Associations/Trade Organizations

British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies

The British photo archive and agency trade association.

CEPIC Coordination of European Picture Agencies

An "association of associations," CEPIC combines all the stock photo industry trade associations of various countries in Europe under one roof.

International Stock Imagery Association (ISIA)

The International Stock Imagery Association represents the needs and provides resources for its individual members involved as professionals in the many fields that are involved in the capture, production and distribution of stock imagery and is dedicated to protecting the interests of the stock imagery community through communication, education and advocacy.

Picture Archive Council of America

The North American trade association for companies engaged in producing and licensing stock imagery.

PLUS: Picture Licensing Universal System

A not-for-profit trade association has created a glossary of standard image licensing and image usage terms to help make the process of licensing images more fluid and transparent for all parties to an image licesnfin transaction, photographers and image licensing companies, art-buyers and end-users.

Stock Artists Alliance (SAA)

SAA is a global trade organization dedicated to protecting the rights of stock photographers, and serves as a central resource for information and insight about the business of stock. SAA′s advocacy efforts, investigative programs and education initiatives reach out to all levels of our industry. SAA is committed to a mission of empowering stock photographers and dedicated to finding ways to strengthen and evolve stock photography business models that serve the interests of the artists, not just distributors and clients.

Swiss Association of Photoagencies and archives (SAB)

Website of the Swiss Association of Photoagencies and archives (SAB/ASBI), listing most of the active photoagencies in Switzerland.

The Visual Researchers’ Society of Canada (Association des recherchistes en audiovisuel du Canada)

The Visual Researchers’ Society of Canada (Association des recherchistes en audiovisuel du Canada) has a new bilingual website providing a gateway into its membership and a work tool for members. The public side of the site provides, for those seeking professional research, the names, contact information and research interests of its 70-plus membership. The organisation says its combined membership represents decades of experience in film & television, publishing, advertising, and the rare books and prints trade, with a number of members also specializing in music research and clearance. The members-only side of the website provides materials and information relevant to a researcher’s day-to-day tasks with articles providing information on research and copyright issues, and links to major content sources.