Recent Stock Photo Industry Press Releases

image100 Launches Natural

image100 presents Natural - the brand new collection of CD’s from the UK’s fastest growing independent royalty free image provider. Natural , in a similar vein to image100’s previous two collections, draws on the “life moments” theme. The collection of 895 images puts notable emphasis on the revival of what is “real”, and in particular the fundamentals of “real life”.

Index Stock Imagery and ChromaZone

New York, NY — Index Stock Imagery, the independent choice for your imagination, is proud to announce a renewed alliance with ChromaZone Images, www.chromazoneflowers.com . Index Stock represented ChromaZone Images internationally in 1998 with the launch of its FLOWERS catalogue. FLOWERS had 4220 high quality images from more than 300 photographers and flower artists from 25 countries. The catalogue exceeded all expectations.

Iconica Adds Websites Serving the UK, Germany, France, and Italy

New York, NY — Already one of the world's most popular new resources for stock imagery after its highly successful October 2003 launch, Iconica (www.iconica.com) continues its rapid expansion this month by localizing the website for the UK, and adding accessibility in three new languages: German, French, and Italian.

Getty Images Reports Financial Results for the First Quarter of 2004

Global Leader Reports 20 Percent Revenue Growth and Raises Guidance for 2004

SEATTLE, Thursday, April 22, 2004 - Getty Images, Inc. (NYSE:GYI), the world's leading imagery company, today reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2004.

Quarterly Highlights: • Revenue grew 20 percent over the first quarter of 2003 • Operating margin improved to more than 27 percent compared to 18 percent in the year-ago period • Earnings per diluted share increased 87 percent to $0.43 from $0.23 in the first quarter of 2003

“Our strong results in the first quarter underscore the leverage in our business model and reinforce our optimism for 2004. The sales momentum and positive market trends we began to see at the end of 2003 continued throughout the first quarter of this year, with revenue improving consecutively each month, resulting in record revenue of $156.5 million and an operating margin of more than 27 percent,” said Jonathan Klein, Getty Images' co-founder and CEO.

Royalty Free HD Website Launches

Boston-based Royalty Free HD announces the launch of its website. The company specializes in Royalty-Free High Definition stock motion imagery and plans to be a central RF footage source for the emerging HD production market. Producers purchase collections of HD stock footage clips from RoyaltyFreeHD and can insert edit the content into programming on an unlimited usage basis.

Corbis Partners with Medical-On-Line to Offer World's Leading Medical Images

Seattle and London -- Corbis has announced a strategic sourcing partnership with UK-based Medical-On-Line Limited , one of the world's leading medical and scientific image libraries. Under the collaboration, Corbis will offer clients easy access to Medical-On-Line's Mediscan library, on of the world's premier collections of medical images. A subscription offering for medical colleges and other educators is also being planned.
"Corbis is constantly expanding the breadth and depth of its offering to meet customer demand," said Patrick Donehue, Vice-President, Creative Photography at Corbis. "Medical-On-Line's Mediscan library is one of the most extensive collections of medical images in the world. This partnership demonstrates our commitment to providing our clients with the most innovative and creative images available."

IMAGEZOO Breaks Barriers to Buying Art - Innovative Company Makes it Easy and Inexpensive to Buy Commercial Illustration

State of the art - IMAGEZOO , a new company selling affordable royalty-free illustration, is helping to change the way art is viewed and sold. It proves that restrictive barriers traditionally associated with commercial illustration, and the art industry in general---exclusivity and expense---are not a prerequisite to buying fine quality artwork.

Getty Images Brings Two of the World's Most Renowned Photography Archives Together on One Platform

Seattle, WA -- Getty Images (NYSE: GYI), the world's leading imagery company, has announced that two iconic collections of historic imagery, Hulton Archive and Time Life Pictures , will be united at gettyimages.com, to offer one of the world's most extensive online collections of archival imagery. The collections offer a wealth of original photographic material spanning the birth of photography to the present day, along with engravings, maps, cartoons, etchings, lithographs and illustrations dating back to the beginning of printed material.

Reelhouse Publishes the World's Largest Royalty-free Film FX Library for Video Editors and Motion Graphic Artists

New York, NY — Reelhouse, the leading independent royalty-free footage and video FX producer, announced today the release of the Film FX library . Built for Video Editors and Motion Graphic Artists, the 200 plus film leaders and FX were built from extremely rare 16 mm and 35mm sources from all over the world and took nearly 6 years to collect.

PictureArts Acquires the Nonstock Collection

South Pasadena, CA — PictureArts is pleased to announce that it has today successfully completed an agreement with Nonstock Inc. to acquire the substantial assets of Nonstock’s unique, rights-managed picture collection and business operations. Currently managing three successful stock imagery collections, PictureArts now expands its offerings to include a fourth distinctive picture library.