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Organisations

BAPLA 
The UK organisation for picture libraries and photographic agencies. Its members range from individual photographers and small specialist collections to large international stock agencies.

Association of Photographers
An association of photographers primarily in the advertising and editorial fields, which has a committee involved with new technology called the Digital Imaging Group.

The Press Association
Universally known as the PA, is a long-established news agency, with a vast collection of information and photographs.

StockIndexOnline
Since 1997 StockIndexOnline has maintained its position as the stock industry's leading portal of choice for professional researchers seeking high quality stock photography. More than 300 specialist libraries are listed, many of which can be searched instantly via our keyword search facility.

International Resources

The American Society of Picture Professionals 
U.S. organisation similar to the PRA.

Picture Researchers

The PRA has a Freelance Register of members who are experienced picture researchers available for work:

e-mail: Freelance Register -- telephone: 01727 833676

This service is free of charge.

Susie Prescott Picture Research
Freelance Picture Editor / Researcher with 18 years in the industry. Whether you are a book or magazine publisher, newspaper or ad agency - if you need research or a photo shoot organized, I can help you. All subjects covered.

Silverport Pictures
A special combination of picture research, photo library and photographer ready to meet your picture needs. All subjects covered, with an emphasis on coastal and maritime themes, established over 15 years in the picture industry.

3bResearch.co.uk
Picture Researchers and Editors with a combined experience of over 30 years in the business working for Agencies, Magazines and Fleet Street. Working from our fully equipped offices in Somerset.

Sara Ayad
Picture researcher based in Whitechapel, East London, available for freelance or in-house projects. Considerable experience of all aspects of picture research from creating picture specs through to rights negotiation and caption writing.

David Brownridge
A picture researcher with 25 years of experience in the business. Principal areas covered are: current affairs, the arts, and science. He is based in North London.

Anny Chettleborough 
A freelance Picture Editor, who has worked across a broad range of the publishing industry including contract and consumer magazines, national newspapers and books.

First Light Photo Research
Working with museums and photographers worldwide on programs that include Social Studies, World Cultures, Math and Science. Our secure and interactive web-based worksite enables clients to fully manage their projects.

Motivation Picture Research
Photographic and information research, specialising in personal visits to prospective sources including south-west England and London.

Zooid
The UK's largest media research company. Since 1984 providing research and licensing of photos and footage for publishers, broadcasters, museums and corporates. Guaranteeing quality, choice, budgets and schedules at fixed rates. Online selection and delivery.

Photographers and photolibraries

Sharpe Images
Royalty-free images of the UK at affordable prices. Images of East Anglia, Scotland, Lake District, Peak District, York and Cornwall at high resolution for instant download.

AAPimage
An online database of more than 800,000 photographs by the Australian Associated Press. The archive is a rich and diverse collection of images ranging from news and sport, celebrated people, to travel and feature photography.

AbsoluteStockPhoto.com
Stock photos from over 60 photographers from around the world. Subjects include business, nature, concept, sports, transportation, lifestyle and animals. Download images from site after purchase confirmation.

Acclaim Images
We provide stock photos directly from the photographers in several sizes, and they can be downloaded by the customer.

Heather Angel / Natural Visions Expanding wide-ranging online source of the natural world by Heather Angel and associates. Over 20,000 searchable images of mammals, birds, insects, marine life, freshwater life, flora and geology with informative captions.

Arcangel Images
Photo library specializing in exclusive high quality creative Imagery, including fine art, contemporary, and vintage/nostalgic photography.

Artseens 
Online image bank updated weekly. They also provide assignment photographers for their clients.

Aspect Picture Library 
Excellent travel and people photography, and also cover events, features, industry and science, from contributing photographers all over the globe.

Australian Scenics
Photo library specializing in high quality landscape, nature and rural images of Australia.

Lucy Barden Photography
I am a still life photographer, specialising in floral, garden, product and food images. I have an online stock library of mainly botanical and still life imagery.

Brian Arnopp Images
A small but growing collection of various subjects being added to regularly, based in Welwyn, Hertfordshire.

