Editorial and Historic . . .
( Complete listing )

AP Images . . .

450 West 33rd St. New York, NY 10001; phone 212.621.1930; fax 212.621.1955 ; browse http://www.apimages.com; e-mail apimages_us@ap.org.
Specialty: news and historic imagery.
Comments: The Associated Press recently updated the AP Images web site. The improvements should make licensing images from the news cooperative much easier.
Number of images: Three million online.

Black Star . . .

116 E. 27th St., New York, NY 10016; phone 212.453.3422 (for web site transactions) or 212.453.3442 (for paid research); browse http://www.stockphoto.com; e-mail jason@blackstar.com (web site transactions) or research@stockphoto.com (paid research).
Specialty: Editorial (journalism) and historic imagery.
Comments: This is stock much the way it used to be practiced with in-depth research just a phone call away. Black Star has a huge library of floor to ceiling files started during the Great Depression.
Number of images: Millions.
Number of contributors: Thousands.

Bruce Coleman USA . . .

117 E. 24th St., New York, NY 10010; phone 21.979.6252; fax 323.257.3144; browse http://www.bciusa.com; e-mail library@bciusa.com.
Specialties: Nature, people.
Comments: Bruce Coleman counts many quality book publishers and magazines among its clients along with some solid advertising and corporate stock users.
Number of images: 1.5 million.
Number of contributors: 300.

Classicstock.com . . .

4203 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA 19104; phone 800.209.2709; fax 800.786.1920; browse http://www.classicstock.com; e-mail research@ClassicStock.com.
Specialty: retro and historic images.

Comesaña News Agency and Stock Photo Library . . .

Av. Olleros 1850 - 4to. "F", C1426CRH, Buenos Aires, Argentina; phone (54.11) 4771.9418; fax (54.11) 4771.0080; browse http://www.comesana.com/english; e-mail info@comesana.com.
Specialty: News and editorial imagery with an emphasis on Latin America.
Number of images: 500,000 in stock with 20,000 online.

Heritage Image Partnership . . .

Finsbury Business Centre, 40 Bowling Green Lane, London EC1R 0NE; phone 44 (0) 20.7970.5665; fax 44 (0) 20.7970.5660; browse http://www.heritage-images.com; e-mail angela.davies@heritage-images.com.
Specialty: Historic and artistic imagery.
Comments: This library represents images from the collections of The British Library, The British Museum, The Museum of London, The National Monuments Record of English Heritage, The Corporation of London, The National Motor Museum, The National Archives and our latest partners, CM Dixon, The Royal Armouries, The Borthwick Institute, the Jewish Chronicle, The Ann Ronan Picture Library and The Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade.

Historic Photo Archive . . .

441 NE Jarrett St., Portland, OR 97211-3126; phone 503.460.0415; fax 314.241.3087; browse http://www.historicphotoarchive.com; e-mail tom@historicphotoarchive.com.
Specialty: Historic photographs.

Imaginechina.com . . .

1000 Changping Rd., 4F, Shanghai 200042; phone (86.21) 62724590; fax (U.S.) 815.366.2734 (international) (86.21) 62723190; browse http://www.imaginechina.com; e-mail sales@imaginechina.com.
Specialty: China (heavy on editorial work, but some traditional stock).
Comments: With a staff of 70 in Shanghai and Beijing (they even have an office in Los Angeles) and with a network of photographers throughout China, Imaginechina is both a news service and a supplier of corporate, advertising and stock photography. There is an English version of this web site.
Number of images: One million online.

Incredible Features . . .

4910 1/4 McConnell Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90066; phone 310.821.2384; fax 310.822.5222; browse http://www.incrediblefeatures.com; e-mail info@incrediblefeatures.com.
Specialty: Unusual to bizarre images of people and animals.
Comments: Think of a motorcycle stunt frog, America's smallest mom or a girl marrying her mom's killer. Written copy available with many images.
Number of images: 100,000.
Contributors: Most images by Jeffery R. Werner.

Magnum . . .

151 W. 25th St., New York, NY 10001-7204; phone 212.929.6000; fax 212.929.9325; browse http://www.magnumphotos.com; e-mail photography@magnumphotos.com.
Specialty: Editorial (journalism).
Comments: Magnum is a photographer-owned cooperative with images from the Spanish Civil War to the present.
Number of Images: One million with 250,000 online.

Mary Evans Picture Library . . .

59 Tranquil Vale, Blackheath, London SE3 0BS, England; phone 44 (0) 20.8318.0034; fax 44 (0 )20.8852.7211; browse http://www.maryevans.com; e-mail mark.vivian@maryevans.com.
Specialty: Historic images.
Number of images: 150,000 online.

The Marsden Archive . . .

The Presbytery, Hainton, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire LN8 6LR, England; phone 44 (0) 15.0731.3646; browse http://www.marsdenarchive.com; e-mail info@marsdenarchive.com.
Specialty: Historic buildings and art with an emphasis on the occult.
Comments: images with an other-worldly atmosphere.
Number of images: 10,000 with 1,000 online.
Number of contributors: one.

