A Photo Editor

Jackie Alpers wrote:
Gallery Stock is really good. Also Magnum.

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 8:47 am ¶
sacha wrote:
news/features

noorimages.com
polarisimages.com/
worldpicturenews.com
magnumphotos.com
viiphoto.com
photo.kyodonews.com/
landov.com
contactpressimages.com
empics.com (sport)
invisu.fr/
tassphoto.com (russia/eastern europe)
laif.de
sipausa.com
zumapress.com

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 9:02 am ¶
sacha wrote:
Photographers Group

lightstalkers.org

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 9:10 am ¶
John Schweikert wrote:
Masterfile.com – some very nice imagery I’ve always looked to when I get “photogs block”.

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 9:14 am ¶
Jeremy M. Lange wrote:
Yes, I am biased, but we have some good stuff at AtlasPressphoto.com

thanks
jeremy

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 9:16 am ¶
Cameron Davidson wrote:
http://www.aerialstock.com

My aerial portal with some images pushed to PhotoShelter.

PhotoShelter has a widget that allows you to show your images via the widget on a blog or site.

Don’t know if this will work. Here is the code.

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 9:25 am ¶
jay wrote:
appropriately titled, especially the last one maybe you needed a group that is title “agencies with more than 11.15 million images, and counting”

thanks for compiling these list, always nice to see what is out there and I always seem to learn of a new one…

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 9:26 am ¶
Chris Thomaidis wrote:
Toronto based stockthatdoesntsuck.com. Love the name.

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 9:31 am ¶
dani wrote:
what, all “microstock” is crap?

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 9:47 am ¶
Ed Fladung wrote:
when i first read this list, i thought the comment section would be going crazy. but it’s quite tame. and helpful. nice.

thanks for the good resource.

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 10:09 am ¶
dude wrote:
In my opinion, the “crap” file should be much more inclusive.

The more boutique-y agencies tend to have beautiful images but their usage tends to be limited (A&C Archive’s Vogue Italia shoots don’t exactly have full model releases, not that they’d license them to you anyway unless it’s for a Vogue).

For some reason, there’s an assumption with the other agencies that image buyers WANT a picture of guy wearing an elephant head with a little girl under his arm or a deer in a parking garage (WTF???).

If I see another image of businessmen shaking hands or a globe or badly retouched money flying out of the tailpipe of a car I’ll puke.

The funny thing about stock is that based on the new offerings every season, all of the agencies seem to have the same creative brief.

Ha.

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 10:09 am ¶
Ken Cavanagh wrote:
http://www.photoresearchers.com

One of the best science stock resources out there. I am a contributor, but not so much to the science division.

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 10:32 am ¶
Ramses Moya wrote:
Yeah – another vote for Masterfile… Its actually well known agency – small and private….

RM

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 10:38 am ¶
Cotton Coulson wrote:
I would also include http://www.milim.com/

Millennium in London

cotton

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 10:44 am ¶
Gavin Gough wrote:
http://www.lonelyplanetimages.com (linked to Lonely Planet Publishing)

http://www.trevillion.com (Fine art-ish)

http://www.4cornersimages.com (lovely, contemporary travel)

I must declare an interest in the first two but the third doesn’t represent me although I have had dealings with them.

I was surprised that Lonely Planet hadn’t popped up on your list. Perhaps it’s more well-known in Europe and Australasia?

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 10:44 am ¶
Jennifer wrote:
From my photo editing days: folio-id.com
Great beauty and fitness. Also, Kennethwillardt.com

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 10:47 am ¶
Jess wrote:
Ibid used to be solely black and white; a couple of years ago they started adding color. It’s a boutique house for sure–mostly portrait based.

Ibid

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 10:49 am ¶
Jess wrote:
Well scratch that. They apparently closed up shop at the beginning of this year.

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 10:50 am ¶
chris wrote:
What about:

http://www.eurostock.us/_stock

and

http://www.gallerystock.com

High end rights managed-

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 10:56 am ¶
DH wrote:
Dude wrote:
For some reason, there’s an assumption with the other agencies that image buyers WANT a picture of guy wearing an elephant head with a little girl under his arm or a deer in a parking garage (WTF???).

If you can do this stuff very well, I think there has been pressure to produce it to make the agency look hip and maybe win some awards (APA etc., etc.). Truth is of course most of this stuff hardly ever sells (there are rare exceptions). Best you can hope for is to produce something nice for your book and maybe make a few hundred $ for the trouble. That’s my experience anyway, if someone else out there has spent serious money producing this kind of work for stock and has done very well from sales please speak up.

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 10:59 am ¶
Maris Berzins wrote:
Thank you for having Digital Railroad in your list. I have to point out that we are much more then just a photographer’s group (I was glad to see some of our members called out as needing to be added to your list). Our Marketplace (http://marketplace.digitalrailroad.net) is a great destination for buyers looking for high quality, diverse content that they can’t find anywhere else. I’d argue we could be both in the General and in the Photographers Groups sections. See our Marketplace blog for some of the places the great work of our photographers is being used (http://blog.digitalrailroad.net/marketplace/). Thanks.

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 11:18 am ¶
EW wrote:
Swedish – http://www.folio.se

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 11:27 am ¶
Chris wrote:
Retna?
http://www.retna.com

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 11:37 am ¶
C wrote:
http://www.maion.com/photography/index.html

Jeff Maion – French photographer lives in Finland.

Very Scandavian looking images.

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 12:06 pm ¶
Letty wrote:
This is great! I also like http://www.Laif.de and http://www.fototeca9×12.com for travel stuff…

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 12:40 pm ¶
Letty wrote:
http://www.linkimage.com/

is also fun too for travel – swedish I think

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 12:42 pm ¶
elizabeth wrote:
How come F-Stop is listed in both Crap and Boutique?

And yes, Retna.

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 12:45 pm ¶
A Photo Editor wrote:
Keep them coming. I’ll make changes to the list in a little bit. Should be a good resource for everyone.

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brittain Reply:
January 26th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
@A Photo Editor,

Lots from me:

Trunk Archive… for celebrity syndication, fashion, beauty. Lesley Simitch’s new gig.

http://www.trunkarchive.com/

Also, Idols for portraits, heavy music in the UK

http://www.idols.co.uk/main.jsp

Jed Root for lotsa Michael Thompson

http://www.jedroot.com/syndication-main.html

Lamoine of course

http://www.lamoine.com/syndication/

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 1:08 pm ¶
Charles Peterson wrote:
Yeah, Retna is a big oversight.

I like the comments on the absurdly hip images promoted by the likes of Getty etc. I always wondered how that work sold. The more subtle ambiguous fine art stuff (though none of it “produced”) I have with them has never done that well. Of course it’s the work I like to make so go figure.

