IWM Licensing Highlights 2022

Archival material from Imperial War Museum collections has been in high demand this year. Footage and images licensed from IWM have been used in multiple notable projects, including Netflix’s highly acclaimed drama series The Crown, Channel 4s, My Grandparents’ War and BBC iPlayer’s, Our Falklands War: A Frontline Story. You can view highlights from all…

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Mary Evans Picture Library

Collection of the Week: *NEW* CTK Photobank CTK Photobank is the image archive of Czech News Agency (CTK) a traditional producer and provider of images from the Czech Republic, with its roots stretching all the way back to 1918. The archival collection holds historical images recording Czech, Slovak and wider world events, from the early…

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Nature Picture Library – Favourite Nature Photographs from 2022

For many of us, 2022 has raced by, as a return to our pre-pandemic lives has brought newfound freedom, and fresh appreciation for the finer things in life. The dizzying ride of the last year is one we’re excited to look back on with this collection of our favourite nature photographs from 2022. Alex Hyde…

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NPG Taylor Wessing Exhibition 2022

The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2022 is the leading international competition, celebrating and promoting the very best in contemporary photography, now celebrating fifteen years under Taylor Wessing’s sponsorship. For the second year, the exhibition is taking place at the arts hub Cromwell Place, London until 18 December 2022, while the National Portrait Gallery building…

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Mary Evans Picture Library – Football Fever

News from Mary Evans Picture Library The countdown to the 2022 Fifa World Cup has begun and while it feels strange for it to be held in November, it’s likely football fever will take hold as the first kick-off approaches. By way of a warm up, we’ve picked a starting line-up of World Cup-related images…

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Collection of the week: The Maurice Collins Collection It’s a while since we last reminded you of the Maurice Collins Collection, one of our favourites, so we thought we’d give him another run out. It was 2016 when our reputation as purveyors of the quirky and unusual was given a boost with the arrival of…

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Mary Evans Picture Library – Angela Lansbury 1925 – 2022, Gallery

Dame Angela Lansbury, the screen legend best known for starring role as Jessica Fletcher in Murder She Wrote and as the voice behind Mrs Potts in Disney’s 1991 musical, Beauty and The Beast, died at her home in Los Angeles on Tuesday October 11. Lansbury had a stellar career both on the stage and in…

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Autumn Highlights from Nature Picture Library

Over the past month, we have strengthened our coverage on many subjects. You’ll find the pick of these images in our new September 2022 highlights gallery. Gil Wizen sent great images of invertebrates, reptiles and amphibians, Ingo Arndt added European bird portraits, Alex Mustard and Sergio Hanquet reveal the colours and behaviour of marine life,…

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DACS/ Artimage Recent Collaborations

Explore recent collaborations between DACS/Artimage and clients from across the creative industries In recent months DACS have worked on a range of exciting and diverse projects, with clients from across the creative industries including exhibitions, film, merchandise and digital immersive arts. DACS/ Artimage were delighted to work with the Barbican on their new exhibition ‘Carolee Schneemann Body…

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A Photo Collective Guide

How to get the best results from museums and archives – An Article from The Photo Collective Heritage and museum archives are a treasure trove of artworks, photographs and manuscripts ready to be discovered! Searching the online collections, approaching the right department, and streamlining what you ask for can be the key to getting the…

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