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Corbis to represent Smithsonian photo archives
Corbis has announced a partnership with the Smithsonian Institution of Washington D.C. to represent its collection of digitized images. Corbis customers world-wide will have access to the Smithsonian’s vast archival resources and contemporary images in high quality digital format. The Smithsonian collection includes a broad spectrum of imagery, from historical photography, cultural objects, paintings, prints, sculptures, textiles, scientific instruments, and natural specimens, to aircraft and space vehicles from the Institution’s varied museums, which include the National Museum of American History, the National Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the National Air and Space Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, the National Museum of African Art, the Freer Gallery of Art, the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, and the National Museum of the American Indian.
The first of the Smithsonian images were recently added to Corbis.com, with plans to increase the numbers significantly by the end of 2007. Imagery available includes Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager’s Bell X-1, Alexander Graham Bell’s invention, the telephone, and the 45.52-carat Hope Diamond. “Corbis is proud to work with the world-class Smithsonian Institution to bring its impressive catalogue to the global marketplace,” said Steve Davis, CEO, Corbis. “Images from the Smithsonian complement our other famous collections from Andy Warhol, The National Gallery, London, zefa, The Bettmann Collection and others to ensure Corbis is the best place for advertisers, marketers and the editorial community to find the superior imagery they need to succeed.”
Corbis will license the images for editorial and commercial use. Though the Smithsonian receives significant government funding, its images do not have public domain status. The copyright to Smithsonian images belongs to the photographers or their estates, or to the Smithsonian itself.
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