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So, using Jesus (of Nazareth, or the Abrahamic messiah, the Christ) as an example, most likely the profile is owned by an IMDb staff member, or otherwise a volunteer talent representative. There are many other name profiles like this, but largely only for persons or figures who died before 1880 or so.

The images in Jesus' IMDb gallery are publicity images, not IMDbPro images, so I kind of have to retract using him as an example.

How about a child of someone in your data base with no photo?

There are millions of children in "our" database and with no photos.

Hi, vhavnal. Judging from the responses given on this subject by IMDb staff members, the staff can't or won't adjust images uploaded directly to title galleries in such a way that the images can be applied as primary images. Presumably they merely want to sell more IMDbPro subscriptions (to fund IMDb, no doubt), but maybe the software behind IMDb is setup to so that only existing publicity images can be applied in this manner.

actually, they refuse to adjust, that is true but if a profile has "no images", they are more than happy for any form of images being added, like that Jesus profile you mentioned earlier (pretty sure that's not Jesus cause he was a brown fella with brown eyes :p ) In previous years they have linked "free" images being added to a title that person was part of to their actual profile so i don't think that has changed provided that actor has died or was part of an era where images were hard to come by thus the silent film era. Any image taken in the US before 1948 is in the public domain so it can be used freely without worrying about copyright infringements. IMDbPro Subscriptions is ok for  "active" actors, its not like the OP wants someone to add a picture of  some new actor who has broken into the industry recently..IMDb actually has a deal with mptvimages which houses a lot of old images so if you can find a good image there of an actor who currently has no image on their profile, you can request it here.

Thanks folks, for the links, suggestions and hits on the thread. 

Who knows, perhaps they will garner some attention :)   I'm collecting fotos of several actors and will upload them all at once, to their individual galleries.. 

You're the best!!    I am unfamiliar with mptvimages ........... sounds intriguing!  

Thank you, again! 

So, I checked out mptv and their Lon Chaney, Sr fotos (since they didn't have anything on the more obscure actor I'm working on) and despite being from 1921 there was a watermark across the center and the following attached:

"This image is protected by international copyright laws. It may not be copied, downloaded, printed or reproduced in any manner without the express written permission of mptv. All Rights Reserved. For non editorial use, additional third party clearances may be required. Please contact an mptv representative."   

hahha  so much for public domain!   

nah they don't own rights to those images, no one does, per US laws, any image over 70 years is in the public domain, i know this because i had been on wikimedia for over 11 years and i'm very familiar with image copyrights.

Well, for my purposes, which are merely private research & enjoyment and nothing public, I'm not too concerned.   There's an easy way around their watermark and to be honest, they didn't have anything unique.   

Thank you, though. You just NEVER know!

:) 

I’ve asked and asked. Family members can’t even add the photos of deceased listed movie makers / actors whose credits are posted. Without opening an account. I’m not in the biz. It makes no sense. Out of respect we should be able to post a photo of these talented folks. It would keep IMDB up to date as a reliable film data source.

I'm sorry to hear that, Tina Brigham Myles Ige. You're not alone, so it is what it is, or perhaps now it was what it was.