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 1:55 pm ¶
Dayna Bealy wrote:
another good one in the aerials dept is Landslides
http://www.landslides.com/

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 2:09 pm ¶
Peter wrote:
Here are two more for the list:

First Light
http://www.firstlight.com

and

All Canada Photos
http://www.allcanadaphotos.com

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 2:15 pm ¶
Jesse wrote:
I was wondering what any buyers or photographers think of Photo Shelter, as well as it’s collection section. I’m not to familiar with the stock market. I was kind of surprised were APE placed it until I compared it to others.

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 2:36 pm ¶
Whit wrote:
Love this.

But let’s not forget the amazing Photofest (http://www.photofestnyc.com/)!!! For anything vintage, movies, pop culture.

There is also, for architecture: Esto, Arcaid, the Interior Archive…

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 2:44 pm ¶
Richard wrote:
a great one for photographer’s groups: naturephotographers.net

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 2:46 pm ¶
dude wrote:
I can’t believe nobody has mentioned the craptastic bokelberg.com!!!

The guy is a legend in fantastically bland lifestyle imagery (in my humble opinion) and deserves a mention in the annals of stock.

I heard a story that he fired Getty because he makes more money on his own and has an entire legal team working in-house to pursue copyright violations. May not be true, but makes a fun story.

Speaking of firing Getty, there’s also babystock.com – Penny lost a lawsuit against Getty where she claimed their art directors were having other photographers shoot commissioned stock copies of her work (so Getty can take a larger 90-96% commission instead of the measly 60-70% they take on non-commissioned work). The judge found in favor of Getty but I guess that’s what happens when you’re up against a company that has a gazillion dollars in legal services at your disposal. Personally, I know enough people who know people who claim they’ve been directed to do similar things by Getty art directors so I believe Penny, but that’s just me.

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 3:26 pm ¶
Andy wrote:
http://www.wonderfulmachine.com is a good one.

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 4:29 pm ¶
meredith wrote:
im with http://jbgphoto.com for syndication, they seem to do well for me.

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 4:37 pm ¶
kiki wrote:
pixintl.com has a nice variety of entertainment based out of Chicago.
I use to be a photo researcher(1982-90 and then again in 2006) and bought alot of material from them based on the fact that–being in a different region than LA or NYC the photos didn’t look the same and they had alot of subjects that the big guys didn’t bother covering.

kiki

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 5:21 pm ¶
Jeff C. wrote:
I list with Stock Image Database at StociImageAgency.com. Small, but people and children image focused.

http://stockimageagency.com

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 6:17 pm ¶
Ryan wrote:
Sorry for the plug of my own company…I have to at least mention it: http://www.tidalstock.com

We are a very small ocean, water and life, stock photography company. We are in the process of building an all new website and hope to be launching it in the near future!

Thanks
Ryan Cardone

#32–Jesse: I have stuff on photoshelter’s stock site and so far I am really liking what they are doing.

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 6:30 pm ¶
Stacy wrote:
http://www.plainpicture.com/

Really beautiful general creative images.

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 6:33 pm ¶
Tony wrote:
Just to fill in some missing links, these are more features than stock, but if Magnum,VII and Noor are up…..

…………….. http://www.agencevu.com

Collectives: http://www.tendancefloue.net
http://www.oeilpublic.com
http://www.oculi.com.au

No sweeteners added.

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 7:00 pm ¶
ShaolinTiger wrote:
Photographers groups maybe add Smugmug and Zenfolio – maybe Zoomr too (the new Flickr challenger).

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 11:34 pm ¶
James Godman wrote:
http://www.luckypix.com

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Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 11:43 pm ¶
Niklas wrote:
Hi everybody,

here’s a great photo agency from Zurich, Switzerland.

http://www.sodapix.com

Really creative photos brought to you by a young and aspiring team. RF & RM. All that journalists, creative directors etc. need for delivering great work.

Check their website!

Niklas

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 3:28 am ¶
Thomas Pickard wrote:
#15 – I’m pretty sure Lonely Planet Images was purchased some time ago by BBC – so no longer linked to Lonely Planet Publishing.

#32 – I actually sent PE an email asking the same question – no response (fair enough!), but I too was surprised to see it in the first list. Still interested in knowing what the PE thinks.

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 4:26 am ¶
John Brown wrote:
Have a look at Mondolibrary.com

JB

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 5:27 am ¶
Giovanni Del Brenna wrote:
Impressive resource I should say!

Biased as it could be as I work for them: GraziaNeri Agency (www.grazianeri.com)

but to balance I’ll give also the direct competitor in Italy : Contrasto (www.contrasto.it) that have great work too.

and it’s really nice to have an insight of the work of the photo editor!

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 5:51 am ¶
Jason wrote:
Groups:

Altpick.com [ http://altpick.com ]
SportsShooter.com [ http://www.sportsshooter.com ]

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 9:18 am ¶
Ryan wrote:
Thanks Rob for putting us on the list….
best,
Ryan Cardone
Tidalstock.com

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 9:37 am ¶
Brad Wenner wrote:
Good to see PhotoShelter Collection near the top of the list.. I’ve just started to move some images there and have been impressed with their service, they are very photographer friendly.

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 9:51 am ¶
PhotoStock-Israel wrote:
Thanks for the list

Take a look at http://www.PhotoStock-Israel.com a young and dynamic photographers cooperation representing 40 of Israel’s fines.
http://www.PhotoStock-Israel.com covers Israel, Judaism Christianity and almost any other image you may need

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 10:06 am ¶
A Photo Editor wrote:
@ 32. & 46.: I just used photoshelter for a stock pull and I put them in the same group as the big boys. I’ve heard they have a team of “real” photo editors working behind the scenes and I can certainly tell because the standards for the collection are high.

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 11:33 am ¶
A Photo Editor wrote:
I don’t use RF or images without captions so no need to drop their link here. My crap list is full. RF may be fine for some uses but it’s worthless in national editorial.

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 11:46 am ¶
Daryl wrote:
Envision is excellent.
They have my work and a lot of other cool images.
http://www.envision-stock.com

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 11:56 am ¶
KML wrote:
Mike Watson’s http://www.moodboard.com/

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 12:12 pm ¶
Stick it to the man wrote:
Blendimages.com has the best ethnically diverse lifestyle content out there…period. And its a co-op run by the best photographers in the biz. Gotta love that.

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 12:15 pm ¶
Ryan wrote:
Polaris Images is more than a news photo agency, they are heavy into features and long-term documentary stories.

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 12:30 pm ¶
Letty wrote:
Re: Photoshelter, I am a photo editor at a nat’l monthly and I am all about using them. Using Getty feels like shopping at Wal-mart to me. (minus the cheap prices!)

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 1:12 pm ¶
pony wrote:
if you think getty is like walmart why is photoshelter hiring getty people? maybe photoshelter wants to be like walmart?

