sales Of 'Editorial' Images With Celeb Subjects?

A blogger at Photo Business Forum noticed something strange about some Getty Images photo credits on pictures featuring Kim Kardashian.

These are not portraits, but paparazzi-style “look, I captured this famous celebrity on her way to the mall/gas station/dinner” or whatever.

Instead of saying “Frazer Harrison/WireImage” the credit reads “Frazer Harrison/KA/WireImage,” which blogger John Harrington thought was odd.

Until you realize that “KA” could easily stand for the first two letters in Kim’s last name.

Photos of Kim’s sister Kourtney that have surfaced on Getty have a different two-letter code, KK, which appears, interestingly enough, in both unposed shots of Kourtney and a portrait session of her—taken

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