You will find them all around you: in magazines, in newspapers, on the internet, in adverts, in TV or as photographs on the walls of your favourite restaurant.
We have over 350 world class suppliers of images from all areas: stock images, news, celebrities, fashion, food, garden, portraits, paparazzi, historical photos, reports, art, music, film stills.
The most prestigious partners of Profimedia are for example AFP, August, Avalon, CPi, Splash, Backgrid, Everett, The Mega Agency, Magnum Photos, The New York Times, Shutterstock Editorial, Sipa Press, TASS, Figaro, Topfoto, Zuma Press and many others.
Company headquarters is in Pardubice, from here we manage business in ten countries of Central and Southeastern European region: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Slovinia, Serbia, Romania, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Ukraine. Besides Pardubice we have offices in Prague, Budapest, Zagreb and Bucharest.
Avalon is one of the leading international photo libraries, delivering some of the most extensive and high-quality image collections in the world. With an archive that goes back to the earliest days of photography, we represent over 5000 contributors worldwide, capturing everything from travel, nature and wildlife, to news, entertainment and sports, as well as premium and microstock creative imagery. We are home to over 23 million images, and continually growing on a daily basis. Our comprehensive collections carry everything you’re searching for and include:
UPPA is thought to be the oldest independent picture business in the UK, dating back to the early 1900’s, and is the photography business of record for royalty, politicians and the judiciary. It also has a strong reputation for business and financial stories in the UK, EU and US. We also have our very own assignment and commissioning division, Avalon Assignment, which works with a network of photographers throughout the UK and across Europe.
CTK is a public medium whose operation is financed through its own commercial activity and it is not subsidised by public funds. CTK's Multimedia Service offers 450 to 600 news items a day, approximately 300 of its own news and illustrative photos, plus photos from represented partner agencies from all over the world. There are now over one million photos in the digitised part of the CTK photo archive, and this number continues to grow.
Profimedia offers users images from around the world in all thematic fields: illustrative photos, news, celebrities, fashion, food, gardens, portraits, historical, reports, art, music, film footage. Profimedia offers photos in thirteen countries in Central and South-Eastern Europe. Aside from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, this includes Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine.
In addition to your own content, you will find images from more than 350 suppliers on the common platform, including the work of world-renowned agencies AFP, Associated Press (AP), Reuters, the German Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) and other leading producers - August, Avalon, CPi, Splash, Magnum Photos, The New York Times, Shutterstock Editorial and many more. The photobank also includes a unique historical archive of CTK photos that are being progressively digitised.
Profimedia is one of the world´s largest photo agencies originated from Czech Republik that provides the licensed images taken by the world´s best photographers.