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 1:45 pm ¶
Letty wrote:
Woah

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 2:49 pm ¶
Mary A. wrote:
SuperStock and Photo Researchers do not belong on your “More General, Not So Good” lists. Both of those sources have come up with a lot of winners for me. Also “PhotoTakeUSA” belongs on a science/ medical list with Photo Researchers.

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 3:01 pm ¶
Thomas Pickard wrote:
#60 – Because Getty got to where it is – in part – by outstanding marketing and distribution, so Photoshelter hiring some of those people is the best thing it can do. Photoshelter will never be like Getty – period.

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 3:04 pm ¶
Le Petit Jambon wrote:
You should work in educational publishing – now there’s where you get the impossible, “You must be Fing kidding me,” type of spec requests.

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 3:20 pm ¶
Lauren Robinson wrote:
I really like the following:

Lebrecht Music + Arts http://www.lebrecht.co.uk
Redferns http://www.redferns.com/
The Bridgeman Art Library http://www.bridgemanart.com/
Art Resource http://www.artres.com
NHPA http://www.nhpa.co.uk/
Dembinsky Photo Associates http://www.dpaphoto.com/
DRK Photo http://www.drkphoto.com

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 3:49 pm ¶
Mariana Vasconcellos wrote:
I see AP and Reuters.. Any reason for not including AFP?

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 4:18 pm ¶
avs wrote:
http://www.trunkimages.com

and a lot of photo agencies handle their own syndication.

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 5:54 pm ¶
Felipe Russo wrote:
im a brazilian photographer so for Brazil see:

http://www.sambaphoto.com

Cheers!!

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 6:04 pm ¶
David McIntyre wrote:
Black Star

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Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 10:26 pm ¶
Chris Geoge wrote:
http://www.arcangel-images.com
Some interesting stuff and certainly ‘off the beaten track’

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Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 12:17 am ¶
Sam Morgan Moore wrote:
I admit that I run/contribute to

http://www.beachfeature.com

UK Coastal images and surfing etc

S

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Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 12:25 am ¶
amyvcooper wrote:
this made my week!

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Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 1:21 am ¶
Eric Hamilton wrote:
Include information about how to submit, and you’ll be giving The Photographer’s Market a run for their money…

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Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 5:25 am ¶
Jamie Klingler wrote:
We also use Rex Features consistently….

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Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 6:53 am ¶
Randy wrote:
Could you please add-

Stock Company name is : dcstockimages.com

http://www.dcstockimages.com

Thanks!

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Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 7:09 am ¶
Karen Coates wrote:
You’re missing OnAsia, http://www.onasia.com. I can’t think of an agency with a more complete Asia archive and talented crew of members spanning the region. I’ve been reporting in Southeast Asia for a decade. My editors use OnAsia regularly.

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Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 11:39 am ¶
Erin wrote:
http://www.monsoonimages.com has a gorgeous collection.

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Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 11:43 am ¶
Annie wrote:
Don’t forget mainstream gay & lesbian stock! http://www.outloudstock.com

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Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 1:21 pm ¶
Jerry wrote:
A second vote here for http://www.onasia.com, this time from a member.
Whole lotta Asia photos.
They also happen to be good to work for as a photographer (my humble opinion), something I rarely hear from other agency photographers.

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Posted 01 Mar 2008 at 12:41 am ¶
Jeremy Gray wrote:
#15 & #46: To clarify, BBC Worldwide bought a controlling stake in both Lonely Planet Publications and Lonely Planet Images (LPI) in October 2007. LP Publications is still LPI’s biggest customer.

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Posted 01 Mar 2008 at 4:06 am ¶
Quang-Tuan Luong wrote:
Here is a plug for two specialty areas of my site, which I believe are quite unique (mostly under Wildlife/Nature/Scenic):

http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/
Images from all 58 US National parks

http://www.terragalleria.com/large-format/
Large format images (from 5×7 film), all pre-scanned to 300MB

Tuan

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Posted 01 Mar 2008 at 4:24 am ¶
RPasley wrote:
I’m a partner in this healthcare and medical website:
http://www.doctorstock.com

RP

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Posted 01 Mar 2008 at 1:04 pm ¶
Eric Millette wrote:
http://www.BigShotStock.com
50 editorial photographers supplying editorial stock portraits.

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Posted 01 Mar 2008 at 5:03 pm ¶
Raphael Günther wrote:
http://www.sambaphoto.com

Brazilian

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Posted 01 Mar 2008 at 6:14 pm ¶
Archie wrote:
For sports check out http://www.isiphoto.com. They’re great people to work with as well!

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Posted 02 Mar 2008 at 4:39 pm ¶
Marcela Arbelaez wrote:
I think I love you… What a list!

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Posted 02 Mar 2008 at 6:08 pm ¶
blackshadow wrote:
A good music specific site is http://www.musicpictures.com

I guess while I’m at it I should plug my own work at http://www.blackshadow.com.au

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Posted 02 Mar 2008 at 8:06 pm ¶
ScubaShot wrote:
I also like CalSport Media for sports (http://www.calsportmedia.com/).

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Posted 02 Mar 2008 at 9:48 pm ¶
lane wrote:
For region specific: http://www.photonewzealand.com/

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Posted 03 Mar 2008 at 5:39 am ¶
Nick Turpin wrote:
Every stock photo sold is a photographer uncommissioned. I can’t help thinking the whole stock industry is good for a few stock photographers in the short term but bad financially and creatively for the whole industry in the long term.

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Posted 03 Mar 2008 at 5:53 am ¶
Fleetwood wrote:
Hi Rob Haggart

Re your stock photography list, unless l missed it in the list would you consider adding, http://www.worldpanoramastock.com

Best regards, Andrew

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Posted 03 Mar 2008 at 11:05 am ¶
Enrique Aguirre wrote:
two more for the list…

OSF Oxford Scientific (http://ww3.osf.co.uk/)

AGE fotostock (http://www.agefotostock.com)

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Posted 03 Mar 2008 at 6:10 pm ¶
Dayna wrote:
in the art category, another good one based in london and teamed up with ILN is the Mary Evans Picture Library
http://www.maryevans.com/

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Posted 06 Mar 2008 at 10:37 am ¶
Sara Elder wrote:
Excellent information, thanks! For travel and wildlife stock, I recommend Paul Souders’ site, http://www.worldfoto.com.

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Posted 07 Mar 2008 at 1:18 pm ¶
Jeff Greenberg wrote:
A good idea gone bad.

A critical directory created by photo buyers is a good idea.
A tunnel vision list dominated by biased shooters is useless.
Shooters are almost never buyers.

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Posted 07 Mar 2008 at 7:18 pm ¶
sonja orlowski wrote:
As a freelance photo editor for mostly fashion, lifestyle and beauty clients. One of my favorite stock agency is folio-id.com in new york. They have absolutely great photography and are simply professional. Btw, they are missing on the list of stock agencies here and I would put them right up on top of the list.

