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Unlike most other stock agency critiques, what you will find here is not written by the agency mentioned, but by us.

With many years experience working within stock photography, we believe we can save you both time and money with our impartial views of resellers and producers.

You will also find more information on these companies, throughout our site, at best RF agency or best Rm agency, for example.

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We have selected an agency as an aggregator (reseller) or producer based on what we believe is their core business.

All views are our own and are made to try help with the process of buying stock photography, however, the final decision of where you buy, using what sales model and how, is yours.

We searched through many 100s of resellers and image producers when compiling our lists; we show only the best.

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2- 2 1/2 stars = good
3 - 3 1/2 stars = excellent
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123rf

123rf is owned by Inmagine, who are based in Malaysia and have been around since 2000. 123rf is their Microstock offering, which...

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911 Pictures

US images of all the emergency services, generic action images and photos of major disasters including 9/11.

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Accent Alaska

Specialist RM images of Alaska by 120 locally based photographers. They offer assignment services as well and an extensive archive of images...

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Action Images

The specialist agency is the sports arm of Reuters and it goes without saying they have top quality up to the minute...

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Action Plus Images

Originally started by Richard Francis, sports photographer, the agency has now been around for over 30 years. They have some good current...

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Addmovi

Launched in June 2010 by ImageState, Addmovi is a new stockvideo website which offers 60,000 royalty free clips covering everything from business...

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Adobe Fonts

As with all things Adobe, their font collection is pretty good. However, as they've shrunk their type activity over the years and...

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Africa Imagery

A South African based agency started by photographers in 2000. They have a good collection of African people, wildlife and travel/tourism images...

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AGE

They claim to be 'one of the most technologically advanced companies in the industry', but their website doesn't really offer anything ground...

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Airphoto

A specialist agency which has a very extensive collection of aerial images of unusual landscapes & culture of North and Central America....

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Alamy

Alamy don't own any collections but they do represent an enormous array of photographers. With over 25 million images, and growing fast,...

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Alaska Stock Images

A stock photography agency specialising in... you guessed it... Alaskan & Alaska-themed images. They have a pretty good collection of images and...

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All Canada Photos

A collection of top Canadian imagery produced by some wellknown Canadian stock agencies and over 70 individual photographers many of whom have...

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Alpha Press

They've been around since 1983 and whilst they primarily promote themselves as a paparazzi agency now, they have historically acquired some more...

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AlwaysHD

A generic footage agency which has a decent collection of clips that are very clearly priced which makes a change.

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Andreas Von Einsiedel Interiors

A really nice collection of interiors images ranging from private residential to hotels to heritage buildings. It's not the biggest collection of...

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Animal Photography

Set up in 1955, this established agency specializes in images of cats, dogs, horses with other animals such as farm animals, small...

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Animals Animals

Certainly one of the smaller collections but they have some good material worth considering.

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ANT Photo Library

An independent Australia library which specialises in images of animals, plants and the environment of Australia.

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AP Images

Part of the Assocated Press, they have a vast collection of current news material.

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Stock agencies A-Z

123rf

911 Pictures

Accent Alaska

Action Images

Action Plus Images

Addmovi

Adobe Fonts

Africa Imagery

AGE

Airphoto

Alamy

Alaska Stock Images

All Canada Photos

Alpha Press

AlwaysHD

Andreas Von Einsiedel Interiors

Animal Photography

Animals Animals

ANT Photo Library

AP Images

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