Joining DACS Images: what you need to know
Before joining DACS Images, it’s important to understand the standards we uphold to protect your copyright and ensure your work is represented to the highest quality.
The key criteria for membership, includes your rights and responsibilities as an artist, our image quality requirements, and the submission guidelines we ask all contributors to follow.
Your rights and responsibilities
- Can you confirm that all submitted works are your own original creations and that you hold full copyright?
- Are you willing to grant DACS and our international sister societies the right to display, distribute, and license your images for commercial use?
- Can you confirm that your submissions do not infringe on any third-party copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights?
- If your artwork includes recognisable individuals, can you provide upon request signed model releases confirming you have permission to use their likeness?
Image quality standards
To ensure high-quality reproduction, all submitted images must meet the following criteria:
- Minimum resolution: 3000 pixels on the shortest side
- Accepted formats: TIFF, PNG, or high-quality JPEG (minimal compression)
- Colour profiles: RGB or CMYK
- No visible compression artifacts (e.g. banding or pixelation)
- Sharp focus and balanced lighting throughout
- Free from watermarks, signatures, or text overlays
- Minimal noise or grain, particularly in low-light areas
- Consistent sharpness and detail across the entire image
- Any editing or retouching should appear natural
- Colour representation should reflect the original artwork accurately
- Each image must be submitted with the correct metadata, including title, year, medium, dimensions, work type, and any relevant credits.
- A photography credit should also be included.
Image limits
To ensure quality and consistency across the platform, DACS reserves the right to:
- cap the number of your works on DACS Images to 50
- limit the number of images per individual work to a maximum of 3
Ready to join DACS Images?
If you meet our criteria and are ready to have your work represented and licensed by DACS, follow our simple registration process to get started.
- If you’re already a DACS Licensing member, email membership@dacs.org.uk to register your interest.
- If you’re not yet a member, sign up for DACS Licensing below: