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| 2006 |
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The Image Works is appointed
the North American distributor for The Alinari
Archives from Italy. Founded soon after the
birth of photography in 1852, this is Italy's
definitive collection of Art, Culture, People,
Events, Museum Collections and Photography. |
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The Image Works is appointed
the North American distributor for MajorityWorld,
a coalition of agencies from developing countries
offering the work of indigenous photographers. |
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The Image Works is appointed the North American distributor for SV-Bilderdienst, the archive of Germany's largest newspaper with one of the most significant contemporary and historical image collections in Germany. |
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The Image Works is appointed the North American distributor for GardenWorld, a world leader in horticultural imagery. |
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| 2005 |
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The Image Works is appointed
the North American distributor for the Roger-Viollet
Collection from France. Started in the
1890s it is one of Europe's most significant
and comprehensive historical archives. |
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The Image Works is appointed
the North American distributor for The
Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library, the
world's most comprehensive archive for images
of music, and one of the foremost resources
for images of cultural activity and performance,
from ancient to contemporary times. |
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The Image Works is appointed
the North American distributor for The
Mary Evans Picture Library. This unique
collection of over 150,000 photographs, illustrations
and engravings covers a broad range of historical
and popular art. |
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| 2004 |
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The Image Works is appointed
the North American distributor for The
Heritage Image Partnership. The archive
is distilled from the vast collections of
leading British museums, libraries, institutions
and archives. |
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The Image Works is appointed
the North American distributor for The
Science & Society Picture Library, this
is generally considered to be the British
equivalent of the Smithsonian Institution. |
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The Image Works is appointed
the North American distributor for The
British National Trust Photo Library,
a vast and unique archive that capture the
beauty and spirit of the many places of natural
and historical significance under the protection
of Britain's National Trust. |
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The Image Works acquires
exclusive North American distribution rights
to the Charles
Walker Collection. The world's largest
collection of images of myth and esoterica.
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| 2002 |
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Alan Carey, Co-Founder
of The Image Works retires. His partner, Mark
Antman becomes sole owner of the agency. |
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| 2001 |
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After years of anticipation and preparation The Image Works converts to an exclusively digital review and supply system. All in-house research is done in both analog and digital files, but all photos sent for review to clients are sent as lightboxes or digital proofs. |
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| 1998 |
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The Images Works moves to a new location - a 10,000 sq foot building on a 12 acre wooded campus. |
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| 1997 |
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Comstock, after a decision to focus on commercial stock photography, transfers their editorial collection to The Image Works. |
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| 1996 |
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Acquisition of a major portion of JB Pictures, a collection of 13 years of news and photojournalism photos. |
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| 1995 |
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The Image Works becomes the licensing agent for the Syracuse Newspapers. |
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The Image Works becomes distribution agent for From the Hip, a program which encourages teenage photographers. |
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| 1993 |
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The Image Works was one of the first participants in the Kodak Picture Exchange - Kodak's online digital image search system. |
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| 1992 |
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Electronic delivery of images. The agency established a system permitting photographers to upload images and digital delivery to clients. |
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| 1989 |
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Second move to an even larger 2500 square foot building to accommodate our growth. Also in this year we were one of the first agencies to use bar-codes for tracking images. During this year the agency was also the first to offer SlideFax, an instant fax review of color slides, two years ahead of the competition. |
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| 1985 |
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Move from spare room to 750 square foot building. Also during that time, The Image Works is one of the first stock agencies to computerize, giving us valuable early computer experience. |
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| 1984 |
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The Image Works becomes
the exclusive US agent for the Topham
Picture Library. |
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| 1983 |
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Alan Carey and Mark Antman founded The Image Works soon after meeting each other at The First New York State Duck Calling Contest. |
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