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Posted 07 Mar 2008 at 7:31 pm ¶
tasha wrote:
http://folio-id.com it is!

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Posted 07 Mar 2008 at 7:37 pm ¶
A Photo Editor wrote:
Uh, Greenberg… this is my list. I’ve been using it for years.

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Richard Reply:
May 23rd, 2009 at 8:22 pm
@A Photo Editor,

hi

just wondering why AFP isn’t on your list? It’s been one of the big three worldwide news agencies – and White House pool member – since the mid-80s. While many of the images are now distributed by Getty within the US, that arrangement is North America only and much of the world knows the AFP brand name by itself.

Of course I’m biased since I work for them, but have to say that any comprehensive list should include it for worldwide members.

best
richard

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Posted 07 Mar 2008 at 8:04 pm ¶
tom wrote:
Wildlife/Nature/Scenic

http://www.marcadamus.com

Just won Banff …

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Posted 08 Mar 2008 at 1:25 am ¶
Numa wrote:
News & Features:
http://www.aliseipress.com

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Posted 08 Mar 2008 at 8:30 am ¶
Sylvie wrote:
How does anyone manage to get a password for Rex Features? Any help would be greatly appreciated because they don’t seem to want to deal with a small company like mine.

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Posted 08 Mar 2008 at 9:51 am ¶
Peter wrote:
Glad this list is here. I just licensed an array of 1980s rock and roll gems for a compilation book I am editing. I found images at http://www.pixintl.com that I could not find at the bigger agencies and unlike some of the big agencies they were very easy to deal with.

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Posted 13 Mar 2008 at 9:49 pm ¶
sinuhe wrote:
As a visual style editor for live action commercials this list has been an invaluable resource. I thought I knew most, but I was way off.

Thanks.

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Posted 16 Mar 2008 at 2:43 pm ¶
Noni wrote:
What about Age Fotostock? Anyone like them – as a buyer or as a photographer?

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Posted 19 Mar 2008 at 11:43 pm ¶
Sarah Claxton wrote:
for celebrity portraiture:

http://www.managementartists.com

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Posted 21 Mar 2008 at 3:10 pm ¶
Tom Broadbent wrote:
HI Rob,

I think you could do with some extra film archives.

http://www.defd.de
http://www.photo12.com
https://stills.bfi.org.uk/
http://www.rgapix.com
http://www.picture-desk.com
http://www.album-online.com
http://www.moviestore.com
http://www.allstarpl.com
http://www.eyevine.com

Cheers

Tom

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Posted 22 Mar 2008 at 1:55 pm ¶
Steven Rood wrote:
http://www.naturescapes.net/ – An offshoot of Nature Photographers that was started by a bunch of the original shooters, writers and tech experts. Probably the best nature photography group out there.

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Posted 24 Mar 2008 at 7:42 pm ¶
Jian Ru wrote:
Hi Rob,

I think you missed Imaginechina which has the best chinese service for media and editors in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Their main service is in Chinese, news and stock, they also have a smaller service in english for foreign editors.

Best,

Jian Ru

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Posted 25 Mar 2008 at 5:35 am ¶
Dustin wrote:
You listed Contact Press Images as Contact Press, just FYI we go by Contact or Contact Press Images… not Contact Press.
Thanks!

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Posted 25 Mar 2008 at 12:07 pm ¶
Pinturicchio80 wrote:
Art Section – Photoservice Electa
http://photoservice.electaweb.it

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Posted 27 Mar 2008 at 11:47 am ¶
Terry Smith Images wrote:
Would you add the Arkansas Picture Library to your “Region Specific- US” category?

Also, a fantastic, HIGH-QUALITY and tightly-edited agency, for which I am a contributor, is MIRA.

Thank you,
Terry
Terry Smith Images

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Posted 08 Apr 2008 at 5:17 pm ¶
Sebastian Kaulitzki wrote:
We started an agency with medical 3d Illustrations

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Posted 10 Apr 2008 at 11:25 am ¶
Sebastian Kaulitzki wrote:
http://www.medicstock.com

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Posted 10 Apr 2008 at 11:25 am ¶
Girts Gailans wrote:
“Noni wrote:

What about Age Fotostock? Anyone like them – as a buyer or as a photographer?”

I’m a photographer, and have been with Robert Harding in a previous life. Now I’m with Age, as well as having my own stock site and am looking for a stock library for my newer, more creative, abstract, moody stuff that doesn’t suit Age at all.

My experience with Age is that they’re seriously slow to get new work assessed and uploaded. Maybe there’s activity going on that I as a photographer can’t see, but …

So what about from a buyers point of view, anyone?

Girts

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Posted 12 Apr 2008 at 4:35 am ¶
Bayazid Akter wrote:
All kind of Bangladeshi stock photo & assignment for international juried photographer in Bangladesh please contract E-Mail: bayazidakter@gmail.com Stock photo http://www.visionimpact.net

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Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 11:16 am ¶
Vladimir Konskij wrote:
http://yaymicro.com

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Posted 26 Apr 2008 at 4:50 pm ¶
Normandi wrote:
Dear Rob,

How about ading the German Stock Agency STOCK4B (www.stock4b.com). We work with the big heads in the industry (all listed on your site already) and have some great images for the European Market.

Also Retna.com in the USA is could for Celebrities.

Best,
Normandi

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Posted 29 Apr 2008 at 4:56 pm ¶
TONO wrote:
You can visit oru new photo stock from Spain

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Posted 01 May 2008 at 4:55 pm ¶
Jörg wrote:
germany’s best feature agency and the only one owned by the photograohers:

http://www.ostkreuz.de

also good is:

http://www.xxpool.de

because the database includes Agentur Focus, Cosmos, Frans Lanting, Magnum Photos, NatureSource, Ostkreuz, Science Photo Library, WorldPictureNews and Zeitenspiegel.

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Posted 04 May 2008 at 4:38 am ¶
Greet wrote:
Stockxpert.com? No?

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Posted 04 May 2008 at 9:44 am ¶
Bill Koplitz wrote:
http://www.photographersdirect.com/

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Posted 06 May 2008 at 7:15 pm ¶
Photogwithcamera wrote:
I found PhotoEdit to be careless with handling my submission that was sent at my expense by FEDEX and signed for by them. They were very very rude and inconsiderate. I would not waste any time dealing with them.
Photog with camera

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Posted 12 May 2008 at 12:04 pm ¶
Uli wrote:
Great list – thank you!

