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09/02/2004
AP and VII agree on a distribution deal
PERPIGNAN, FRANCE -- The international photojournalist collective
VII and the world's largest news cooperative, The Associated
Press, have agreed on a distribution deal. Under the arrangement,
AP clients, including member newspapers and communications
professionals, gain access to VII's extensive archive and
to an exclusive weekly topical picture story package that
will be made available via the AP PhotoArchive and AP Wide
World Photos.
VII, based in Paris, is an independent group of nine photojournalists,
founded in 2001. Founding members Alexandra Boulat, Ron Haviv,
Gary Knight, Antonin Kratochvil, Christopher Morris, James
Nachtwey and John Stanmeyer were joined in 2002 by Lauren
Greenfield and in 2004 by Joachim Ladefoged. VII's central
purpose is to maximize the distribution of its output through
all appropriate channels, and by this means to fund the production
of innovative and diverse work.
"This agreement with AP extends the work of VII to a
new editorial market," said Gary Knight of the VII photo
agency. The exclusive weekly topical picture story package
will be drawn from VII's archive and its more recent production,
he said.
The announcement was made at Visa pour l'image, the International
Festival of Photojournalism in Perpignan, France.
"The addition of VII's catalogue of in-depth feature
and documentary photography adds a new dimension to the material
available to AP's clients," said Andrew Hill, director
of sales for AP Wide World.
ABOUT VII
VII derives its name from the number of founding photojournalists
who,in September 2001, formed this collectively owned agency.
Designed from the outset to be an efficient, technologically
enabled distribution hub for some of the world's finest photojournalism,
VII has been responsible for creating and relaying to the
world many of the images that define the turbulent opening
years of the 21st century. Alexandra Boulat, Ron Haviv, Gary
Knight, Antonin Kratochvil, Christopher Morris, James Nachtwey,
John Stanmeyer, Lauren Greenfield and Joachim Ladefoged document
conflict -- environmental, social and political, both violent
and non-violent -- to produce an unflinching record of the
injustices created and experienced by people caught up in
the events they describe.
ABOUT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AP, founded in 1848 and headquartered in New York, is a source
of print news, photos, graphics, audio and video for more
than a billion people a day. With 28 Pulitzer Prizes for photos,
AP has an unrivalled heritage of high quality news photography.
Wide World Photos, a unit in AP's Global Business division,
provides access to more than 1.8 million photos in a fully
searchable image database that is one of the biggest and most
comprehensive collections in the world.
Contact: Jack Stokes 212-621-1720
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