Stories, News, Articles and Galleries reflecting our collection
As worldwide popularity for motorsports and its various circuits, from F1 to Nascar to Indy and beyond, continues to accelerate, interest in the history of the sport has also piqued. UIG is privileged to represent the GPL Collection, an extraordinary collection of images exploring the history of motorsports from 1902 through 2002. The GPL Collection […]
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Photography in its early days was seen more as a mechanical and scientific process than a new medium for art. Throughout the 1800’s, photography was often defined simply as a process to capture a visible reality. Even the most aesthetically pleasing and creative images produced for most of the 19th century were understood to be […]
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UIG’s http://www.visualtrove.com site offers hundreds of posters to help you decorate your home, classroom, office, hotel, or dorm. The visualtrove.com site features content from UIG’s Prints & Posters collection and offers customers subjects covering Historical World Maps; Propaganda; Vintage Theater Posters; Product Advertisements; Vintage Travel Posters and Historical Events. In addition to the content available […]
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All images by: Giovanni Mereghetti Universal Images Group is privileged to represent photographer Giovanni Mereghetti. Based in Milan, Mereghetti’s collection offers deep coverage of Italian culture and locations but is also reflective of the photographer’s global travels. Starting as a freelance photographer in 1980, Mereghetti became one of the most prolific stock photographers by focusing on […]
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A UIG collection spotlight For more than 125 years, the Touring Cub Italiano historical archive has reflected the perspective of Italians learning about their country and its vibrant culture through tourism. Touring Club Italiano (TCI) was founded in Milan in 1894 to promote tourism across Italy. The archive developed over time from photographs provided by the Club’s […]
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Desirey Minkoh, the owner of Gabon based UIG image partner AfrikImages provides a fascinating insight into the Ngontang mask and dance and the Fang ethnic group. “Ngontang”, which in the Fang language from which it derives its origins means “the white girl”, is a mask with several faces that represents the spirits in the form […]
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Thanks to our focus on educational subjects, UIG has enjoyed a long and successful partnership with Encyclopaedia Britannica, helping them curate and manage the Image Quest online educational image database, a global product that is offered to individual schools, educational authorities, and ministries. The product is licensed under a subscription model and students and teachers access […]
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Universal Images Group, founded by George Sinclair in 2008, aggregates and distributes content to the global licensing and merchandising markets. UIG has grown to represent content collections from more than 120 agency suppliers and nearly 175 photographers. UIG’s subject specialties include World History, Fine Art, Science & Medicine, Environmental Science, Developing World, World Religions and Cultures, Archaeology, […]
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UIG contributing partner Majority World’s collection features the work of photographers from Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. The talented contributing photographers for Majority World provide impactful and stunning images of their local cultures, helping to build a deep archive of important topics from outside North America and Europe. Majority World was formed in […]
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The two pillars of Godong’s photographic archive are “God” and “NGO’s”. The French agency’s comprehensive religious collection features aesthetic and educational photography covering the world’s major faiths as well as religious icons, traditions, events and notable persons. Godong complements its religious coverage with a focus on the developing world, thanks to its partnerships with several NGO’s. At […]
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