Anyone have experience with this agency

I am looking at potentially signing a contract with Redferns (music/concert

photography agency), but I am a bit unclear as to if I should go ahead and

finalize it. I have not worked with an agency before so I am a little

unclear... My biggest concern is it is a World territory, so I want to know

whether or not my live images will be exclusive to Redferns, or if I will be

able to sell them to other publications and clients? Redferns' response to this

was not clear enough for me, and went:

 

"You have the option to tell us where we may sell your images. If you already

have contacts in the USA then that;'s fine. If at some stage in the future you

get an agent in Romania, all you have to do is tell us and we won't sell your

pictures there. All we want to avoid is us both selling hard in the same

territories."

 

It is a 3 year term, and I get 50% of net receipts. I just feel a little

hesitant simply because of the statements I have seen in thI response I got from

them, such as, "If you haven't dealt with an agency before, I can understand

that you have questions but there is a limit!" or when inquiring about their

standing with clients or amount of photos sold this past year, "it's not that I

don't want to answer but would take too much time to collate information and I

ain't going to do it for one photographer!"

 

I'm not sure how these types of things work, so I'm hoping someone may be able

to steer me in the right direction. I have had a tough time selling my work

recently so I'm hoping for something to boost it, but I don't want to make a

mistake either. I'd appreciate any help...

Getting legal advice here is chancy at best. You should consult a lawyer to get a clean answer.