  We discuss the role of hyperon resonances in the u-channel when modeling p
(gamma,K+)Lambda processes in an effective Lagrangian approach. Without the
introduction of hyperon resonances, one is forced to use soft hadronic form
factors with a cutoff mass which is at best two times the kaon mass. After
inclusion of the hyperon resonances in the u-channel, we obtain a fair
description of the data with a cutoff mass of the order of 1.8 GeV.
