Stock Photo Agencies

Here’s my stock photography list. If I’m missing anything good let me know.

General
Corbis
Getty
Alamy
Jupiter Images
Aurora Photos
PhotoShelter Collection
Masterfile
Digital Railroad Marketplace

Boutique
Magnum
A+C Anthology
Lens Modern
Aperture
Gallery Stock
Panos Pictures
Glass House Images
F-Stop Images
Redux Pictures
Stock That Doesn’t Suck
Independent Photography Network
Monsoon Images
Arcangel Images
Trunk Images

Syndicated Celebrity Images
Corbis Portraiture
CPi Syndication
Contour Photos
Icon International
Exclusive by Getty Images
Lickerish
Art and Commerce
Vistalux
Lime Foto
Celebrity Pictures
August Image
JBG Photo

News
NewsCom
AP Images
The New York Times Photos
NYDailyNewsPixs
The Canadian Press
TimePix
Reuters
The New York Times Agency
Redux Pictures
Gamma Presse
Black Star
KRT Direct
UK News Photos
Polaris Images
World Picture News
Kyodo News
Landov
Invisu
Tass Photo (russia/eastern europe)
Laif
SIPA
Zuma Press
Atlas Press Photo
Retna
Rex

News- Features
Magnum Photos
VII Agency
Agence VU
Oculi
Oeil Public
Contact Press
Noor Images
Grazia Neri
Contrasto

Sports
Sports Illustrated
Sports Chrome
Icon Sports Media
ESPN Event Media
Red Bull Photofiles
Gilles Martin-Raget
Extreme Sports Photo
Empics
Cal Sports Media
International Sports

Outdoor
AGPix
Aurora Outdoor Collection
Surfing Stock
A-Frame Photo

Sailing
PPL Photo Agency
Blue Green Pictures
Kos Sailing pictures
Yacht Photo

Movie Archive
Everett Collection, Inc.
Kobal
Neal Peters Collection
Photofest NYC

Travel
Robert Harding
Lonely Planet
Hedgehog House
UK Travel Library
Africa Imagery
Macduff Everton Stock
Tropical Pix
South Africa Images
Odyssey Productions
UK Beach

Region Specific- US
Photo Resource Hawaii
Alaska Stock
Accent Alaska
Yankee Image
Idaho Stock Images
National Park Photographs
Pacific Northwest
Salmon River
Pacific Stock Photography
ViewFinders Northwest
Yellowstone Digital Slide File
Picturesque Stock Photo

Other Countries
Euro Stock
4 Corners (Italy)
Axiom Photo
Europe Stock Images
Anzenberger Webgate
Italy Images
Switzerland Photos
China Stock
Arcapress Photo Agency
Maritius Images
Swedish Stock
All Canada Photos
New Zealand
Brazil
Asia

Wildlife/Nature/Scenic
Peter Arnold
Minden Pictures
Animals Animals
Images of Nature
National Geographic Images
Terra Brasil Imagens
Nature Picture Library
Joel Sartore Stock
Norbert Wu
Steve Bloom
Art Wolfe
EarthWater
Seapics
Muench Photography
Terra Galleria
NHPA
Dembinsky
DRK Photo
Oxford Scientific
World Foto

Photographer Specific Archives
Erickson Productions
Stephen Alvarez archive
Strobo Photo
Jef Maion
LinkImage

Music
Music Pictures
Lebrecht
RedFerns

Art
Bridgeman
Art Resource

Museums and Collections
Smithsonian Photos
National Archives
Library of Congress Prints
UCR California Museum of Photography
George Eastman House
Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection
National Archives
National Museum of Photography
Art Museum Image Consortium
Whitney Museum of American Art
Woodfin Camp
The Granger Collection
Royal Geographical Society
NASA Photos
Culver Pictures
Photos Grannis

Satellite/Aerial
GlobeXplorer
Orb Image
TerraServer
Aerial Photography
Aerial Stock
Land Slides

More General
YouWorkForThem
Imagestate
Veer
AGE Foto Stock
SuperStock
Acclaim Images
Images.com
The Image Works
Photo Researchers (science)
Millennium (London)
FotoTeca (travel)
Plain Picture
Tidal Stock
First Light
Big Shot Stock

Beauty/Fitness
Folio ID (Caution: Music)

Photographers Groups
PBase
Flickr
Digital Railroad
Photo.net
LightStalkers
Nature Photographers
Sports Shooter

Crap
Citizen Image
Fotolia
Shutterstock
Webshots
stockphoto.com
istockphoto

Comments 121

  1. Jackie Alpers wrote:

    Gallery Stock is really good. Also Magnum.