Britain on View
The official picture library of VisitBritain with fresh and contemporary images making a unique and comprehensive source of British imagery.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander Photography 
Specialist in Polar Regions, The Arctic, with special emphasis on the native peoples of the North, polar bears and Icebergs, also excellent coverage of Antarctica.

John Birdsall Social Issues Photography
Specialises in photography of health, education, and other social issues.

Caffeine Buzz
Editorial, advertising, stock, underwater from around the Caribbean region. Food, Lifestyle, travel, fashion people. Studio in Trinidad and Tobago.

CartoonStock.com
Comprehensive source for single panel gag cartoons and cartoon illustration. Over 40,000 images can be searched, licensed and downloaded on-line. Representing over 230 cartoonists including many greats published in Punch, New Yorker, etc.

Click For Pics Photo Agency
Based in West Sussex, we have images on a very wide variety of subjects, including travel, transport and people. Commissions undertaken.

Collage
The Corporation of London's database containing over 20,000 works of art depicting London's topography and history. Pre-Raphaelite paintings are strongly represented.

Corbis
A large online photolibrary, part of Bill Gates' imperium.

Cut and Deal
Stock photography site specialising in gaming, g*mbling and sports betting royalty-free stock photography.

cvscotland.com 
An on-line library featuring high quality images of Scotland fully corrected on CD-Rom for professional reproduction or as exhibition quality prints. There are no search fees, and images can be purchased direct from the site.

D Photography
Unique architecture, abstract, macro, nature, travel and transportation digital photography, royalty free.

Dalgleish Images
Photo library with a strong maritime influence and graphic style. Growing online catalogue of images to browse. Commissions undertaken.

Deep Sea Photography
The world's only stock image agency dedicated to the abyss and the remarkable deep-sea animals that inhabit it. Stock photos of deep-sea and open-ocean animal life, hydrothermal vents, plankton, and other marine biodiversity.

Mary Evans Picture Library 
MEPL has extensive visual documentation on historical subjects. Our pictures are appropriate for editorial, documentary and design purposes. Our service is efficient, professional and friendly. THINK HISTORY.

Flowerphotos
Flowers, plants, fruit and vegetables shot with designers in mind. Knowledgeable, friendly staff are able to provide botanical information. Website has over 13,000 searchable images.

FLPA - Images of Nature

Roger G. Howard 
A stock and "shoot to order" photographer specialising in scenic coverage of the UK. Building up in depth coverage of towns, cities, villages, architecture, transport, agriculture, heritage; and abroad. Conceptual still life images.

The Image Bank
Large library tending towards glossy advertising and travel images. Part of Getty Images.

IMAGES24.co.za is a Southern African image resource, with top quality digital images for use in publishing, advertising and design. Creative and Editorial images and ready-to-use packages of words and pictures are available for syndication.

ImageVortex
Royalty free stock photos available for online purchase and immediate download. High resolution photos in a variety of categories.

inpholibrium.com
Much of Mark Hampton's work relates to the Republic of Turkey. Reportage, social documentary, travel, marine and architecture are just some of the areas covered. Specific inquiries on other subjects answered promptly. Commissions undertaken.

Israelimages.com
Thousands of searchable pictures about every aspect of life on Israel & the Holy Land as photographed by the country's top professionals.

Moe Kafer Photography
London-based photographer specialising in food, travel, event, film & television stills and documentary photography. Stock images available, as well as commissioned photography undertaken.

Russell Kightley 
A scientific illustrator who has worked with digital paint systems since 1985. Existing images available for licence include microbiology, cell biology, medicine and astronomy. Commissions undertaken.

Landscapes Of Scotland
View a unique collection of photographs showing the beauty and grandeur of Scotland. Professional high quality images by a photographer with 40 years experience.

George Logan Photography
Small but growing library of Scottish landscapes with emphasis on environmental and natural history issues. Also interesting collection of the less well-known standing stones and circles.

Look! England
We are an image library that specialises in images of England from a local perspective. We cover both well known locations as well as lesser known places and subjects.

Loupe Images
An inspirational lifestyle picture library specialising in interiors, food & drink, health & wellbeing, gardens, and occasions. We are a matchless source of beautiful rights-managed imagery with a cutting-edge feel.