For the section “Region Specific – Other Countries” I can recommend:

Spain: Fotostock Spain and Fotostock Mallorca – now under one roof of FOTOSTOCK.EUrope http://www.fotostock.eu

China: Fotoe http://www.fotoe.com

Kind regards

Uli

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Posted 31 May 2008 at 9:54 am ¶
Angger Bondan wrote:
News:

http://scoopt.com/
http://antarafoto.com/dom/

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Posted 05 Jun 2008 at 7:49 am ¶
Laurentiu Nica wrote:
Press Photo Agency from Romania:
http://intactimages.ro

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Posted 16 Jun 2008 at 7:47 am ¶
Bryan Kasm wrote:
Australia? Any Australia based photo agencies out there? Thanks

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Posted 16 Jun 2008 at 12:09 pm ¶
john wrote:
http://www.cutcaster.com as well. Cutcaster offers royalty free images, stock photos, stock footage and stock photography for advertising, publishing or web design.

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Posted 22 Jun 2008 at 8:41 pm ¶
Alfredo Gugig wrote:
Assigment photographer for those of you who are looking to create original images at times when stock is just not right.
Located in Hollywood, FL
http://www.alfredogugig.com

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Posted 28 Jun 2008 at 11:33 am ¶
Paco Feria wrote:
Hi Rob
what about? http://www.travelreportages.com
The reportages and travel-pictures image bank / agency around the world

thanks

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Posted 03 Jul 2008 at 3:17 am ¶
Rose wrote:
SnapVillage is an awesome site for contributor – check us out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUs4NDdCjZM

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Posted 08 Jul 2008 at 5:31 pm ¶
Sierra wrote:
Don’t know much about it but crestock.com.

Looks like microstock. I found a rm image for my client and then they found a $15 image here that they were thrilled about.

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Posted 08 Jul 2008 at 7:42 pm ¶
Alper Saydam wrote:
You can check this stock photo agency too, http://www.imagecrea.com/

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Posted 10 Jul 2008 at 11:57 am ¶
Kennygadams wrote:
Thanks for taking the time to put this thorough stock photography website list together. Sometimes it’s painstakingly hard to find good stock photography from online photo agencies and you have made my life easier by publishing this list of online sellers of stock imagery.

Thanks!

Clipart Guy
http://www.ClipartOf.com ~ Discover the world of clipart.

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Posted 11 Jul 2008 at 10:50 pm ¶
latoga wrote:
For the sake of completeness, I would add Fotolibra to the list. Small independently run out of UK. From my experience with them (over a year), they have more minuses than pluses. Especially for US based photographers as the conversion rate kills you for commissions (not to mention the lack of electronic transfers, so you also get hit with a fee from your bank).

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Posted 14 Jul 2008 at 11:24 pm ¶
Jen wrote:
Under the boutique heading, perhaps check out: http://www.rhizomeimages.com. For buyers looking to do what they can for the environment, every image purchase donates trees to various ReLeaf funds through AmericanForests.org and is tracked online through the Picturesque Forest Project or Client Grove programs. We also support Photoshelter and use the Photoshelter engine behind this customized site.
Thanks for sharing all the great sites. As a designer, it’s nice to see lots of alternatives, especially great people images which is not our focus.
-J

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Posted 18 Jul 2008 at 1:10 pm ¶
Colin Slater wrote:
A directors personal collection gathered over 40 years.

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Posted 20 Jul 2008 at 4:30 am ¶
jasmine wrote:
I’m a little late chiming in (going to blame it on the new baby… same thing I blame misplacing my keys on) but wanted to say that Redux does a lot of News Features and Travel.

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Posted 23 Jul 2008 at 3:19 pm ¶
Edwin Molenaa wrote:
Hello,

Ever heard of my website, maybe you could list me as a specialized stock website, I offer family snapshots and other retro images of the 20th century.

greetz from a warm and moist Amsterdam
Edwin Molenaar
manager http://www.retrostock.nl

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Posted 25 Jul 2008 at 10:34 pm ¶
Sarah wrote:
#126, Bryan – Australian celeb stock sites: – Headpress – http://www.headpress.com.au/ and Snapper Media – http://www.snappermedia.com.au/Arkvista/aboutus.jsp

Retna isn’t News, it’s Celebrity and Music, they represent Redferns in the US.

Redferns and MusicPictures is the same company

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Posted 01 Aug 2008 at 10:24 am ¶
jan scherders wrote:
i thought Inmagine and Image Source were also big ones ?

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Posted 11 Aug 2008 at 2:59 am ¶
Annika Witte wrote:
art & pix was established in December 2007 by Kai Nitsche and Annika Witte as a worldwide online marketplace for Royalty-Free stock images, allowing individuals and professionals to legally buy, share and sell stock images and illustrations.

http://www.artandpix.com

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Posted 14 Aug 2008 at 11:55 am ¶
Janis D. wrote:
Where is Galen Rowell’s Mountain Light agency? Also, PhotoEdit is up there with The Image Works in terms of agencies that target the textbook market.

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Posted 27 Aug 2008 at 3:59 pm ¶
Janis D. wrote:
Oops. Here are links:
http://www.photoeditinc.com
http://www.mountainlight.com

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Posted 27 Aug 2008 at 4:00 pm ¶
Reinfried Marass wrote:
Hi,

again, a great list … thanks !

I just was searching the www (in other words: google) looking for some additional stock agencies to host my images …

I did contact some of the ‘Boutique Style’ (I like this term very much *smile) agencies and Gallery Stock did reply immediately …
Now I’m with ‘em …

I just like to show that the list does work for ‘real life’ situations as well and your effort in establishing it did pay off … at least for me ))

btw, to give something back … I guess http://www.worldofstock.com is worth a look (’more general’ section) … it’s similar to AcclaimImages

best, Reini

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Posted 28 Aug 2008 at 6:53 pm ¶
Simon wrote:
Hi There, I noticed you dont have http://www.picdesk.com.au on there.

Its a boutique Australian syndication agency with some amazing image collections – specialising in images of women for professional buyers.

You should check it out!

Best, SM.

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Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 9:23 pm ¶
Simon wrote:
Try: http://www.imagesofwomen.com – amazing.

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Posted 09 Sep 2008 at 9:25 pm ¶
Chuck wrote:
As I’m sure you’re already aware, or will likely be swamped with updates for — you can take Photoshelter Collection off your list now. They have locked incoming submissions and will completely close shop in mid-Oct.

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Posted 12 Sep 2008 at 12:15 pm ¶
Jonathan Mitchell wrote:
Hi,

Two sources that probably deserve a mention here are http://www.TopFoto.co.uk – who have a large historical archive, plus lots of contemporary stock like UK Royal Rota pics, plus feeds from several other large agencies and cheap prices.

Another is http://www.Fotegrafik.com – which is an Asia only archive offering high quality stock photos both RM and RF.

You can find a lot of my pictures from Nepal and more on both web sites.

There is also my personal archive Lightroom Photos – http://lightroom.momapix.com/ – which has several thousand stock images and a large collection of space, science, reportage and Antartica stock photos.

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Posted 18 Sep 2008 at 5:22 am ¶
Ryan wrote:
Hello all,

Yes we are on “the list”, Thanks Rob!!!! I wanted to let everyone know we have just redesigned our website. We are stoked on the new site and think buyers will be too. We are a small niche company dedicated to ocean, water, life, and surf stock photography. Our new site is still in Beta but come check us out and let us know what you think.