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 8:47 am
  2. 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

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 9:02 am
  3. sacha wrote:

    Photographers Group

    lightstalkers.org

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 9:10 am
  4. John Schweikert wrote:

    Masterfile.com - some very nice imagery I’ve always looked to when I get “photogs block”.

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 9:14 am
  5. Jeremy M. Lange wrote:

    Yes, I am biased, but we have some good stuff at AtlasPressphoto.com

    thanks
    jeremy

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 9:16 am
  6. 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.

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 9:25 am
  7. 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…

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 9:26 am
  8. Chris Thomaidis wrote:

    Toronto based stockthatdoesntsuck.com. Love the name.

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 9:31 am
  9. dani wrote:

    what, all “microstock” is crap?

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 9:47 am
  10. 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.

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 10:09 am
  11. 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.

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 10:09 am
  12. 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.

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 10:32 am
  13. Ramses Moya wrote:

    Yeah - another vote for Masterfile… Its actually well known agency - small and private….

    RM

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 10:38 am
  14. Cotton Coulson wrote:

    I would also include http://www.milim.com/

    Millennium in London

    cotton

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 10:44 am
  15. 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?

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 10:44 am
  16. Jennifer wrote:

    From my photo editing days: folio-id.com
    Great beauty and fitness. Also, Kennethwillardt.com

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 10:47 am
  17. 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

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 10:49 am
  18. Jess wrote:

    Well scratch that. They apparently closed up shop at the beginning of this year.

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 10:50 am
  19. chris wrote:

    What about:

    http://www.eurostock.us/_stock

    and

    http://www.gallerystock.com

    High end rights managed-

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 10:56 am
  20. 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.

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 10:59 am
  21. 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.

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 11:18 am
  22. EW wrote:

    Swedish - http://www.folio.se

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 11:27 am
  23. Chris wrote:

    Retna?
    http://www.retna.com

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 11:37 am
  24. C wrote:

    http://www.maion.com/photography/index.html

    Jeff Maion - French photographer lives in Finland.

    Very Scandavian looking images.

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 12:06 pm
  25. Letty wrote:

    This is great! I also like http://www.Laif.de and http://www.fototeca9×12.com for travel stuff…

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 12:40 pm
  26. Letty wrote:

    http://www.linkimage.com/

    is also fun too for travel - swedish I think

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 12:42 pm
  27. elizabeth wrote:

    How come F-Stop is listed in both Crap and Boutique?

    And yes, Retna.

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 12:45 pm
  28. 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.

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 1:08 pm
  29. 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.

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 1:55 pm
  30. Dayna Bealy wrote:

    another good one in the aerials dept is Landslides
    http://www.landslides.com/

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 2:09 pm
  31. Peter wrote:

    Here are two more for the list:

    First Light
    http://www.firstlight.com

    and

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

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 2:15 pm
  32. 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.

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 2:36 pm
  33. 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…

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 2:44 pm
  34. Richard wrote:

    a great one for photographer’s groups: naturephotographers.net

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 2:46 pm
  35. 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.

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 3:26 pm
  36. Andy wrote:

    http://www.wonderfulmachine.com is a good one.

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 4:29 pm
  37. meredith wrote:

    im with http://jbgphoto.com for syndication, they seem to do well for me.

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 4:37 pm
  38. 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

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 5:21 pm
  39. Jeff C. wrote:

    I list with Stock Image Database at StociImageAgency.com. Small, but people and children image focused.

    http://stockimageagency.com

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 6:17 pm
  40. 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.

