Getty Images “Travels to the Edge” Through Partnership with Art Wolfe

HD Footage from the Award-Winning Series Available Exclusively From Getty Images  

Seattle, WA, Apr. 23, 2008. Getty Images (NYSE:GYI), the world’s leading creator and distributor of visual content and other digital media, today announced that it is the exclusive distributor of high-definition footage from the American Public Television series “Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge.” The award-winning program follows internationally acclaimed photographer Art Wolfe as he journeys to remote corners of the globe to capture images of nature and the cultures and creatures that make our world so unique.  

“‘Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge’ provides our customers with immediate access to remarkable high-definition footage from amazing locations and unique cultures,” said Craig Peters, vice president of footage and multimedia at Getty Images. “The relevance of this tremendous content enables our customers to create visual communications that address environmental stewardship, globalization and other pressing topics.”

Creative professionals now have access to footage clips from the award-winning television program that showcases some of the world’s most amazing moments and captivating cultures from remote locations including Patagonia, Peru, Bolivia, Alaska, Ethiopia, Madagascar, India and South Georgia Island. Additional clips will be added over the coming months to make the most dramatic footage available from the first 13 episodes of the program.  

“Offering the footage collections from ‘Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge’ program through gettyimages.com represents a milestone for the Series,” said Jeff Davis, Executive Producer at Edge of the Earth Productions. “Getty Images’ powerful platform and growing customer base allows the incredible moments captured during the filming of our program to reach a substantially greater audience worldwide.”  

To access ’Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge’ collection visit:

http://www.gettyimages.com/travelstotheedge.  

In addition, to read a personal account from Art Wolfe about the circumstances under which his team captured the footage, visit http://blogs.gettyimages.com/creative.

 

About Getty Images

Getty Images is the world’s leading creator and distributor of still imagery, footage and multimedia products, as well as a recognized provider of other forms of premium digital content, including music.  Getty Images serves business customers in more than 100 countries and is the first place creative and media professionals turn to discover, purchase and manage images and other digital content.  Its award-winning photographers and imagery help customers produce inspiring work which appears every day in the world’s most influential newspapers, magazines, advertising campaigns, films, television programs, books and Web sites.  Visit Getty Images at http://www.gettyimages.com to learn more about how the company is advancing the unique role of digital media in communications and business, and enabling creative ideas to come to life.

 

About Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge

Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge is a 13-episode public television series that follows Art Wolfe, an internationally acclaimed photographer, as he travels to remote locations to capture images of majestic glaciers, expansive deserts, teeming rainforests, remote mountain peaks and exotic tribal gatherings, and he teaches professional photographic techniques.

Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge is produced by Edge of the Earth Productions, LLC in association with Blue Moon Productions, Inc., presented by Oregon Public Broadcasting, and distributed by American Public Television (APT).  Funding for Travels to the Edge with Art Wolfe is generously provided by Canon U.S.A., Inc. and the Microsoft Corporation. Additional funding is provided by Conservation International.