Sincerely

Ryan Cardone
http://www.tidalstock.com

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Posted 23 Sep 2008 at 7:08 pm ¶
Alexis Evanoff wrote:
Also, I find that since its difficult to find ethnically diverse images there is http:/www.dkstock.com for general stock of people of ethnicity.

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Posted 26 Sep 2008 at 10:53 pm ¶
Richard Sullivan wrote:
We have a fascinating range of color Hawaii Stock dating from historic 1909-1928 Autochromes, through WWII-era and 1950s Kodachromes, —including VJ Day—to thousands of present day images shot for our photo guidebook series.

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Posted 30 Sep 2008 at 2:41 pm ¶
Soren | Stock News wrote:
Thanks for the list.

We should include Scanpix.com (Scandinavian’s biggest picture distributor) at http://www.scanpix.com and specialist picture libraries like Biofoto:, now under the umbrella of Scanpix, see http://www.scanpix.dk/xl/publ/index.cgi?lang=dkbio

And let me add, that AgeFotostock at http://www.agefotostock.com should be moved to the top category of ‘General Stock Photo Agencies’ if you are not too embedded in an US perspective.
Best
Soren Breiting, Stock Photo News

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Posted 02 Oct 2008 at 4:19 am ¶
Arash Hamidi wrote:
wow good
http://www.hamidi.ir

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Posted 07 Oct 2008 at 2:37 am ¶
micah wrote:
What about Danita Delimont…anybody have any experience with them buying or selling? or Firstlight?

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Posted 08 Oct 2008 at 1:40 pm ¶
Brent wrote:
I like Pix International at
http://www.pixintl.com
they cover entertainment and I can get images there that Getty or Corbis don’t have. Getty and Corbis have huge huge gaps in the collections .I personally enjoy working with the smaller boutique agencies.

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Posted 11 Oct 2008 at 9:56 pm ¶
Tim wrote:
Trigger Image is a new library concentrating on individually selected creative imagery for clients in advertising, design and publishing. All our imagery is available online and we’re always looking for new contributors and new clients.

Thanks
Tim

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Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 7:39 pm ¶
Julie Landman wrote:
Very nice list…. I appreciate the crap category *smile*

Another one to add to the “More General” category is

http://www.absolutestockphoto.com

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Posted 20 Oct 2008 at 9:23 pm ¶
Jon wrote:
Check out Photo Stock Source – http://www.photostocksource.com
This guy has been around and his website is full featured.

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Posted 20 Oct 2008 at 10:23 pm ¶
John Michaels wrote:
BEWARE of PHOTOLIBRARY.COM group of Australia

They do not pay photographers or pass on the bucks they have earnt, so-called repesenting photographers!

They buy companies in debt and hide the debt… done it in several companies I have heard around the globe

There is an investigation by the SAA into them and they have been shown to be cheats and liars… still owing 2 million bucks and not yet paying out.

They own a group of so-called specialists

eg –
Index Stock Usa
Foodpix
OSF – oxford scientific
Garden Picture Library London
Foodpix

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Andy Hill Reply:
October 24th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
@John Michaels,

Your comments about Photolibrary are complete nonsense, they have been refuted publicly here.

I think the biggest mistake you are making is to conflate the payment issues that resulted from the acquisition of IndexStock with the prior and ongoing business of Photolibrary.

I am not sure if you have a personal axe to grind, or if you just enjoy posting unsubstantiated rumors? Apparently you would have preferred for IndexStock to go bankrupt and photographers to have received nothing – instead it found a buyer and photographers have now received millions of dollars that were owed to them. And yes, that process is still ongoing.

Read more at the link above and then consider how smearing Photlibrary, one of the few remaining indepent mid-size agencies, potentially could hurt the income of all the artists whom we represent. Brilliant!

By the way, FoodPix is not a Photolibrary collection. It’s owned by Jupiter Images, and apparently soon by Getty Images. You are probably thinking of Fresh Food Images, formerly the Anthony Blake Picture Library, based out of the UK.

And IndexStock is not a specialist collection. It’s a general stock collection.

However, Oxford Scientific (OSF) is most certainly a specialist collection, not “so-called”. The specialty is natural science. Fresh Food Images and Garden Picture Library are also specialist collections, as should be obvious enough from the brand names.

Cheers!
Andy

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Rhen Reply:
December 7th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Andy Hill, You work for Photolibrary and the refuted news are from the you and not fact as you say it. Check out this article. Photolibrary is much worse anyone thought thus far.

http://photobusinessforum.blogspot.com/2008/12/two-party-system-paca-and-photolibrary.html

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Posted 21 Oct 2008 at 7:30 am ¶
Elena V wrote:
Putting all micros into the same ‘crap’ category is kinda amusing, but misses the point. In the past three years, more than a third of my income came from places like shutterstock, dreamsimages, etc. Yeah, these are aimed at a particular clientele, but there is income to be made here (and a nice one, too).

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A Photo Editor Reply:
October 27th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
@Elena V,
Yes but you miss the point. This list was created for magazine photo editors not photographers.

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Posted 25 Oct 2008 at 8:49 pm ¶
Researcher wrote:
I use a lot of multicultural content. http://www.blendimages.com is a good resource.

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Mike Reply:
November 24th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
@Researcher,

You might also want to check out PhotoEdit for your multicultural stuff:

http://www.photoeditinc.com

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Posted 31 Oct 2008 at 6:52 pm ¶
V wrote:
Does anyone know of any good photographers or stock sites for interiors? Specifically “zen” interiors with that are modern and clean-looking?

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Sarah Reply:
January 29th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
@V,
Red Cover has nice clean, modern interiors.
http://www.redcover.com/home.php

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Posted 03 Nov 2008 at 6:12 pm ¶
Lindsay Burkhead wrote:
Our celebrity stock photo agency has over 600,000 images and we shoot multiple events every night. We have low price packages for blogs and websites as well as being published in major magazines weekly. Please add http://www.prphotos.com to your list.

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Posted 06 Nov 2008 at 10:08 pm ¶
luis barbosa wrote:
great list!!!!

also find http://www.onimage.co.uk/do/onimage/

thanks
luis

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Posted 10 Dec 2008 at 10:22 pm ¶
Jacob wrote:
I have a growing stock collection with travel and cultural photos. http://www.jacobimages.com. Most of the images are from the Philippines, but they also come from a a variety of places. The collection is growing.

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Posted 15 Dec 2008 at 6:27 am ¶
Tanya wrote:
I have a burning question I can’t seem to find the answer to, if anyone can help I’d be much appreciative. I write a fashion blog, and I’d like to know how and where I can buy runway fashion images and celebrity red carpet looks to post on my blog, but at low prices because I can’t afford Getty images
Thank you!

