Citing increasing demand for education pictures, Chicago-based Education Stock Pictures Company has launched Learning Pictures. The new licensing division will cater primaril to traditional textbook publishers, documentary television producers and online education services.
The new site will include content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, De Agostini Editore, Scala Archives and the New York Public Library, as well as edited content from stock-licensing companies such as Amana, Corbis and Blend. In development for over two years, Learning Pictures launches with 300,000 online images and research access to some 2 million images.