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| NEWSLETTER - SEPTEMBER 2003 Some superb new pictures have been uploaded into the database recently and the best can be viewed via the WOW! page on the website. This is proving a great showcase for demonstrating to buyers the huge range and depth of imagery which is now available through Photographers Direct. Check it out - before you know it, you'll find yourself saying "wow!". Photographers Direct - Fair Trade Photography. |
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Energyshooters is a stock photo agency specializing in high quality images of various aspects of the Energy Business. Our image database includes oil & gas, on and offshore drilling, refining, electric power, pipeline, and many other general industrial images including construction, mining, the paper industry, transportation, environment and industrial abstract. We also offer a selection of historical photos in these areas. We offer royalty free and rights protected stock photography. Our photographers are also available for assignment photography. Jean-Michel Bertrand Energy Shooters United States Tel: +1 720 490 6272 Fax: +1 713 596 7979 Email: jmichel@energyshooters.com http://www.energyshooters.com |
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| Alyca Stock Photography is a new and growing stock agency with artistic and professional imagery. Our photographers specialize in both black and white and color. We are always willing to meet the needs of our customers. Our prices are negotiable. We look forward to working with you. Alyca Pommerening Alyca Stock Photography United States Tel: 210-698-3601 Email: alycat423@hotmail.com http://www.alycastock.com |
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Fred R. Hight specializes in location photography, capturing a destination's color and mood. His work has been recently seen in Texas Highways magazine and the Houston Chronicle. Fred will be shooting in the hill country of Texas in October, the Florida panhandle and southern Louisiana in November, and the Allegheny Mountains of Virginia in December. Fred Hight New Hights Photography United States Tel: 214.341.7267 Fax: 214.342.5677 Email: photo@fredhight.com http://www.fredhight.com |
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| Dennis Frates spent late spring this year photographing in 16 public gardens throughout the Northwest U.S. including Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Also, he has just returned from Alaska where he spent a month photographing everything from salmon to Mt. McKinley. Please visit his website at www.fratesphoto.com for an extensive searchable catalog of his nature and scenic images. Dennis Frates Dennis Frates Photography United States Tel: 541 847-5582 Fax: 541 847-6050 Email: dennis@fratesphoto.com http://www.fratesphoto.com |
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Carol Walker "Teddy Bear" This is a yearling brown bear cub taken on the Katmai Peninsula in Alaska this June. It was raining, and he was showing off and playing with his sibling, just a few feet away from me. The image is a slide. Carol Walker Living Images by Carol Walker United States Tel: 303-823-6642 Fax: 720-652-9455 Email: cwhills@earthlink.net http://www.LivingImagesCJW.com |
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| With over 6,000 images on file, Douglas Schwartz may well have the image you are looking for. If he doesn't have what you need, Douglas can shoot the exact image you need. Specialities include; Travel, Sports, Lifestyles and Business. Douglas Schwartz Douglas Schwartz Photography United States Tel: 408-605-3747 Fax: 408-246-9107 Email: doug@douglasschwartz.com http://www.douglasschwartz.com |
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Gerald Cubitt has a new additional website at www.portfolios.com/GeraldCubitt Gerald Cubitt Gerald Cubitt Photographer South Africa Tel: +27-21-423-8627 Fax: +27-21-423-8301 Email: geraldcubitt@telkomsa.net http://www.agpix.com/cubitt |
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| Sex-Sells! Yes, and as you know, that is as true today as it was back in the 1920s. In order to ‘set your work apart from the ordinary’ and to ‘keep it a cut above the competition’ http://RoyaltyFreePhotos.com offers High-Class, Sophisticated, Tastefully produced, Glamour Images shot by Professional Photographers using only Professional European Models. You will be impressed with the quality. And, you get all of this at RoyaltyFree prices. Go to their web site http://RoyaltyFreePhotos.com and check out their selection of images. (Not only Glamour, but also Travel, Industrial, Nature, etc.) You are always welcome to use the search engine on their site…it’s FAST and it’s FREE…you don’t have to register, just go ahead and use it. Bill Hansen RoyaltyFreePhotos.com United States Tel: 303-674-0510 Fax: 303-670-3015 Email: rfimages@yahoo.com http://www.RoyaltyFreePhotos.com |