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 6:30 pm
  41. Stacy wrote:

    http://www.plainpicture.com/

    Really beautiful general creative images.

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 6:33 pm
  42. 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.

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 7:00 pm
  43. ShaolinTiger wrote:

    Photographers groups maybe add Smugmug and Zenfolio - maybe Zoomr too (the new Flickr challenger).

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 11:34 pm
  44. James Godman wrote:

    http://www.luckypix.com

    Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 11:43 pm
  45. 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

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 3:28 am
  46. 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.

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 4:26 am
  47. John Brown wrote:

    Have a look at Mondolibrary.com

    JB

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 5:27 am
  48. 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!

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 5:51 am
  49. Jason wrote:

    Groups:

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

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 9:18 am
  50. Ryan wrote:

    Thanks Rob for putting us on the list….
    best,
    Ryan Cardone
    Tidalstock.com

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 9:37 am
  51. 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.

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 9:51 am
  52. 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

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 10:06 am
  53. 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.

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 11:33 am
  54. 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.

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 11:46 am
  55. Daryl wrote:

    Envision is excellent.
    They have my work and a lot of other cool images.
    http://www.envision-stock.com

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 11:56 am
  56. KML wrote:

    Mike Watson’s http://www.moodboard.com/

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 12:12 pm
  57. 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.

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 12:15 pm
  58. Ryan wrote:

    Polaris Images is more than a news photo agency, they are heavy into features and long-term documentary stories.

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 12:30 pm
  59. 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!)

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 1:12 pm
  60. pony wrote:

    if you think getty is like walmart why is photoshelter hiring getty people? maybe photoshelter wants to be like walmart?

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 1:45 pm
  61. Letty wrote:

    Woah

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 2:49 pm
  62. 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.

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 3:01 pm
  63. 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.

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 3:04 pm
  64. 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.

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 3:20 pm
  65. 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

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 3:49 pm
  66. Mariana Vasconcellos wrote:

    I see AP and Reuters.. Any reason for not including AFP?

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 4:18 pm
  67. avs wrote:

    http://www.trunkimages.com

    and a lot of photo agencies handle their own syndication.

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 5:54 pm
  68. Felipe Russo wrote:

    im a brazilian photographer so for Brazil see:

    http://www.sambaphoto.com

    Cheers!!

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 6:04 pm
  69. David McIntyre wrote:

    Black Star

    Posted 28 Feb 2008 at 10:26 pm
  70. Chris Geoge wrote:

    http://www.arcangel-images.com
    Some interesting stuff and certainly ‘off the beaten track’

    Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 12:17 am
  71. Sam Morgan Moore wrote:

    I admit that I run/contribute to

    http://www.beachfeature.com

    UK Coastal images and surfing etc

    S

    Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 12:25 am
  72. amyvcooper wrote:

    this made my week!

    Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 1:21 am
  73. Eric Hamilton wrote:

    Include information about how to submit, and you’ll be giving The Photographer’s Market a run for their money…

    Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 5:25 am
  74. Jamie Klingler wrote:

    We also use Rex Features consistently….

    Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 6:53 am
  75. Randy wrote:

    Could you please add-

    Stock Company name is : dcstockimages.com

    http://www.dcstockimages.com

    Thanks!

    Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 7:09 am
  76. 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.

    Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 11:39 am
  77. Erin wrote:

    http://www.monsoonimages.com has a gorgeous collection.

    Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 11:43 am
  78. Annie wrote:

    Don’t forget mainstream gay & lesbian stock! http://www.outloudstock.com

    Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 1:21 pm
  79. 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.

    Posted 01 Mar 2008 at 12:41 am
  80. 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.

    Posted 01 Mar 2008 at 4:06 am
  81. 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

    Posted 01 Mar 2008 at 4:24 am
  82. RPasley wrote:

    I’m a partner in this healthcare and medical website:
    http://www.doctorstock.com

    RP

    Posted 01 Mar 2008 at 1:04 pm
  83. Eric Millette wrote:

    http://www.BigShotStock.com
    50 editorial photographers supplying editorial stock portraits.