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Ann Onymous Reply:
September 30th, 2009 at 11:02 am
@Tanya, Try Pr photos: prphotos.com. They have celeb pics discounted for blogs.

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Posted 12 Jan 2009 at 3:50 pm ¶
Rolf Hicker wrote:
I think we can say that we have a very deep library of travel and wildlife stock photography for countries like Alaska, Canada, USA, Spain, Italy, France and New Zealand (we have more countries).
Please consider!
Thanks
Rolf

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Posted 15 Jan 2009 at 12:34 am ¶
Eric wrote:
Please add http://www.BigShotStock.com
We search the files of our editorial photographers giving you access to the most contemporary collection of stock editorial portraits of people in business, arts, sports, education, science, technology and more.
Thanks

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Posted 20 Jan 2009 at 2:32 pm ¶
Mike Putnam wrote:
OK, we are under the radar for now but I hope you all will know who we are in the next couple of years. We are Pacific Crest Stock. We’re just about to launch this week. It may be suicidal but we intend to stay relatively small and be rights managed and be highly selective about what we offer. We want to continue shooting landscapes which are our strengths into the near future. Our hope is that photo editors and buyers will bookmark our site for the times they want high quality landscape/scenic images and they don’t have the time to wade through the layers of mediocre landscape images available at the enormous agencies. Please give us a look.
Regards,
Mike

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Posted 01 Feb 2009 at 1:45 am ¶
Dan wrote:
Is there any good high end video footage website out there?

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Posted 02 Feb 2009 at 11:30 am ¶
Peter wrote:
Check out http://www.onimage.co.uk – best site I have seen for a while. Fantastic.

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Posted 06 Feb 2009 at 5:24 pm ¶
David Coll Blanco wrote:
Suggestions.

Maybe its good to make a category on Photocollectives!!!!

In that case I want to share this one….

http://www.shadocollective.com

and….for News and Travel Agencies category…

http://www.bilderberg.com

thanks a lot.

keep on rockin’

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Posted 16 Feb 2009 at 7:00 am ¶
Allen Lee Taylor wrote:
Going to have to update that general category in about a week.

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Posted 16 Feb 2009 at 4:14 pm ¶
lefteris miaoulis wrote:
please add
http://www.seasidehouses.photothemata.gr

Here someone can find House, Decoration, Interior features from the Greek Islands

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Posted 18 Feb 2009 at 8:10 am ¶
lefteris miaoulis wrote:
please add

http://seasidehouses.photothemata.gr

Here someone can find House, Decoration, Interior features from the Greek Islands

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Posted 18 Feb 2009 at 8:11 am ¶
Lori Eanes wrote:
You forgot the food stock agencies. Where is the best food stock?

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Posted 19 Feb 2009 at 12:07 pm ¶
Lori Eanes wrote:
You forgot food stock.
What are the best food stock agencies?

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Posted 19 Feb 2009 at 12:10 pm ¶
stockphoto wrote:
Good article. I’ve wrote an article about dutch stockphoto websites here:

Stockphoto websites

Regards,
Mark

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Posted 05 Mar 2009 at 9:45 am ¶
Edoardone wrote:
You forgot the website of Italian agency Granataimage the web site is: http://www.granataimages.com

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Posted 06 Mar 2009 at 10:03 am ¶
Paulo Delavigne wrote:
One agency in Estonia to add to your list: http://www.allto1.com
regards
Paulo Delavigne
http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulodelavigne

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Posted 06 Mar 2009 at 10:53 am ¶
Paolo De Faveri wrote:
Just discovered this list and simply wanted to thank the author, it’s a very useful resource. Thanks a lot!
Paolo

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Posted 07 Mar 2009 at 6:08 pm ¶
Nico Bret wrote:
I would add readymade-images.com
A photo agency that privilegies the photographer’s vision, yet generalist. Rich and very beautiful collection, with an interesting editorial choice.

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Nico Bret Reply:
March 13th, 2009 at 6:46 am
http://www.readymade-images.com

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Posted 13 Mar 2009 at 6:46 am ¶
Ana wrote:
Could somebody write me the name of the agency that sells photos od celebrities homes?

Thx

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Posted 13 Mar 2009 at 4:44 pm ¶
Ana wrote:
Could somebody write me the name of photo agency that sells photos of celebrities homes and other interiors design photos?

Thx

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Posted 13 Mar 2009 at 4:46 pm ¶
Wisit Rujira wrote:
Great list. Its interesting how some of the companies have been swallowed up by others in the list BUT inspiring that there are so many “independant” outfits still out there.

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Posted 23 Mar 2009 at 12:23 am ¶
Dieter Spears wrote:
Istockphoto.com, the best place to get fantastic images for a good price! Crap, that’s alittle short minded.

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Posted 23 Mar 2009 at 7:47 pm ¶
Annika Witte wrote:
Pixelboss High Quality Photography based in Munich, Germany was established in February 2009 as a worldwide online marketplace for Royalty-Free stock images, allowing individuals and professionals to legally buy stock images.

Pixelboss, Stock Photography, Annika Witte, Annika, Witte, Photography, Stock, Pictures, Munich, High Quality, Royalty Free,
Royalty Free Images, Images, Image Download, Picture Download, Download, Buy Images, Buy Pictures, Photo Search

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Posted 24 Mar 2009 at 4:38 am ¶
Michael wrote:
I’m curious – now that the PhotoShelter Collection no longer exists, doesn’t its group of “Personal Archives” deserve a listing under “Photographers Groups”? Work of the entire collection of photographers is available via a global search.

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Posted 28 Mar 2009 at 6:47 pm ¶
Sarah wrote:
Another agency well worth a look is Image Source.

They specialize in high-end beauty, lifestyle and business images. Most people can find Image Source stuff on Getty but if you go directly to their site (www.imagesource.com) you can get a year long 20% off with this code at checkout… IS20ST8759.

http://www.imagesource.com

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Posted 30 Mar 2009 at 9:11 am ¶
Nicole Morgenthau wrote:
Jupiter got gobbled by Getty. Sad.

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Posted 08 Apr 2009 at 11:16 am ¶
editorial singapore wrote:
noticed that PhotoShelter has been very pro-active lately and very pro-SEO (search engine optimization)….

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Posted 16 Apr 2009 at 5:00 am ¶
Javier wrote:
Hi, I suggest http://www.fotonline.com, it’s a new and small agency, nice design and good management, all entertainment images, music, cinema & theatre, sports, celebs, and more. For Barcelona, Spain.
Thanks!

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Posted 17 Apr 2009 at 4:55 am ¶
tina wrote:
I think i need to recommend one China agency–ChinaFotoPress

They have an English website:

en.chinafotopress.com

They have some nice stuff.