OnAsia . . .

30 Cecil St., Prudential Tower, Level 15, Singapore 049712; phone 66.2655.4683 or 66.1557.5540; fax 66.2655.4682; browse http://www.onasia.com; e-mail sales@onasia.com.
Specialty: Contemporary and historic images of Asia for commercial and editorial users.
Comments: OnAsia has a large network of photographers available for assignments throughout Asia. The company says all images are scanned at very high resolutions and claims to have a highly accurate search engine.
Specialties: Concept, product, fashion.
Number of Images: 75,000 downloadable.
Number of contributors: More than 80.

Photo Edit . . .

235 E. Broadway St., Suite 1020, Long Beach, CA 90802; phone 800.860.2098; fax 800.804.3707; browse http://www.photoeditinc.com; e-mail sales@photoeditinc.com.
Specialty: People (much for educational materials).
Comments: Photo Edit claims 75 percent of its images include African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, gays and lesbians, handicapped people, or senior citizens. Though primarily aimed a book publishers, Photo Edit claims a number of advertising clients as well.
Number of images: 600,000 with 200,000 in digital format.
Number of contributors: 60.

The Picture Desk . . .

133 Fifth Ave., Fifth Floor, New York, NY 10003; phone 212.673.5600; browse http://www.picture-desk.com; e-mail info.usa@picture-desk.com.
Specialty: Entertainment and historic art.
Comments: The Picture Desk manages two distinct libraries, The Kobal Collection (entertainment) and The Art Archive, which is a collection of art from 3000 B.C. to the 20th century.
Number of images: More than one million.

Redux Pictures . . .

116 East 16th St., 16th floor, New York, NY 10003; phone 212.253.0399; fax 212.253.0397; browse http://www.reduxpictures.com; e-mail jasminedefoore@reduxpictures.com.
Specialty: Portraits, news, travel, business, features.

Reuters Pictures . . .

New York; phone 646.223.5145 or 888.319.5219; browse http://about.reuters.com/pictures/index.aspx; e-mail nancy.glowinski@reuters.com.
Specialty: News and current events.

Sipa Press . . .

307 Seventh Ave., Ste 807, New York, NY 10001; phone 212.463.0150; Fax 212.463.0160; browse http://www.sipa.com; e-mail requests@sipausa.com.
Specialty: Photojournalism, celebrities.
Comments: Founded in 1973, this France-based service now distributes about 500 photo-stories a month to magazines, newspapers, etc. in 40 countries.
Number of contributors: Sipa maintains a network of about 4,000 photojournalists.

Smithsonian Photographic Services . . .

NMAH, Rm. CB-054, Washington, DC 20560-0644; phone 202.633.1933; Fax 202.786.2756; browse http://photo2.si.edu; email photos@si.edu.
Specialties: Historic, natural history, scientific.
Comments: The Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC is one of the great museums of the world. It has an incredible picture library, but much of it is not online. Because it is not primarily an image supplier for commercial and editorial applications, working with the Smithsonian Photographic Services may require a little patience, at least for first time users. For example, some images may require additional clearances from the copyright holder, a property owner and/or people depicted in the image.

Sovfoto/Eastfoto . . .

150 West 28th St. #1404, New York, NY 10001; phone 212.727.8170; Fax 212.727.8228; browse http://www.sovfoto.com; e-mail info@sovfoto.com.
Specialty: Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and China.
Comments: Founded in 1932, this company's collection covers the historic, political, cultural, social and economic of what was once communist bloc of Europe and China
Number of contributors: 24 independent photographers as well as a number of regional news outlets, including ITAR-TASS in Russia and Xinhua News Agency in China.

Time & Life Pictures . . .

Phone 646.613.3721; browse http://www.timelifepictures.com; e-mail northamericantimelife@gettyimages.com.
Specialties: Editorial and historic.
Comments: Images by some of the greatest editorial shooters of the 20th century including Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White and W. Eugene Smith.
Number of images: 425,000.

World Picture News (WpN) . . .

62 White St., 3rd floor, New York, NY 10013; phone 212.871.1215; fax 212.925.4569; browse http://www.worldpicturenews.com; e-mail info@worldpicturenews.com.
Specialty: News, sports, entertainment, food, science, historic images and current affairs.
Comments: WpN offers images from the archives of the United Nations and 20 newspapers. Its worldwide staff can shoot images on demand.
Number of images: A growing archive with up to 1,500 images added daily.
Number of contributors: More than 500 photographers and a number of contributing news organizations.

ZUMA Press . . .

1100 South Coast Highway, Suite 308, Laguna Beach, CA 92651; phone 949.494.7704; fax 949.497.8505; browse http://www.zumapress.com; e-mail requests@ZUMApress.com.
Specialties: World news, editorial, celebrities, sports, historical images, movie stills and fashion.
Comments: Founded in 1995, Zuma offers "up-to-the-minute" news photography and a deep world-class archive. Zuma also operates zReportage.com, http://www.zreportage.com, a photojournalism service that delivers investigative and in-depth packages.
Number of images: Three million, one million online.
Number of contributors: 900.

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