Getty Images Partnering with Jolie-Pitt Foundation on Exclusive Distribution of Photographs of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s Wedding

September 2, 2014 • Company News, Entertainment

One hundred percent of proceeds will go to support the foundation’s life-changing work

NEW YORK CITY—Sept. 2, 2014—Global media company Getty Images and the Jolie-Pitt Foundation are partnering on exclusive distribution of photographs of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s August 23 wedding, with all proceeds going to support the foundation’s vital work, Getty Images Co-Founder and CEO Jonathan Klein said today. The photographs, shot by David James, were published exclusively today by Hello and People magazines.

“Getty Images believes that pictures can save lives and change the world. We are contributing all licensing fees to support the work of the Jolie-Pitt Foundation,” Klein said. “Getty Images is a longtime supporter of international health and development efforts and has generated significant funds to support the foundation’s global endeavors over the years.”

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New exhibition showcases the defining images that encapsulate 2014

Year in Focus 2014 on display at Getty Images Gallery, London on Thursday 22 January, 2015 through to 11 February, 2015.

Monday 12 January, 2015, London: Getty Images is excited to announce the launch of a retrospective exhibition, Year in Focus 2014 – a stunning curation of 60 of the defining images that encapsulate the global news agenda and events of 2014.

In 2014, Getty Images’ award-winning photographers covered more than 16,000 news events, 28,000 sports events and 50,000 entertainment events, delivering award-winning imagery to news rooms and media publishers around the world. Year in Focus 2014 captures the best of the best, showcasing 2014’s most important moments in the world of news, sport, entertainment and archive anniversaries and obituaries.

Featured are powerful news images from the Ebola epidemic in Liberia, Air Malaysia’s passenger jet crash, the ongoing conflict in Syria and the Hong Kong protests. Stunning moments from the Cannes Film Festival, Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and the FIFA World Cup are showcased, alongside poignant imagery remembering the life of comedian Robin Williams and the Fall of the Berlin Wall on its 25^th anniversary.

Speaking on the moving exhibition, Getty Images, Vice President for News, Hugh Pinney says: “In 2014 we have seen imagery from all corners of the globe – powerful and extraordinary photos documenting global and local stories. This unprecedented curation provides a chance to step back and take a look at the defining moments of the year and we are delighted to be able to open this exhibition up to the public for the very first time.”

To view a selection of the imagery that will be on display, click here.

Year in Focus runs from 22 January to 11 February, 2015 and admission is free. Getty Images Gallery is situated in central London, just a stone’s throw away from Oxford Circus. Opening hours are from 10.00am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, 12.00 to 5.30pm Saturday.

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About Getty Images Gallery

Getty Images Gallery is London’s largest independent photographic gallery and was founded in 1996. Located on Eastcastle Street, just a stone’s throw from Oxford Circus, Getty Images Gallery showcases stunning exhibitions on a regular basis. The majority of the imagery on display in the Gallery is taken from Getty Images’ archival and contemporary libraries and is available to buy as fine art prints in a variety of sizes and framing options.

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About Getty Images

Getty Images is the world’s leader in visual communication, with over 170 million assets available through its premium content site www.gettyimages.com and its leading stock content site www.istock.com. With its advanced search and image recognition technology, Getty Images serves business customers in more than 100 countries and is the first place creative and media professionals turn to discover, purchase and manage images and other digital content. Its award-winning photographers and content creators help customers produce inspiring work which appears every day in the world’s most influential newspapers, magazines, advertising campaigns, films, television programs, books and online media. Visit Getty Images at www.gettyimages.com to learn more about how the company is advancing the unique role of digital media in communications and business, and enabling creative ideas to come to life. For company news and announcements, visit press.gettyimages.com, and for the stories, innovation and inspiration behind our content, visit Stories & Trends http://stories.gettyimages.com. Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/gettyimages , Twitter at https://twitter.com/GettyImages, or download Stream, our free consumer app, to view and share the world’s best imagery.

Getty Images, the world leader in visual communications, announced today it has renewed its agreement to serve exclusively as the Official Photographic Agency of the United States Olympic Committee. As part of a comprehensive and world-class service, Getty Images’ award-winning photographers will continue to cover Team USA athletes as they prepare, train and compete at the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, and the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Through the terms of the agreement, Getty Images will hold the commercial rights for the licensing of Team USA photography to sponsors and licensees of the USOC.

“Getty Images has been a proud partner to the USOC for over 25 years and we are honored to continue providing our best-in-class coverage through 2020,” said Janey Marks, Senior Director of Olympic Programs and Strategic Alliances for Getty Images. “With an elite roster of specialist and award-winning sport photographers and an unrivalled heritage of capturing the Olympic and Paralympic Games, we are excited to further build on a proud history of service and deliver more iconic images as the official Photographic Agency of the USOC.”

In addition to its relationship with the USOC, Getty Images serves as the Official Photographic Agency of the International Olympic Committee. Its archive contains some of the most notable Olympic photographs, dating from the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens to the most recent 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi. Getty Images is also the Official Photographic Agency of the International Paralympic Committee.

“For more than 25 years, Getty Images has played a significant role in visually sharing the stories of U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes, and the USOC is very pleased to extend its relationship with Getty Images through 2020,” said Peter Zeytoonjian, USOC managing director of marketing.

More than a century of iconic Olympic and Paralympic imagery can be viewed on Getty Images’ dedicated Olympic website, gettyimages.com/Olympics and gettyimages.com/Paralympics.

Customers to have unprecedented access and assistance on premium content at iStock by Getty Images

Getty Images, the world leader in visual communications, today announced it has appointed Gallo Images to be the primary distributor of its award-winning creative and editorial content in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The agreement will also see iStock by Getty Images, the web’s original resource for crowd sourced royalty-free stock images, media and design elements, supported by an in-market sales team. The sales support will give customers unprecedented assistance and access to iStock’s millions of premium quality images, vectors, videos and music tracks, all available at an unbeatable price.

“Gallo Images is a long-standing content partner and master delegate for Getty Images, so we are excited to be working with them to bring our innovative and award-winning editorial and creative content to more customers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia,” said Lee Martin, Senior Vice President Sales EMEA, Getty Images.

“We are particularly excited to launch in-market sales support for iStock by Getty Images,” continues Martin. “iStock offers a fantastic selection of exclusive images, video and vectors curated by a global team of visual and trend experts, at a price that cannot be matched. Now, through this agreement with Gallo, our customers have even better access to this unique premium content.”

Gallo Images will trade as Getty Images Czech Republic and will serve customers in Czech Republic and Slovakia through a central office in Prague from Monday 5th January, 2015.