The Lordprice Collection
Extensive collection of classic, vintage images. Mostly sourced from original printed sources and ephemera, we specialise in searching for the obscure - just ask or send a 'wants' list. The world's only source for many classic images.

Martin and Elders Photography
Stock travel images for commercial and editorial usage. Specialist collection of Italian images, plus extensive coverage of France, UK, Bali, Morocco, Egypt.

Max Conrad Photography
Berlin photographer specialising in actors headshots, modelling portfolios and advertising photography. Please contact regarding Germany / Deutschland photoshoots.

Craig McMaster
Stunning Black and White images of the Scottish landscape from award winning photographer - a comprehensive online source for B&W Scottish landscapes.

Media Stock
Providing royalty free stock photos of UK locations, sights and subjects. Full search, photo requests and online ordering available.

Medicalpicture gmbh
Operates a large and growing, web-based image database in Germany with more than 100,000 images from the worlds of health, medicine, pharmacy and science.

Military and Historical Image Bank
Large repository of online stock images of Military and Historical artwork and rare original artifacts from noted private collections and museums 1600-1945, including many images not to be found elsewhere.

Mira
A digital archive representing a diverse collection of images from over 500 professional photographers located world wide. Mira may be unique in that it is a cooperative, owned by the photographers it represents. Artist Owned, Professionally Managed.

Narratives
Specialist archive of rights-managed images of interiors, food and travel. Searchable website with download and lightbox facilities. Digital and transparency supply. Research and commissions undertaken.

National Galleries of Scotland
Possibly the world's finest collection of Scottish art, a large collection of surrealist holdings and extensive holdings of early photography and classic Old Masters.

Nevstock
Specialising in the supply of creative, contemporary and art photography, providing a diverse range of inspiring imagery.

NiKreationS 
Photographer specialising in Travel, Architecture / Interiors, Products and Events photography.

Omni-Photo Communications
General subject U.S. stock photo / art library specialising in travel, human interest and education. Omni is also an independent image research agency working with book publishers and other clients requiring image research.

PA Photos
The photography arm of the PA Group, a UK national agency. Extensive editorial pictures from the UK and around the world, past and present. Bringing together the news, sport and showbiz picture productions and archives of the Press Association, Associated Press, EMPICS Sport, EMPICS Entertainment and leading niche photographers.

Jacopo Pandolfi
Iconic images of youth culture and music are represented by photo libraries Getty Images, Camera Press, Retna and PYMCA (Photographic Youth Music Culture Archive). He is based in London, UK.

PBPA-Paul Beard Photo Agency
Specialising in supplying hard to find images at short notice, as well as general stock. Send us your wants list and let us do the rest. No search fee, and free previews.

Sergio Pessolano Travel Photography
Photographer specialising in travel photography. Three books and numerous articles published. People, cultures, lifestyle, religions, festivals. Tau Visual membership.

Photobar Agricultural Stock
Specialist in agricultural photography, with a library of stock pictures online.

Photega Image Library
Royalty-free Image Library based in Gloucester, UK. BAPLA member.

Photo-Image-Stock.com 
High quality stock photography encompassing all subjects for low cost, flat rates not dependent on how the image is used, or print run size.

Picturefrance.com
Dedicated library for France, encompassing quintessential French imagery and a broad range of themes from the generic to specialist studies such as the Gothic cathedrals collection. Commissions undertaken.

Pictures Archive
Italian photographic agency that includes photographs from the beginning of the century until today. Showcases the work of Giuseppe Palmas (1918-77) an Italian photo-journalist who covered the “Neo-realist” era. Site is mostly in Italian.

Premaphotos Wildlife
A library providing nature subjects photographed in their natural environment. Our specialist area is insects and spiders, but we also have a range of many animals and plants, including named cacti. See books by R & K Preston-Mafham.

Redstart
A large site with portfolios of many photographers, illustrators, designers, and other creative professionals.

ReportDigital
Search, browse and download high resolution images 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Subjects online include: work, leisure, economy, trades union, health, education, politics, social issues, protest, environmental issues, culture.

Darby Sawchukl Photography
Stock travel images for commercial and editorial usage. Currently, the collection focuses on images from Asia.

