Mary Evans collection of the week: Patricia Aubrey

Three young soldiers of the University Men's Corps, Royal Fusiliers, relaxing during a route march from Clipstone Camp, near Mansfield, 21 July 1915. On the left is Albert Auerbach. Date: 1915

It is often collections preserved by ordinary families that capture the past most compellingly. One such is the collection of Patricia Aubrey, consisting of the Auerbach family’s photo albums, with the early 20th century material of particular interest. Tracing the lives of a well-to-do, middle class family from Ealing-Arthur and Ellen Auerbach and their four…

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Image Quest Marine photo of the month: Whip Coral Goby

Whip Coral Goby profile Shot in Indonesia

Our photo of the month is this striking shot of a Whip Coral Goby, captured by our new photographer, Jeff Yonover. You may be familiar with Jeff’s incredible image of a ‘snorkelling’ elephant, which gained a lot of attention and was previously highly commended in the NHM Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards. Focusing on…

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Shutterstock expands services with editorial video

Shutterstock expands Editorial offering to include Live and Archival Video across News, Entertainment, Fashion and UGC

Shutterstock press release – 20 October, 2020. Premium offerings now available providing access to over 250,000 editorial video clips Shutterstock, Inc. today announced the highly anticipated addition of Editorial Video, a new premium, full-service editorial video offering that is now available for license. Critical Past, Celebrity Footage and Viral Hog are just a few of the…

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Mary Evans collection of the week: The Medici Society – Three courses for Christmas

Our representation of the prestigious Medici Society collection of art and illustration is a decade old, and over the years, we have continued to add more and more images from their seemingly infinite archive. The total at present stands at almost 18,500 pictures, spanning fine art, classic nursery illustration, cartoons, florals, decorative, religious, animals and…

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Nature Picture Library shows book and calendar concepts at Frankfurt Book Fair

This year we are attending the Frankfurt Book Fair virtually, and we’ve been busy creating book and calendar concepts to show our publishing contacts around the world. We are also celebrating the publication this week of Stefan Christmann’s book Penguin – a Story of Survival by teNeues Media, a concept we presented in Frankfurt just a year…

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Getty Images and iStock to award $20,000 in grants to support the next generation of creative talent

Getty Images press release – 13 October 2020. ‘Definition Future’ Creative Bursary offers up-and-coming creatives financial support and mentorship to explore what our future may hold Getty Images, a world leader in visual communications celebrating its 25th year, and its subsidiary iStock, today announces the launch of its latest Creative Bursary, ‘Definition Future’. Designed to support…

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TopFoto’s priceless archive awarded grant from Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund

John Topham negative boxes Behind the scenes at Topfoto picture library, Edenbridge, Kent, UK. Photographer Christy Low, July 2016

Topfoto press release – 9 October, 2020. Almost 450 heritage organisations in England, including the TopFoto archive have been awarded cash from the first round of the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage Grants of up to £1 million will deliver a lifeline for the heritage sector in England with further support to follow and larger…

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New research shows climate and sustainability still top concern despite COVID-19 pandemic

Young female farmer walking through solar farm ©Mike Harrington / Getty Images

Getty Images press release – 7 October, 2020. Getty Images research reveals 81% of people globally expect companies to be environmentally aware in all their advertising and communications Getty Images partners with Climate Visuals to launch Visualising Sustainability Guidelines – supporting brands and businesses to use visual content which incites change Getty Images, a world…

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NBCUniversal News Group and Getty Images announce exclusive global archive video clip licensing partnership

An MSNBC camera operator tapes the Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate at the Polk County Convention Complex November 24, 2003 in Des Moines, Iowa ©Shaun Heasley / Getty Images

Getty Images press release – 1 October, 2020. More than 75 years of archive clips from NBC News’ award-winning shows and original content to be available on gettyimages.com Getty Images, a world leader in visual communications, has today announced a multi-year partnership with NBCUniversal News Group to exclusively license its news archive collection, one of…

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