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Mike French is travelling through the Canadian Rockies during September. If you have any specific images or assignments then he can be contacted by email throughout the trip, and would be delighted to undertake them. The trip covers Calgary, Banff, Jasper, Wells Grey, Whistler, Tofino and the Pacific Rim National Park, Victoria and Vancouver by car - route is flexible. Images are planned to encompass landscapes, travel/city images, and wildlife with bear, whale and marine life watching expeditions planned. Meonshore Studios is a specialist stock and commissioned photographic studio, and new media agency. Mike French Meonshore Studios Limited United Kingdom Tel: 07020 967 468 Fax: 07020 967 470 Email: mikefrench@meonshorestudios.co.uk http://www.meonshorestudios.co.uk |
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| Africa specialist Ariadne Van Zandbergen has just returned from Tanzania with an exciting range of new images taken on upper slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. She also spent several weeks amongst the traditionalist Maasai and Barabaig pastoralists of the Rift Valley, where she was fortunate enough to witness and photograph their dramatic circumcision, wedding and funeral ceremonies. Between September and December, Ariadne will be travelling to Ghana, Niger, Benin and Togo, and she is willing to take on any specific assignments for these countries. For more details of these and other images covering eastern, western and southern Africa, contact the Africa Image Library at philari@hixnet.co.za or visit the website. Ariadne Van Zandbergen The Africa Image Library South Africa Tel: +27 11 346 0727 Fax: +27 11 346 0727 Email: philari@hixnet.co.za http://www.africaimagelibrary.co.za |
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Ron Levy Photography -- Interactions Worldwide Specializing in ethnic/native people, animals, cultures, and popular destinations. Major clients worldwide for almost 20 years now (see website below for comments, photo-essays available for purchase, tips for editors and researchers, and searchable stock images). Extensive coverage of Latin America (Mexico, Central & South America) and Alaska (20 years based in Alaska -- Arctic, grizzly bears, National Parks, eskimos, tourism, aerials, recreation, Exxon Valdez spill, Iditarod dogsled race, etc.). Hispanics, families, dogs, tropical paradise, adventure, exploding volcanoes, Asian lifestyles, colorful wildlife, people-animal interactions of all kinds. Available for digital or film-based assignments anywhere, extensive experience in extreme climates and culturally sensitive areas. Fluent Spanish. He will be shooting in Hawaii Sept 13-27, Alaska Oct-December, and Mexico Jan-Feb 2004 Ron Levy Ron Levy Photography United States Tel: 800-260-7899 Fax: 907-262-7899 Email: ron@gigr.com http://www.gigr.com |
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| Robin Chittenden has just returned from a fantastic wildlife photographic trip to Iceland, which including using his new Hasselbald Xpan 2 for those gorgeous panoramic shots. He can email you his favourite images under the headings birds, whales, and scenic. Please let him know what you would like to see. This Autumn he will be visiting Kazakhstan to photograph some of their special mammals, which could include with huge amounts of luck Snow Leopard, Wolf, Saiga, Bear etc His web site is being completely redesigned and will incorporate a species search engine. Please feel free to contact him if you need any wildlife images, including abstract nature shots. robin chittenden harlequin pictures United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1603 633326 Email: chittenden.robin@virgin.net http://www.harlequinpictures.co.uk |
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Susan Barr Assignment and stock portfolios available on request. Extensive archives of children and family lifestyle images.. Susan Barr Mayberry Management INC. United States Tel: 732 872 0510 Fax: 707 215 2136 Email: info@suebarr.com http://www.suebarr.com |
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| Christopher Holt is a photographer based in London offering graphic designers a powerful new resource for London-based images. Galleries include images suitable for companies in travel, industry, construction and commerce. The travel gallery covers England, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Austria, Prague, Budapest and Slovakia. There is also a new gallery on Japan. Features include: Postcard designs for conventions, Print purchases for offices and also London commissions. Medium and large format stock photography is available as well as 35mm. Christopher Holt Christopher Holt Ltd United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 7881-950-709 Fax: 0870 163 8735 Email: mail@christopherholt.com http://www.christopherholt.com |
