Sygma (agency)
Sygma (formally known as Agence Presse Sygma or Sygma Photo News) was a French photo agency.[1] Sygma was established in 1973, was acquired by Corbis in 1999, and went bankrupt in 2011.[2][3] It was one of the largest and leading photo agencies,[2][3][4] with offices in Paris, London and New York City, and about 500 photographers under contract.[5]
Sygma's archive of 50 million objects is stored at the Sygma Preservation and Access Facility in Garnay near Paris.
History[edit]
Sygma was founded in 1973 by Hubert Henrotte (co-founder of the Gamma agency) and other photographers from Gamma[4][6][7] including Eliane Laffont[8] and Jean-Pierre Laffont.
It was one of the largest and leading photo agencies,[2][3][4][9] with offices in Paris, London and New York City, and about 500 photographers under contract.[5]
It was acquired by Bill Gates' Corbis in 1999[6][10] and the new organisation was called Corbis Sygma.[1]
Sygma declared bankruptcy and shut down operations in 2011 when it could not afford to pay damages resulting from a court case.[2]
Members of Sygma (1973–1999)[edit]
- Dominique Aubert[11][12]
- Richard Ellis
- Stuart Franklin[13]
- Yannis Kontos[14]
- Peter Marlow[15]
- Caterine Milinaire[16]
- Gérard Rancinan (joined 1973)[17]
- Sebastião Salgado (1974–1975)[18]
- Claude Salhani (1970s)
Sygma Preservation and Access Facility[edit]
Sygma's archive includes 50 million objects from the second half of the 20th century.[21] It is stored at the Sygma Preservation and Access Facility, a dedicated facility in Garnay, near Paris, established in 2009.[4][22][23][24][25]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Shoot fatal, Sygma succombe". Libération. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
- ^ a b c d Sofri, Luca (21 May 2010). "Sygma photo agency shuts down". HuffPost. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ a b c Haughney, Christine (12 October 2000). "Photojournalists Balk at Sygma's Digital-Age Terms". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-04-27 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ a b c d "Sygma archive". The Guardian. 24 April 2007. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2018-04-27 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ a b "Gates Adds Sygma to 'Net Archive'". New York Post. 17 June 1999. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ a b Goldsmith, Charles; Barrett, Amy. "Gates's Corbis Enters News Business By Buying French Photo Agency Sygma". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ "Iconic French photo agency on the brink of collapse". France 24. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
- ^ Lieberman, Allyson (17 June 1999). "Gates adds Sygma to 'net archive'". nypost.com. New York Post. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ Warren, Lynne (15 November 2005). Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography, 3-Volume Set. Routledge. ISBN 9781135205430 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Corbis to Acquire A Photo Agency". The New York Times. 15 June 1999. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-27 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "A Photojournalist's Tale of Woe". Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ "Bill Gates v. Photojournalists". Consortiumnews. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ "Stuart Franklin • Photographer Profile • Magnum Photos". Magnum Photos. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ "Opposing views – Canon Professional Network". Canon Inc. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
- ^ "Photographer Peter Marlow celebrated by his Magnum colleagues". Huck Magazine. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ p.32, "40 Ans de Photo-journalisme, Génération Sygma" by Michel Setboun and Marie Cousin, Martiniére, Paris. (2013)
- ^ "Gérard Rancinan: Artiste photographe contemporain". Galerie Tony Rocfort. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
- ^ "Biography: Sebastião Salgado". The Guardian. 11 September 2004. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
- ^ "Editorial Photographers UK – They Killed My Agency: Corbis-Sygma Deal In Ruins". www.epuk.org. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
- ^ "Iran 1979–2009 – Photographs byAlfred Yaghobzadeh". LensCulture. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
- ^ "Corbis unveils Sygma archive in France". The Daily Telegraph. 26 May 2009. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-05-15 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Tilder, Lisa; Blotstein, Lisa (20 March 2012). Design Ecologies: Essays on the Nature of Design. Chronicle Books. p. 50. ISBN 9781568989549 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Photographers face two-year wait for Sygma photos - Amateur Photographer". Amateur Photographer. 10 March 2011. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ Coomes, Phil. "BBC – Viewfinder: Photojournalism today". Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ "Photo archive move completed". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
Further reading[edit]
- Setboun, Michel; Cousin, Marie (2013). 40 ans de photo-journalisme: génération Sygma [40 years of photojournalism: Sygma generation] (in French). Paris: Éditions de la Martinière. ISBN 978-2-7324-5973-8.
External links[edit]
- "PAN Special Report: The Sygma Preservation and Access Facility"
- "Stock Agency • Corbis: facility near Paris ensures the preservation of the extraordinary Sygma photo collection of over 800,000 photographs"
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