Fotografie aus allen Jahrzehnten zu Film, Fernsehen, Kultur und Geschichte - lizensierbar für alle Medien
United Archives was designed in 2008 planned as a stable essence after 20 years of professional experience in the picture industry since 1988. The aim is to give press photo archives and photographer life estates a stable new home, in which they have the economic basis to be developed digitally and to survive for the future generations. Today United Archives shows the digital outcome of 14 press p
hoto archives and 14 photographer estates with an estimated asset base of about 25 Mio images, all acquired with full rights. United Archives activities are spreaded over 2 wide areas, focussing on the digitalization of owned images, licensing these to publishing clients and activities in the cultural field, for ex. partnering for projects for Europeana, the culture portal of the European Commission and to support exhibitions. A personal approach of the founder is to develop the degree of awareness of photographers' names and their lifeworks in the digital age to keep them unforgotten and to create access to these works through the internet to future generations.
04/12/2024
Sagrada Família, Barcelona, 1960s
This vibrant photograph captures a moment in front of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona during the 1960s. The majestic basilica, with its intricate towers reaching into the sky, stands as a stunning backdrop. In the foreground, an artist paints a scene of the cathedral, while two individuals sit nearby, watching and enjoying the view. The image beautifully contrasts the ongoing construction of the iconic landmark with the everyday life of the people around it. The tranquil setting, with a pond and greenery, offers a peaceful atmosphere that contrasts with the grand scale of the architectural masterpiece.
This photograph was taken by Leonore Ander.
03/12/2024
Der Film „Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens“ von 1922 ist ein Klassiker der Filmgeschichte und basiert auf Bram Stokers Roman „Dracula“.
Heute Abend feiert „Nosferatu – Der Untote“ im Berliner Zoo Palast Weltpremiere. Die Neuverfilmung orientiert sich am Klassiker von 1922. In der Rolle des Grafen Orlok, auch bekannt als Nosferatu, ist der schwedische Schauspieler Bill Skarsgård zu sehen.
02/12/2024
This black-and-white photograph beautifully captures the essence of Venice’s Grand Canal in the 1950s. The image shows a row of gondolas gently floating on the canal, with their distinctive black boats standing out against the serene waters. In the foreground, a group of pedestrians walks along the canal’s edge, their silhouettes adding life and movement to the scene. The elegant Venetian architecture along the canal, with its ornate windows and intricate detailing, frames the peaceful yet vibrant atmosphere of the city. The photograph evokes the timeless charm of Venice, capturing the city’s rich history, culture, and iconic waterways.
Deutsche Schlagersängerin Sonja Siewert bei einem Porträt Fotoshoot im Studio in Ost-Berlin, DDR 1966. Der deutsche Schlagersänger Erhard Juza bei einem Promo Fotoshoot im Studio in Ost Berlin, DDR…
„Licht aus, Spot an!“ – die ZDF-Sendung Disco mit Ilja Richter lief von 1971 bis 1982 und wurde mit ihrer Mischung aus Live-Auftritten, Comedy und Chart-Hits zu einer legendären Show. Welche Show oder Sendung wünschen Sie sich zurück ins TV?
21/11/2024
20/11/2024
Es ist jetzt wirklich die richtige Zeit: Nach mehr als 30 Bildarchivübernahmen seit 2012 und deren Digitalisierung machen wir den nächsten Schritt und "kapitalisieren" unsere Expertise:
Vor 50 Jahren waren Abba in "Ein Kessel Buntes" zu Gast. Während ihres DDR-Besuchs performt die schwedische Band unter anderem Waterloo und Honey Honey auf der Bühne des Friedrichstadtpalast.
06/11/2024
Mit ihrem Solodebüt „Alf" (1985) gelang Alison Moyet ein Nr.-1 Album mit Top-Hits wie „All Cried Out", „For You Only", „Love Resurrection" oder „Invisible". Nach der Trennung des Synthie-Pop-Duos Yazoo startete die englische Sängerin ihre Solokarriere. Zwischen 1984 und 1987 war sie die Solokünstlerin mit den meisten Plattenverkäufen in Großbritannien und erhielt den Brit Award als „Beste Sängerin".
05/11/2024
Neue digitale Motive des Archivnachlasses von Tassilo Leher sind online. Alle Fotos (C) United Archives/Tassilo Leher
01/11/2024
Nach Jahrzehnten gingen die Lichter im "Maca-Ronni" auf der Hahnenstraße aus, der Promi-Treffpunkt, Gastro-Hotspot und Szenelokal ist Geschichte. Zur Deponie sollen auch Fotos des Kölner Fotografen ZIK gekommen sein, daher keine Sorge - wir haben sie!
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More than 100 years of cooperation in and cooperation with press and image agencies and the latest knowledge of phototechnology is the basis of our experience and give the directive for the digitization of our archives.
We focus on the digitization of image archives that we have acquired with all rights. We choose out of an estimated 10 million picture templates daily. We are always interested in images and archives, which are historical and culturally from important.We are happy when we are approached to this topic, as well as to offer press-photographic repertoires or image archives.
Our headquarters with all workstations is located in the historical heart of Cologne. Our archives are stored around this city, and can also be searched in our picturemaxx place “United Archives”.
In addition to our own holdings, we also represent partners from Germany and abroad who round off our content.
We have largely entrusted the distribution to the users of our photos, especially publishing houses, to major national and international sales partners.
We are a founding member of www.photoconsortium.net, an international organization dedicated to the cultural heritage of photography. Photoconsortium has emerged from an EU-funded digitization project, www.europeana-photography.eu, which has been successfully completed in 2015 and to which we have contributed more than 40,000 digitized images.
We hold already prestigious collections like the Carl Simon Estate or the IFTN Cinema Collection, two of our largest assets. We acquired the "old" archive of ROBA Music Editors, including the lifework of the photographer Siegfried Pilz in 2013.
Since 2014 we own the independent lifeworks of the travel photographers Hanna Seidel and Walter Rudolph and the amazing archive of Jakob Volk, who shoot the Cologne area with a self constructed camera in the early years of the last century.
In 2015 we acquired the lifework of Heinz Browers and his Browers Press Agency. He was focused on Munichs Schickeria in the 1960ties and 1970ties.
In 2016 we acquired Impress Images, a press agency, which was active for more than 30 years, mostly showing German TV set photography.
