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.
NHPA (formerly Natural History Photographic Agency) is widely regarded as one of the best collections of nature and wildlife imagery, built up over 40 years, with contributions from over 150 photographers, including four “Wildlife Photographer of the Year” winners. From simple portraits of global wildlife to striking images of endangered species and their surrounding habitats, NHPA has long been at the forefront of illustrating the reality of the natural world.
Pacific Coast News is a leading entertainment and news agency with photographers covering Los Angeles, New York, New Orleans, Miami and London, the hot-beds of the global entertainment industry, providing images of news and celebrity stories to media outlets throughout the world.
Retna Pictures is an established agency with an international reputation for high quality Music and Celebrity photography. Its archive dates back over fifty years and it has a worldwide network of over three hundred contributing photographers. Founded in 1984 by music photographer Michael Putland, the collection now contains over 1½ million digitised images. Retna’s particular strength is Music, and the collection includes unique and iconic imagery of the defining artists of the last five decades as well as current leading acts. Coverage extends beyond music to encompass the entire entertainment industry from studio celebrity shoots to red carpet, and candid photography. Retna represents the work of many highly respected celebrity photographers whose subjects include the cream of UK and Hollywood talent.
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.
We are a one stop shop for companies looking for creative content like photography, illustrations, video, musc and artworks to increase the impact of their messages. Our clients have access to a large and ever growing collection of creative content from Global partners across multiple price points, types and styles. We make licensing this content fast, easy and affordable.
We offer clients photography, illustrations, video, music and tools to manage and edit these assets. Fast Media is always adding new creative content to expand the portfolio. Clients access a number of channels on fastmedia.design. Our collections strengthen the messages and communication of our clients as we partner with Global, experienced and trusted content creators and make licensing their work fast and easy.
Service and advice is provided across all content channels by a single unified team. Content is offered from a single image to a strategic plan integrating numerous collections and tools. By optimising the mix of collections and tools at our clients disposal they save time and money while increasing the impact of their messages.
Contacto has millions of images of all kinds: News, celebrities, fashion, stock, portraits, historical archives, reports, art, music, film stills, cooking recipes... combining a photographic offer that covers almost all thematic areas.
The Photo Access™ is a stock photography & video agency with daily content and archive content published daily worldwide either directly or through our distribution network.The Photo Access has millions of still photographs directly searchable and licensable on our website.