Use & Licensing
Every image here is a record of someone's life, someone's work, a moment of the actual world. We keep this archive so those records survive and stay reachable — not so they can be sold to whoever bids most.
That belief shapes how we license. For anyone learning, remembering, or researching, the archive is free to use. Commercial use is a different matter — and it begins with a conversation.
Open · with attribution
study · teaching · research · remembrance
Open records are free to view, share, and cite. To download, sign in — a single tap with your email, no password and no sign-up form. Then just credit the source.
Attribution required · non-commercial for restricted records
Considered · a conversation
brands · editorial · film · product
The archive isn't licensed commercially from a price list or an image's page. Every commercial use begins with a conversation, so we can understand it and be sure it honors the people and histories in the frame.
What you license will come from our commercial catalogue, or be sourced for you. The archival image is a reference, never the product itself.
Begin an inquiry ↓Vetted for fit · relationship-priced · not every use is one we take on
The image you found here is the reference — the start of the conversation. What we license you is drawn from the commercial catalogue, or sourced to fit. The record itself stays in the record.
This is the start of a conversation, not a checkout. Share what you have in mind and a person will write back.
The archive endures because we treat it as a trust. Thank you for using it that way.