Scala Archives
Comprehensive photographic collection detailing every aspect of the Fine Arts of paintings and works of art from museums throughout the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, NY (MoMA) for which we are exclusive agents.

ScenicBritain
Photo library specialising in landscapes of Britain with particular emphasis on the National Park areas of Northern England. Includes villages, rivers, waterways, lakes and fells.

David Harvey Smith
Photographer from Worcester specialising in evocative black and white studies of people, landscape and architecture. His subjects include Herefordshire & Worcester, Venice, Ireland and Scotland.

[Spec.tro.graph] 
What others perceive as photographical errors, I use to my advantage. Through means of vignetting, crossing, under/long exposure, distorting lenses... I choose to leave aside classical beauty and aim for unexpected original views.

Spectrum Colour Library
An established photolibrary with huge stocks of travel, people and general images. We also have over 40,000 historical pictures dating from 1653 to 1933.

Stock Index Online
The website offshoot of the Stock Index reference book, with picture library details, CDs, catalogues, industry news and production contacts.

Stock Still Images
Licences stock photography of travel, landscapes, people, architecture and more. Also featured is a gallery of black and white photojournalistic images.

Sussex flower photographer
Sarah-Jane Covey has an online portfolio specialising in close up plant portraits. Vibrantly colourful, modern, close-up flower photos.

Glyn Thomas 
Midlands-based photographer, specializing in Sport, Architecture, Travel and Wildlife photography.

Tessa Traeger Picture Library
An exclusive collection of over 30,000 photographs relating to both the culinary and natural worlds including food, garden, horticultural, seasonal and travel subjects.

Trevillion Images
The specialist archive for images of exceptional quality. Subjects include landscapes, architecture, people and various objects. A collection with a unique style: Atmospheric, Narrative and Conceptual photography.

TopFoto
One of the largest and most comprehensive general stock picture libraries in the world. Images range from medieval manuscripts to today's digital files and include subjects such as news, events, celebrities, royalty, sport, and historical.

V&A Images
The source of imagery for your creative needs. We are a versatile picture agency with an ever-expanding collection of fine and decorative art, photography, fashion and design imagery.

Warren Photographic
An extensive & well-organised library of images of cats and dogs, pets, wildlife, nature, and landscapes.

West Country Impressions 
A fully searchable online photographic library, specialising in all aspects of life in Devon and Cornwall.

Geoff Williamson Image Collection 
Online images featuring the Spanish Balearics, European Cities, Boating, Marine and Aviation subjects.

Zoriah
Award-winning press photographer with a background in international disaster management and humanitarian aid.

Dave Zubraski 
Professional photographer specialising in flower and garden images. Website has over 2000 searchable images.

Other sites of interest

British Journal of Photography Online
The "ole BJ" is the news organ of choice for professional photographers, and this link takes you to its new online site.

British Library
Recently housed in its new site, the catalogues are massive, and fortunately can now be accessed via the internet.

Calumet Photographic
The top drawer in the photographer's toolbox. Calumet has what you need, from cameras and cables to studio lighting and computers. With 11 stores, rental, telephone and web ordering and dedicated high end video and digital imaging teams, we cover it all.

Easypano Panorama Software
Panoweaver stitches 360 degree panoramas, and exports to Flash and QTVR. Tourweaver virtual tour software takes this a stage further, and creates interactive virtual tours for real estate, tourism, museum, campus, and many other applications.

Freelance Photography Made Easy
An online magazine and resource for guides and tips on making money from photography. News, articles and a forum where members can share ideas, ask for advice and celebrate success stories.

Search Optimising
Present your enterprise in the best possible light on the Net, and maximise your revenues with ethical SEO, usability development and CMS websites. We have extensive experience in the presentation of image-based websites.

Electric Lane
The consultancy and training company run by Sarah Saunders for businesses producing and using images. We can help at any stage of the workflow from photography to print.

Flip Side Vision
PRA magazine editor Diana Korchien's wonderful ecological calendar, with astounding images from all over the planet.

Pix Studio
Professional scanning and image retouching service. We scan from 35mm negatives and slides and APS film.