Science Source (formerly Photo Researchers) is a

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agency based in

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. Founded in 1957 by Peter Schults, it represented 2,000 photographers in 1993.

History

Founded in 1957, Photo Researchers Inc, DBA Science Source is a stock content provider and artists' agent. The company was purchased in 1996 by Bug Sutton, Creative Director and founder of the Science Source division and Robert Zentmaier, President and CFO. Science Source supports over 1.1 million photographs, illustrations, photomicrographs, video clips and animations on its searchable database. It represents hundreds of photographers, illustrators and videographers and also produces its own, in-house photos, video, 2D and 3D illustration. Its content is used by technical and textbook publishers, newspapers and magazines, as well as broadcast and internet media. They are a resource for commercial art buyers, hospitals and HMOs, scientists, pharmaceutical companies, physicians, educators, and students. They also provide material to universities (e.g.

MIT The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the mo ...

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

and

Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins (May 19, 1795 – December 24, 1873) was an American merchant, investor, and philanthropist. Born on a plantation, he left his home to start a career at the age of 17, and settled in Baltimore, Maryland where he remained for most ...

) and museums (e.g. the

American Museum of Natural History The American Museum of Natural History (abbreviated as AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. In Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 26 inter ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 F ...

, and the

Field Museum of Natural History The Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH), also known as The Field Museum, is a natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world. The museum is popular for the size and quality of its educational ...

). Over 500 of their images are available as on demand, one-off personal prints and other consumer products through Fine Art America (FAA).

References

External links

*{{Official website, www.sciencesource.com Stock photography Photography companies of the United States Companies based in New York City