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Rick Lance Studio specializes in food and stillife photography for business serving agencies, design firms, book publishing and the music business from the southeastern USA for 16 years. What may we help you with? Rick Lance RICK LANCE STUDIO United States Tel: 615-320-0200 Fax: 615-320-5574 Email: ricklancestudio@bellsouth.net http://www.ricklancestudio.com |
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| International PhotoBank - New Pictures of Baltic Capitals A recent tour by Peter and Jeanetta Baker of International Photobank has produced for the library hundreds of new pictures from cities in countries around the Baltic Sea including Helsinki, St Petersburg, Tallin, Riga, Vilnius, Warsaw, Poznan, Berlin, Copenhagen and Stockholm. These are scanned and filed ready for transmission by ISDN, e.mail or CD to clients around the world. Let us know your requirements - I am sure we can help. Peter Baker International PhotoBank United Kingdom Tel: 01305 854145 Email: peter@internationalphotobank.co.uk http://www.internationalphotobank.co.uk |
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David Pluth of FotoGrafx is based in East Africa for the next 7 months working on an assignment for Tanzania National Parks. He is also able to accept short assignments covering culture, landscape, environment or general news. He has a full selection of still, video and lighting equipment with him so can address almost any requirement. David Pluth FotoGrafx Switzerland Tel: ++41 (43) 477 2000 Fax: ++41 (43) 477 2001 Email: pix@fotografx.biz http://www.fotografx.biz |
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| Steve MacAulay recently returned from assignment in Vietnam and has an extensive selection of unique and compelling images available for licensing. Subjects include thoughtful environmental portraits of the hill-tribe cultures, traditional markets, architecture, scenics, transportation, food, and of course, general travel/lifestyle images (with a twist!). He has a very large collection of travel/adventure stock images available from the following areas: S.E. Alaska, B.C. Canada, Washington State, Utah, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Ecuador, Peru, Lk Titicaca, The Galapagos, and Thailand. Additionally he has fantastic adventure sport coverage of sea-kayaking, mountain biking, climbing, and backpacking. Please check out his web-site for a more complete stock list. He will be shooting cruising/lifestyle images of the Inside Passage from Seattle to Glacier Bay in Sept. Steve MacAulay Steve MacAulay Photography United States Tel: 206-935-6735 Email: smacaulay12@comcast.net http://www.stevemacaulayphotography.com |
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Frank Lane Picture Agency Richard Becker is a farmer based in Powys, Wales has recently submitted: Organic vegetables and organic herbs, strawberry’s being grown under temporary cover to prevent rain marks for the supermarket trade, cow and newly born calf, Texel ewes grazing in the ramparts of Montgomery castle, Powys, Lobster Moth roosting on a trunk of a beech tree, eggs of Green Dock beetle on underside of a dock leaf, Hebrew Character moth roosting on a daffodil and renewable energy, Powys, part of the largest onshore wind farm in Europe. Ariadne Van Zandbergen has been travelling in Swaziland, Rwanda, Ghana, North and South Africa and Zimbabwe, she specialises in Tribes and cultural living. Jean Hosking Frank Lane Picture Agency Ltd United Kingdom Email: pictures@flpa-images.co.uk |
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| Martin Barlow has new images available of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Hungary, Italy and Nigeria. Martin Barlow Martin Barlow Photography United Kingdom Tel: 01492 870875 Fax: 01492 878869 Email: martin@mostyn.org |
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Rob Casey's images of Sherman Alexie have appeared in NY Times, People Magazine, USA Today, Grove Atlantic, Random House UK, and the NPR website. - New stock material includes Sea Kayaking in Puget Sound, Roads of west coast USA, Seattle scenics, Americana, Autumn colors, Stoplights, Driver's POV, Dogs, released commercial fishing, logging, etc. - You can also now reach Rob's site to view new images via www.robcasey.net Rob Casey Rob Casey Photographer United States Tel: 206-297-9547 Fax: 206-297-9548 Email: robcasey@earthlink.net http://www.robcaseyphotographer.com |
