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General Stock Agencies Worldwide

Acclaim Images

- "Stock photography direct from the photographer" -- most subjects, RM/RF images and clip-art, from Americana to Yosemite.

Adams Picture Library

- General stock of 14,000 images online, plus half-million slides: landscape, travel, wildlife, people, vintage fashion and more.

Arterra

- Belgium-based stock library specializing in nature, environment and travel photography: Europe, North & Central America, Africa, and India.

Big Shot Stock

- U.S. agency -- unique images of people in business, arts, sports, education, science, technology and more.

Diomedia

- RM/RF images, most subjects. London-based, with operations in Belgrade, Zagreb and Russia.

First Light

- Top Canadian source for stock photography. Reps 200 top Canadian stock photographers to the world through 40 agents.

Global ImageWorks

- Photos and footage, with lots of historical content, Americana & nostalgia, destinations & travel, news & events, pop culture and transportation - but also contemporary images, with celebrities, fashion, music & entertainment, scitech, and political subjects.

Image Envision

- Provides publishers, designers, advertisers with high quality historical and contemporary stock photographs, illustrations, and clipart.

Images.com

- Diverse and dynamic collection of rights managed and royalty free images for advertisers, corporations and media/publishing professionals.

Link Picture Library

- London-based agency with worldwide photographic network. Archive has big South African, Indian and Chinese collections. All subjects.

Majority World CIC

- Photography from the developing world, Asia, Africa and Latin America, by photographers who live and work there.

Maxppp

- People, sports, graphics, news. Entire imagery collection available online. Same day images and archive photos.

Media Bakery

- One of the world's largest media collections, offering images, footage and audio files. Over 1.4 million RM/RF products.

Millennium (London)

- Features the work of young innovative photographers. Has strong individual style and is committed to contemporary photography.

myLoupe.com

- Photographers in over 50 countries: commercial subjects, lifestyle, business, travel, wildlife, flora, parenting, sports, etc. Chicago-based.

OJOfoto.com

- 300,000+ images on most topics: architecture, business, concepts & ideas, education, families, financial planning green issues, etc.

PhotoAlto Image Bank

- RF/RM stock photos: lifestyle, business, beauty, family, youth, children, healthcare, animals, sports, food, typography, food. Paris-based.

PhotoValley.com

- Stock images for paper products -- calendars, brochures, greeting cards, etc. RF/RM. Strong on cute and furry.

plainpicture

- RM/RF images of daily life, family, leisure, vacation, jobs. HQ in Hamburg, Germany; office in London.

Stock Connection

- Represents over 400 photographers from around the world. Business, concepts, landscapes, lifestyle and medical. For advertising/design use.

Storyblocks

- A one-stop-shop for high quality stock media for a reasonable cost. "Simple and straighforward licensing," for "the entire spectrum of the creative community." 10 million images.

SuperStock

- RM/RF images for corporate, editorial and advertising. Includes fine art and vintage photos.

Theimagefile.com

- 15 million print-res RM and RF images taken by hundreds of photographers on all subjects. UK/USA-based.

The Image Works

- Independent stock photography agency with specialized collections from around the world and a million photos online.

YouWorkForThem

- Stock images including textures, patterns, smoke, wood, oils and ink, watercolor, places. Stock vectors, brushes and videos, too.

Country/Region-Specific

Africa

PICHA

- A microstock image library of Africa: a collection of contemporary and high quality images. PICHA means "images" in Swahili.

Australia

DW Stock Picture Library

- One of Australia's leading stock image galleries: animals, landscapes, cities, plus general stock subjects.

redbrickstock.com

- Australian general photo stock, featuring a broad range of contemporary subjects but with an emphasis on high quality.

Bangladesh

Drik Images

- The Drik Picture Agency's collection ranges from historical shots of the Bangladesh 1971 war of liberation to high res contemporary images from around the world.

Canada

All Canada Photos

- Landscape, nature, wildlife, sports, recreation, industry, travel, business, cities, agriculture, and concepts. RM/RF.

Artzooks

- Canadian company offering images from over 50 sources, including Rubberball, Goodshoot, AbleStock and others. Reps individual photographers, too.

The Canadian Press Images Archive

- Award-winning editorial, rights managed or royalty free news images: Canada, its people and history. 2 million images.

First Light

- Top Canadian source for stock photography. Reps 200 top Canadian stock photographers to the world through 40 agents.

NFB Archives

- The National Film Board of Canada licenses both footage and stills on a variety of subjects including wildlife, landscapes & environment, natural resources, science & medicine, industry & commerce, war & military.

PBase.ca

- From KeenART Media of Vancouver, Canada, a collection of city, scenery, parks and lifestyle images with focus on tourism.

PhotoStockPlus.com

- Enables stock photographers to find buyers + provides gallery and lab services for event photographers. Quebec-based.

Czech Republic

Allphoto

- General stock agency with special collections on travel, interiors, celebrities, and film -- via other agencies.

Profimedia

- Creative and editorial images, celebrities, paparazzi, news, sports, retro. RM/RF. Special sites for Hungary and Slovakia.

