Science Source

Science Source (formerly Photo Researchers) is a stock photo agency based in Manhattan, New York City. Founded in 1957 by Peter Schults, it represented 2,000 photographers in 1993.

Science Source
Industrystock photography, stock footage
Founded1957 (1957)
Founders
  • Peter Schults
Headquarters307 Fifth Aveune
New York City, NY 10016
United States
Websitewww.sciencesource.com

History

Founded in 1957, Photo Researchers Inc, DBA Science Source is a stock content provider and artists' agent. The company was purchased in 1996 by Bug Sutton, Creative Director and founder of the Science Source division and Robert Zentmaier, President and CFO.


Science Source, supports over 1.1 million photographs, illustrations, photomicrographs, video clips and animations on its searchable database. It represents hundreds of photographers, illustrators and videographers and also produces its own, in-house photos, video, 2D and 3D illustration. Its content is used by technical and textbook publishers, newspapers and magazines, as well as broadcast and internet media.[1] They are a resource for commercial art buyers, hospitals and HMOs, scientists, pharmaceutical companies, physicians, educators, and students. They also provide material to universities (e.g. MIT, Harvard University and Johns Hopkins) and museums (e.g. the American Museum of Natural History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Field Museum of Natural History). Over 500 of their images are available as on demand, one-off personal prints and other consumer products through Fine Art America (FAA.)

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gollark: It's demonstrating that you can describe time travel fine without a 1000-page manual.
gollark: https://qntm.org/streetmentioner
gollark: Just stop insisting on referring to previous versions of you with the same pronouns and stuff.
gollark: I know a guide to it somewhere, it's not that hard.
gollark: Practically it might be, since presumably you've got the wormhole from the past you can go back through.

References
  1. Eidenier, Connie (1988). Photographer's Market, 1989. Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer's Digest. p. 542. ISBN 0898793319. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
  2. Pickerell, Jim (2013-03-15). "Photo Researchers Re-brands Itself As Science Source®". Selling Stock. Archived from the original on 2015-11-30. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
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