EMPICS

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EMPICS (a Press Association Group company) is a UK firm which deals with licensing photographs of people and events for the press and other mass news media.

EMPICS is the photo licensing arm of the PA Photos division, bringing together the news, sport and entertainment picture productions and archives of the Press Association, EMPICS, AP and leading niche photographers to offer the very best and most comprehensive range of editorial photography from the UK and around the world, from past to present.

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It was founded in 1985 by Phil O'Brien, then focusing on sports photography. Its catalog including the Press Association and EMPICS collections extends to fifteen million pictures taken over the last century.

Collections include:

  • Press Association - UK news sport and showbiz
  • Associated Press - worldwide news sport and showbiz
  • EMPICS Sport
  • EMPICS Entertainment

Plus exclusive specialist collections - Chelsea F.C., Sports & General, Barratts sports personalities, Peter Robinson's Football Archive, Haymarket photo shoots, Sutton Motorsports and Cruise Pictures

On 11 May 2004, EMPICS Ltd was acquired by the Press Association.

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