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Posted 21 Apr 2009 at 11:14 pm ¶
Pavel wrote:
From myself i may add a site with some free collections: http://co-photo.com

And an other list of websites:
http://designbeginshere.com

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Posted 26 Apr 2009 at 6:21 am ¶
Colin wrote:
Just to correct an entry on your list, 4Corners Images is actually based in London, not Italy.

For contemporary travel reportage you might want to add http://www.solomango.com

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Posted 22 May 2009 at 4:46 am ¶
Marie wrote:
For celebrity images you can add:

Gamma.fr
Belga.be
BrunoPress
H&K.fr
Globe Photos

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Posted 27 May 2009 at 3:29 pm ¶
Angie Knost wrote:
A smaller, niche music and concert photography agency is:

http://www.rocksandwich.com

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Posted 29 May 2009 at 1:44 pm ¶
kevin palmer wrote:
How do I get a share of the assignment photography work in North America?

Do I have to specialize in something?

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Posted 18 Jun 2009 at 8:49 am ¶
SingaporePhotography wrote:
Great resource page for photographers. Good reference for photography images too – fellow Singaporean Photographer

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Posted 08 Jul 2009 at 9:38 pm ¶
luc wrote:
agence vu?
marca?
noor ?

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Posted 23 Jul 2009 at 8:05 am ¶
Ken Graham wrote:
Perhaps you would consider adding Accent Alaska to your boutique list? We rep a lot of world class photographers and are very professional.

Than you for your time,

Best Regards,

Ken Graham

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Posted 25 Jul 2009 at 7:55 pm ¶
Justin Wheeler wrote:
I didn’t see a category for food photography, which is my area of expertise. I have been offered a contract from Stock Food, but was troubled not to have seen them listed here. Do you have any recommendations for stock photo companies representing food?

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Posted 29 Jul 2009 at 10:15 am ¶
תטא הילינג wrote:
WOW!

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Posted 30 Jul 2009 at 7:04 pm ¶
ויאגרה wrote:
Great stuff guys

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Posted 30 Jul 2009 at 7:18 pm ¶
Bitty wrote:
you forgot agency.meetthefamous.com

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Posted 04 Aug 2009 at 12:42 pm ¶
Lisa wrote:
has anyone heard of absolute photo?
they accepted me but I have no way of knowing if they accept everyone. they are not on this list .
Lisa

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Posted 16 Aug 2009 at 1:25 pm ¶
Erin Giunta wrote:
estockphoto.com is great for travel images.

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Posted 28 Aug 2009 at 2:49 pm ¶
Paul Bates wrote:
I offer free stock photos of nature, travel, and animals at Paul Bates Photography

It’s updated constantly with the full resolution images.

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Posted 01 Sep 2009 at 9:04 am ¶
Nugroho Budianggoro wrote:
There is also http://www.majorityworld.com/home.php whose photographers are from the developing nations.

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Posted 02 Sep 2009 at 10:38 am ¶
הלוואות פיננסית 7 wrote:
הלוואות | הלוואות חוץ בנקאיות | הלוואות ללא ערבים

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Posted 17 Sep 2009 at 1:51 pm ¶
Robbi Siegel wrote:
Hi,

The Museum of the City of NY has an unbelievable photography collection. Our holdings include the works of such notable photographers Berenice Abbott, Jacob Riis, and Jessie Tarbox Beals. As well as the photographic archives of Gottscho-Schleisner firm, LOOK Magazine, Irving Underhill, Charles Von Urban, and the Wurts Brothers, as well as photographic work commissioned by the renowned architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White.

I hope you add us to your list of Museums and Collections. I think it’s a very worthy addition.

Thanks,

Robbi
Rights & Reproductions Specialist

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Posted 24 Sep 2009 at 11:18 am ¶
michael trevillion wrote:
Hello ,

Could you add Trevillion Images to your boutique stock library list ?.
We have been established for 12 years and are recognised as a leader in the ‘art’ image library world.

Many thanks and if you need any more info just ask.

Regards , Michael.

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Posted 06 Oct 2009 at 6:35 am ¶
Tom wrote:
Hi

Great site.

You forgot AMA Sports Photo Agency. Pioneered by renowned football photographer Matthew Ashton in England, AMA has quickly grown into an innovative competitor in the sports stock industry.

From features on the lesser attended games in places like Wales, Japan etc, AMA also heavily cover UEFA Champions League and FIFA World Cup games.

After only just one pre-World Cup shoot in South Africa, interest in the material gathered has been immense.!

Good luck

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Posted 06 Oct 2009 at 7:36 am ¶
César Granados wrote:
Hi!

Recently, I have open a new website http://www.agustinmartinezfotografo.es. If it is posible, I’d to appear in your web in the “Movie Archive” categorie with this link:

Archivo Fotografico

If you want, I can add your link in my website too.

Thank you very much.

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Posted 06 Oct 2009 at 9:38 am ¶
Meg wrote:
G’day from Sunny Sydney,

I just stumbled upon your site which looks great by the way. I manage a group on Linkedin that you should be able to link to here:

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2093733&trk=anet_ug_hm

…for Photo Editors, Art Buyers and Creative Directors.

We also run a successful image syndication agency specialising in images of women for professional buyers. Site is currently going through a major overhaul (front and back end) and will be live in a couple of months once all images are re-keyworded and sent into the cloud… however you should be able to get the gist http://www.picdesk.com.au

Also – it’d be great to be added to your boutique list above

Our regular clients include GQ Magazine, FHM, Maxim, Men’s Heatlh, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Look, Pantene, Veet, Galliano, Marie Claire, Grazia, Shop, Bella, Cosmetic Beauty, Gilette, Max, Zoo, Look, Essential, OK, Black+White and around 2800 other photo buyers around the world.

Looking forward to learning more about what you do!

Meg

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Posted 14 Oct 2009 at 8:38 pm ¶
Chris Reed wrote:
Just found this list when looking for agencies in my travels. Very helpful and through resource. Hopefully it’ll lean me to some folks interested in my work.

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Posted 21 Oct 2009 at 9:28 pm ¶
Anders Peter Amsnæs wrote:
Hi,

“Arctic Stock Images” is missing from your agency list.

I hope you will consider adding our site to your list… http://www.arcticstockimages.com

Arctic Stock Images is a royalty free stock photography archive aiming to provide customers with affordable stock images and footage. We have a vast archive of high quality images from the arctic region covering all kinds of topics.

Kind regards,
Anders Peter Amsnæs

Arctic Stock Images

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Posted 28 Oct 2009 at 10:02 am ¶
Chris L wrote:
I just created a boutique stock agency that contains photographs of California’s central coast and valleys; The California Archive.
http://www.thecaliforniaarchive.com

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Posted 28 Oct 2009 at 1:03 pm ¶
Jonathan wrote:
You need an architecture category.

http://www.livedinimages.com is a great resource to home and architedture stock photos.

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Posted 05 Nov 2009 at 6:12 pm ¶

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