Stories, News, Articles and Galleries reflecting our collection
Sit back and enjoy the heyday of cinema and going to watch a film. This week on April 2nd over 120 years ago in 1902, Tally’s Electric Theater opened – it was the first permanent movie theater in Los Angeles, with the Hollywood district of the city soon to become central to film-making and cinema around […]
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“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” -Albert Einstein Abstract art in nature often lacks form and is frequently misunderstood from a casual or distant glance. It begs the viewer to slow down, focus, and look for a deeper meaning or explanation for what the eye is taking in. The beauty of […]
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By Francesca Lungarotti A trademark is a sign used in trade to distinguish goods and services. It is an intellectual property that tells us the source of products, connecting them to the companies from which they come. They are usually comprised of words, logos, or other designs. In 1840, the first trademark lawsuits arose in […]
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By Francesca Lungarotti “Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.” – Dorothea Lange One of the most powerful characteristics of photography is to capture the moment, that fraction of time after which the action and image could appear completely different from a moment before. Photography has always chased the […]
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By Francesca Lungarotti Paris 2024, the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, will take place from July 26 to August 11. The City of Light will be on display to the world during the Games and the months leading up to them. Paris is no stranger to international attention and hosted more than 15 million visitors during 2023. […]
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By Francesca Lungarotti Thanks to UIG Image Partner Florilegius, we have the opportunity to literally dive into vintage French fashion. The Florilegius collection includes selected images from Art–Goût–Beauté, a wonderful monthly magazine bound with a silk cord and featuring Art Deco fashion illustrations. These illustrations provide a glimpse into the luxurious lifestyles that women aspired to in […]
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With the vast array of images available in the archive at Universal Images Group our blog site Kaleidoscope set the challenge of finding suitable images for a book cover of an imaginary psychological thriller. Book covers, especially for fiction, allow for a creativity to flow. The cover design and imagery needs to draw in the […]
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Gaspard-Felix Tournachon is widely believed to be the first producer of aerial photography. Tournachon, a balloonist, took images mainly of Paris, France in the late 1850’s. The earliest surviving aerial photograph, however, was one created in 1860. James Wallace Black and Samuel Archer King’s aerial photograph was titled “Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It”. […]
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By Francesca Lungarotti A pattern is a repeating decorative design, and the realm of nature is full of them. It seems trivial but it is quite surprising to observe how many design matrices exist around us that were created without any human intervention. Throughout history patterns have always influenced art and architecture. Photography is the […]
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UIG’s Evolve collection was born from the idea that within comprehensive and immense editorial collections such as UIG’s, creative and provocative images often and easily go overlooked, and certainly underappreciated. These images evoke a range of feelings and inspire ideas, and are ideal for creative commercial projects that sometimes require an image that subtly supports a […]
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