Stories, News, Articles and Galleries reflecting our collection
UIG contributing partner Sovfoto/Eastfoto has long been considered one of the West’s most comprehensive sources of historical and documentary photography from Russia, the former Soviet Republics, Eastern Europe, and China. The extensive archive covers historical events and notable people, cultural heritage, industry, geography and political content from the Russian Revolution through the fall of the Berlin […]
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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 contributing photographer Jim West has for more than thirty years focused on important editorial subjects such as social issues, human rights, social movements and organizations, worker’s rights and labor unions, and industry. Based in Detroit, Michigan Jim has built an extensive collection covering the American automotive industry, especially from a labor and union perspective. His […]
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For several decades, Miami Beach-based Jeff Greenberg has been one of the world’s most prolific stock photographers. UIG are privileged to represent his collection for the past 12 years. Jeff’s consistency, work ethic and dedication to his craft have made him one of the most published photographers of his generation. Besides being a prolific travel photographer who […]
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On August 15, 1914, the US Ancon, an American cargo and passenger ship, became the first ship to pass through the Panama Canal, which more than one hundred years later is still widely considered the greatest engineering achievement in history. The Canal’s opening was the culmination of eleven years of difficult construction work at a […]
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On Monday, January 20, 2025 Donald J Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. The United States’ Inauguration Day has occurred every four years since 1789 when George Washington recited the same oath that President-Elect Trump will state: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of […]
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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 of just some of the interesting, striking and topical images, that we received in […]
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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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The weeks leading up to the Berlin Wall coming down were tumultuous and filled with anxiety across both West and East Germany. Protests and demonstrations demanding change in East Germany were occurring nearly every day in the wake of the Glasnost and Perestroika reforms enacted by Soviet Union Premier Mikhail Gorbachev and the successful democratic and […]
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