Recent Stock Photo Industry Press Releases

RetroStockPix, the Retro, Vintage Stock Photography Site is now online

Moorestown, NJ, Feb. 28, 2007. The stock images online at www.RetroStockPix.com are a collection of evocative Retro, Vintage 1950´s & 60´s Photography. All photographs are from the Aladdin Color Photography Collection of over 100,000 images dating from 1956 to today. The images are the original photographs used to create brochures & postcards for Motels, Hotels, Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Car Dealerships, Boardwalk Rides, Amusement Parks, and many other businesses.

Getty Images Announces First Two Winners of 2007 Grants for Editorial Photography

Grant Recipients Ziyah Gafic and Christopher Anderson Will Each Receive 20,000 to Execute Winning Photojournalism Projects

New York, NY, Feb. 28, 2007. Getty Images announced today that Magnum photographer Christopher Anderson from New York and Ziyah Gafic, a Getty Images contributor from Sarajevo, Bosnia, will receive grants that enable them to pursue their photojournalism projects.

Getty Images to Present at Thomas Weisel Conference

Company presentation will be webcast live on March 6

Seattle, WA, Feb. 27, 2007. Getty Images, Inc. (NYSE: GYI), the world's leading creator and distributor of visual content, today announced that it will present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Internet and Digital Media conference on March 6, 2007. Tom Oberdorf, senior vice president and CFO, will speak at 11:30am Pacific Time.

Veer Extends Somos Collection into Global Distribution Channel

New York, NY, Feb. 27, 2007. Veer, a provider of visual elements and design-related products, has released the Somos™ Hispanic Images collection into the global distribution channel. Somos is now available through more than 25 distributors worldwide, reaching over 100 countries, with specific concentration in the United States, Latin America, Europe, and the Mediterranean.

Dreamstime.com Reaches Platinum Status

Brentwood, Tennessee, Feb. 27, 2007. Dreamstime.com, distinguished as a global photo community and established as a social, interactive networking outlet in the stock photography industry, has officially reached platinum status with 1 Million images available.

Getty Images Acquires The Michael Ochs Archives

Offering Customers Easy Access to Extraordinary Imagery of 20th Century Music and Entertainment Legends

Seattle, WA, Feb. 27, 2007. Getty Images, Inc. (NYSE: GYI) today announced the latest addition to its entertainment offering with the acquisition of The Michael Ochs Archives, a renowned collection of music and entertainment imagery spanning the 1940s to the 1990s.

Imagekind.com, Changing the Way the World Buys and Sells Art

Closes $2.6 Million in Oversubscribed Round of Financing - Imagekind(TM) Adds Erik Blachford as an Advisor and Sven Achter to the Board of Directors

Seattle, WA, Feb. 26, 2007. Imagekind.com, the world's fastest growing online community for creating, selling and buying artwork, today announced it has closed $2.6 million in its series A round of financing. The company will use these funds to aggressively market the site and increase operations and staffing. Holtzbrinck Ventures, the venture arm of one of Germany's largest publishing companies and one of Europe's leading Internet investors, led the round.

The Virtual Picture Desk: New Team Members and new Offices

Chicago, IL, Feb. 26, 2007. The Virtual Picture Desk has relocated to larger, creative offices in Chicago and London. Due to the continued increase in the number of clients and business, additional staff and consultants were hired, and a number of senior management appointments were made.

National Basketball Association NBA and YouTube Challenge Fans to Post Their Best Basketball Moves

“Post Up the NBA” to Be Featured on New “NBA Channel” on YouTube

San Bruno, CA & New York, NY, Feb. 26, 2007. YouTube, Inc. and the National Basketball Association (NBA) today announced the launch of “Post Up the NBA” on the new “NBA Channel” on YouTube. The new channel will provide fans around the world and the entire YouTube community with the opportunity to submit video clips of their best basketball moves, and access original NBA content throughout the remainder of the 2006-07 NBA season.

Millenium Images Launches Sister Agency Wildcard Images

London, Feb. 26, 2007. Millennium Images is delighted to announce the launch of the new sister agency Wildcard Images Ltd. Wildcard Images has been created for the representation of high quality creative imagery from other international agencies. Wildcard already holds collections from  Glasshouse (USA), Plainpicture (Germany) and Americana (UK) and will be adding material from several other collections in the coming months.