Estonia

Focus

- Image library specializing in Estonian stock photography. Based in Tallinn.

Europe (in general)

Colaimages.com

- Original vintage photographs 1900-1980s, chiefly from Italy, USA, Denmark, France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, and the UK.

Finland

MVphotos

- Based in Finland. High quality journalism and reportage, plus marketing of international photos to Finnish market.

France

adoc-photos

- Historical photographs. Classic photographic masterpieces as well as the work of unknown amateurs. Paris-based.

Ask Images

- Paris-based photo agency for topical and feature-style photos from around the world. People, religion, sports, travel, women.

Photo 12

- A leading French picture agency: cinema, celebrities, fine art, history, travel, religion, lifestyle, and other images.

Rue des Archives

- Major French stock agency, with 3 million pictures from AGIP plus many other collections. Specialty photographers, too.

StudioX

- French and German sites: food, people, babies, health, animals, decor, botanical, travel, reportage.

Tendance floue

- French avant garde collective. "Tendance floue's language is to be found in the dialogue between photographs."

Germany

360-berlin.de

- Politics, culture, professional stock pictures and illustrations - over 100,000 images online from German agency.

Caro Fotoagentur

- German agency, offering editorial images on society, people, events, nature, history, and architecture. Has Polish subsidiary.

Chromorange Photostock

- Photos for catalogs, posters, outdoor advertising and Internet. Lizenzfrei (RF) and lizenzpflichtig (RM). Based in Rosenheim, Germany.

F1online

- German stock agency that offers a selection of 2 million rights managed and royalty free images from major collections.

Fotex

- From German company Fotex Medien Agentur: RM/RF images. General stock, celebrities, flora & fauna.

Imago Images

- Germany's largest owner-managed photo agency. Founded 1997 as a sports photo agency, has grown to include photos on many other topics.

interfoto

- Large German agency offering many collections: art, history, movie, personalities, geography, travel, botany, zoology.

laif

- German picture agency: economy, architecture, portraits, travel and images of Germany. 250 freelance photographers.

Ostkreuz

- Based in Berlin, Germany: portraits, photo essays, reports, landscapes, architecture, panoramas, travel, and fashion.

plainpicture

- RM/RF images of daily life, family, leisure, vacation, jobs. HQ in Hamburg, Germany; office in London.

Stock4B

- RF/RM images. German site. Lifestyle, business, artistic editorial. Buzzwords: sustainability, optimism, light.

Holland

Hollandse Hoogte

- Represents around 300 photographers in the Netherlands and 100 international photo agencies.

India

Dinodia

- Advertising, editorial and historical images. Representing 500+ photographers. Includes world's largest Mahatma Gandhi collection.

Ireland

KeeWi Photography - Images of Ireland: its people, landscapes, animals, and activities. With hi-res royalty free downloads.

Italy

CuboImages

- Based in Milan, CuboImages sells photos of every aspect of Italian life style, food, territory, and tradition, to agencies and magazines.

Japan

PhotoJapan

- Diverse collection of professional-quality photos of Japan: traditional and contemporary Japanese culture. RM only.

Uniphoto Press

- One of the leading photo agencies in Tokyo, Japan, offering high-quality images from 1000 sources in 30 countries.

Norway

Scanpix

- Leading provider of visual content to Norwegian media companies, formed by merger of NTB-image and Scan Photo. 10 million digital images and video clips.

YAY Images

- Premium stock images, vectors and illustrations for downloading and streaming. Architecture, lifestyle, business, industry, nature, travel -- and more.

Poland

BE&W Agencja Fotograficzna

- Images from Poland and the world. RM/RF. Nature, sport, business, architecture, showbusiness. Based in Warsaw.

Russia

Sputnik Images

- Over 600,000 images devoted to Russia and the former Soviet Union: history, politics, defense, economy, arts. About a third scanned and tagged.

Russian Look

- Pro photographers from Russia and former Soviet Republics: features, portraits, landscape, architecture, still life, corporate, advertising, nude, concepts.

Vostock Media Photo Agency

- RM/RF images from Russian and worldwide sources. Based in Moscow.

South Africa

Great Stock!

- Southern African library containing RM/RF shots of wildlife, landmarks, and other general subjects including contemporary lifestyle and industrial images.

Sweden

Ina Agency Press

- Swedish agency offering images from many sources on most subjects: business, work, home, science, garden, health, sensual and more.

Link Image

- Swedish agency representing the work of dozens of photographers: travel imagery, general pics.

NordicPhotos

- "Your image provider from the north" brings images of places, people and everything from the Nordic countries.

Switzerland

Keystone

- Based in Zurich, Switzerland. Creative: leisure & lifestyle, food & drink and other general stock; plus editorial: news, sports, historical.

Sodapix

- Swiss photo agency for editorial/commercial RM/RF images. Great search engine. Sales team in USA. Most subjects covered.

Thailand

Photo Bangkok

- Alberto Cassio's substantial collection of Thai images: lifestyle, traditions, landscapes, festivals, people, food, beaches, art, history.

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