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As a new year begins, revelers of traditional and colorful festivals turn their attention and excitement to carnival season. While the ancient origins of carnival celebrations suggest they were timed as New Year’s festivals, the modern-day carnival evolved to be more closely associated with the beginning of the solemn Christian period of Lent. The Roman Catholic liturgical […]
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Article Two in Section Three of the United States Constitution stipulates that the president “shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.” For the nation’s first 130 years this yearly address to Congress was […]
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LOOKING BACK AT SOME OF THE GREAT IMAGES WE RECEIVED IN 2025 Over the course of a year we receive, select and process many thousands of images across a wide variety of subjects. We are privileged to work with such a fantastic range of photographers, agencies and archives. Check out our slideshows below featuring just […]
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UIG is privileged to represent Glasshouse Images for both their contemporary and historical archives. Glasshouse Images, founded in New York by commercial photographer Spencer Jones, is a stock photo agency catering to a select group of creatives who are always on the look out for exceptional and distinctive imagery. Glasshouse Images’ historical archives include its Circa Images […]
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By Francesca Lungarotti December 16th marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of one of the most brilliant and emancipated English writers of all time: Jane Austen. Born on December 16, 1775, in Steventon, a small village in Hampshire, Jane, the second oldest of eight children, spent her childhood and youth here inspiringly. Her father, […]
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By Francesca Lungarotti During November and December each year Krampus parades and festivals are enjoyed across the countries of Europe’s eastern Alpine arc. These cultural events take place in Austria, Bavaria, Switzerland, Slovenia, and two Italian regions, Trentino-Alto Adige and Friuli Venezia Giulia, and some parades are also held in Veneto. The word Krampus is derived […]
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By Francesca Lungarotti Vintage photography is a true source of knowledge and a means, or a “window into the past,” to experience places as they once were and learn how they were created. No artificial intelligence will ever be able to restore the authenticity of photos that tell stories of recent history by capturing the […]
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We’re delighted to announce that, as of November 1, Loop Images is now a part of Universal Images Group. For more than twenty years Loop Images has built a collection illustrating the natural beauty and culture of the United Kingdom and beyond. This tightly curated, highly aesthetic stills and video collection adds both depth and quality to […]
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By Francesca Lungarotti Art has long supported themes of the macabre, supernatural, death, hell and fear. Many famous artists conceptualized and illustrated the various facets of the ‘terrifying’, the ‘disturbing’, the ‘fear’ and the ‘horror’. Francisco Goya and his black figures, Edward Munch and the fear of the inexplicable that is also in oneself, William Blake’s illustrations […]
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Long-time contributing partner, Reda (and it’s Cuboimages-branded collection) have consistently grown their impressive archive with high-quality and relevant editorial and commercial images. Reda’s areas of specialization include global travel and locations; nature; reportage; plants and flowers; and food. The agency has long been associated with their comprehensive contemporary collection of all-things Italy. Based in Milan, Reda’s photographers […]
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