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We deliver! What do you need? TopFoto has an in-house digitisation studio and an archive of millions of glass plate negatives and prints dating from the start of the 19th Century. Together with an international…
7 Image Licensing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Every ad campaign, blog article, and video needs images to make them interesting. A quick Google search can pull up millions of them ripe for the picking. However, not all your options for images are legal to…
Windrush Day
#WindrushDay: 23rd June 2021 Rommi Smith, TopFoto, Writer-in-Residence Today is #WindrushDay. I am writing this on the seventy-eighth anniversary of the arrival of The Empire Windrush to Tilbury Docks. It’s a poignant moment in British…
Top 8 Ways to Use TopFoto Stock Photos in Your Projects
They say a picture is worth 1,000 words, but a powerful photo is worth far more. A great photo captures the imagination and becomes a cultural icon – like Alfred Eisenstaedt’s The Kiss. If you’re…
Replaying the Record: Flipping the Script
Replaying the Record: Flipping the Script by Rommi Smith, TopFoto archive Writer-in-Residence 29 April 2021 Record comes from the Latin word recordari – the term cor meaning heart. The stylus on the record player might,…
The B of Beginning
by Rommi Smith: TopFoto Archive Writer-in-Residence, 8 April 2021 Here, really begins in the early spring of 2019. I am attending the first British American Project (BAP) writers’ retreat and I am making a cup…
When Lord Altrincham was punched by Philip Burbidge
Looking for historic images relating to The Crown? Separate truth from fiction and license images to tell the true story When did Lord Altrincham get punched? 6 August 1957, London, and a dramatic moment in…
7 Advantages of Sourcing High Quality Licensed Images
Digital marketing has increased the demand for images and video in advertising. With increased technology in smartphone cameras, people can take amazing photos and footage. Those images get uploaded to social media and file-sharing sites. People…