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| Images of Nature Stock Agency has a new Searchable Website: You are invited to visit the work of Thomas D. Mangelsen, world-renowned wildlife and nature photographer. Images of Nature Stock Agency contains thousands of marketable images covering over 500 subjects from 185 locations worldwide. Formats include 35mm, medium, and 6x17 (panoramic). They can help you find the perfect image to meet your needs--from location to concept--whether it be editorial or commercial. Liz Grady Images of Nature Stock Agency United States Tel: 307-733-6179 Fax: 307-733-6184 Email: photo@imagesofnaturestock.com http://www.imagesofnaturestock.com |
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Images of Africa are in the process of upgrading the look and search facilities of their website. While you may still search as before, look forward to much quicker, easier access and search functions as from October onward. New stock will include top fashion photographer Brenda Shelley and much more on Africa! Please visit their website at www.imagesofafrica.co.za for all your African Picture requirements - or email direct for personal assistance. Carmen Swanepoel Images of Africa South Africa Tel: + 27 (021) 462 4360 Fax: +27 (021) 462 4375 Email: carmens@struik.co.za http://www.struikimages.com |
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| Designs and patterns are a growing feature of specialised stock offered by World Religions Photo Library. Many images depict Islamic tiles from ancient mosques and shrines in Central Asia and the Middle East. World Religions is also building on its collection of sacred foods. These and other high quality images of the major faiths are searchable on-line at www.worldreligions.co.uk Christine Osborne World Religions Photo Library United Kingdom Tel: 02077206951 Fax: 02077206951 Email: copix@clara.co.uk http://www.worldreligions.co.uk |
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Travel library Alan Copson City Pictures has added some great new images to their keyword searchable website, including VENICE, FLORENCE and ROME. Check out - www.alancopsonpictures.co.uk/new.htm for latest uploads. More new material soon! Alan Copson Alan Copson City Pictures United Kingdom Tel: 020 8960 2009 Fax: 020 8969 1835 Email: contact@alancopsonpictures.co.uk http://www.alancopsonpictures.co.uk |
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| Natural Visions - the image library of Heather Angel and associates covering all aspects of the natural world – now has a collection of British marine phytoplankton, zooplankton, invertebrates, eggs and larvae of commercial fish (cod and herring) by Norman T. Nicoll. These compliment well our existing extensive coverage of marine life from the intertidal zone and coral reefs, as well as the deep oceans. Use our searchable database to check out the hard-to-find shot. Heather Angel Heather Angel/Natural Visions United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1252 716700 Fax: +44 (0)1252 727464 Email: info@naturalvisions.co.uk http://www.naturalvisions.co.uk |
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Thaddeus B Kubis Newport, Rhode Island. The home of the America's Cup before and now the home of the Classic America's Cup yachts. In this image two yachts, the 1920's Onawa and the yacht Weatherly, engage in a tacking duel across Narragesett Bay. Thaddeus B Kubis Thaddeus B Kubis Photography United States Tel: 917 597 1891 Fax: 212 505 9399 Email: ThaddeusK@earthlink.net http://www.tbkphotos.com |
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| Ivy Images have recently acquired a major stockhouse collection of over 40,000 additional slides, very strong coverage in travel, industry, and lifestyle. Please visit their new updated website at www.ivyimages.net, it gives a small sample of the type of imagery they offer. Pat Ivy Ivy Images Canada Tel: (416) 444-7221 Fax: (416) 444-1896 Email: info@ivyimages.net http://www.ivyimages.net |
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| Photographers Direct is a FREE online service to help researchers and publishers find photographs for their publications. If you are looking for images, all you need do is log-on to the website - enter your requests, and they will be sent out immediately to relevant picture libraries and professional photographers. Any that think they have suitable images can then upload images or contact you direct. And remember, it's FREE! Don't forget to check out the latest pictures to have made it onto the WOW! page. We hope you find this newsletter useful Photographers Direct |
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