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photo agencies  

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  • Photo agencies (a category of companies known by several different titles) provide photographs for commercial users including news media, both print and broadcast. Such companies usually make, collect or archive, and distribute photographs for a fee, either on a subscription or perphoto basis, the price depending on the use of the image. [Source: Encyclopedia of Journalism; Photo Agencies]

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