    Posted 01 Mar 2008 at 5:03 pm
  84. Raphael Günther wrote:

    http://www.sambaphoto.com

    Brazilian

    Posted 01 Mar 2008 at 6:14 pm
  85. Archie wrote:

    For sports check out http://www.isiphoto.com. They’re great people to work with as well!

    Posted 02 Mar 2008 at 4:39 pm
  86. Marcela Arbelaez wrote:

    I think I love you… What a list!

    Posted 02 Mar 2008 at 6:08 pm
  87. 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

    Posted 02 Mar 2008 at 8:06 pm
  88. ScubaShot wrote:

    I also like CalSport Media for sports (http://www.calsportmedia.com/).

    Posted 02 Mar 2008 at 9:48 pm
  89. lane wrote:

    For region specific: http://www.photonewzealand.com/

    Posted 03 Mar 2008 at 5:39 am
  90. 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.

    Posted 03 Mar 2008 at 5:53 am
  91. 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

    Posted 03 Mar 2008 at 11:05 am
  92. Enrique Aguirre wrote:

    two more for the list…

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

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

    Posted 03 Mar 2008 at 6:10 pm
  93. 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/

    Posted 06 Mar 2008 at 10:37 am
  94. Sara Elder wrote:

    Excellent information, thanks! For travel and wildlife stock, I recommend Paul Souders’ site, http://www.worldfoto.com.

    Posted 07 Mar 2008 at 1:18 pm
  95. 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.

    Posted 07 Mar 2008 at 7:18 pm
  96. 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.

    Posted 07 Mar 2008 at 7:31 pm
  97. tasha wrote:

    http://folio-id.com it is!

    Posted 07 Mar 2008 at 7:37 pm
  98. A Photo Editor wrote:

    Uh, Greenberg… this is my list. I’ve been using it for years.

    Posted 07 Mar 2008 at 8:04 pm
  99. tom wrote:

    Wildlife/Nature/Scenic

    http://www.marcadamus.com

    Just won Banff …

    Posted 08 Mar 2008 at 1:25 am
  100. Numa wrote:

    News & Features:
    http://www.aliseipress.com

    Posted 08 Mar 2008 at 8:30 am
  101. 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.

    Posted 08 Mar 2008 at 9:51 am
  102. 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.

    Posted 13 Mar 2008 at 9:49 pm
  103. 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.

    Posted 16 Mar 2008 at 2:43 pm
  104. Noni wrote:

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

    Posted 19 Mar 2008 at 11:43 pm
  105. Sarah Claxton wrote:

    for celebrity portraiture:

    http://www.managementartists.com

    Posted 21 Mar 2008 at 3:10 pm
  106. 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

    Posted 22 Mar 2008 at 1:55 pm
  107. 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.

    Posted 24 Mar 2008 at 7:42 pm
  108. 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

    Posted 25 Mar 2008 at 5:35 am
  109. Dustin wrote:

    You listed Contact Press Images as Contact Press, just FYI we go by Contact or Contact Press Images… not Contact Press.
    Thanks!

    Posted 25 Mar 2008 at 12:07 pm
  110. Pinturicchio80 wrote:

    Art Section - Photoservice Electa
    http://photoservice.electaweb.it

    Posted 27 Mar 2008 at 11:47 am
  111. 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

    Posted 08 Apr 2008 at 5:17 pm
  112. Sebastian Kaulitzki wrote:

    We started an agency with medical 3d Illustrations

    Posted 10 Apr 2008 at 11:25 am
  113. Sebastian Kaulitzki wrote:

    http://www.medicstock.com

    Posted 10 Apr 2008 at 11:25 am
  114. 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

    Posted 12 Apr 2008 at 4:35 am
  115. 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

    Posted 25 Apr 2008 at 11:16 am
  116. Vladimir Konskij wrote:

    http://yaymicro.com

    Posted 26 Apr 2008 at 4:50 pm
  117. 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

    Posted 29 Apr 2008 at 4:56 pm
  118. TONO wrote:

    You can visit oru new phot