Music & Performance
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Music & Performing Arts
- Huge collection of theater, opera, rock, classical, jazz and world music, pop, classical and national dance, circus, festivals, artists, etc. Some images online.
- UK agency specializing in music, urban lifestyle and global youth culture: nightclubs, festivals, drugs and teenagers.
- Take a wild guess! Yes, the subject is mainly country music: interviews, performances and appearances by country artists - but some non-country talent, too. Not much is browsable until you sign up.
- The work of Scottish photographer David Sinclair: thousands of musicians, mainly jazz, many taken in Ronnie Scott's club in London. Majority in b/w.
- Claims to be world's largest resource for music pictures and all creative arts. Access to 5 million images via partners.
- One of the most comprehensive specialised music photo archives. 1964 onwards. Includes the Chris Walter Archive.
- The work of UK photographer Donald Cooper: images from the performing arts, from 1968 to the present.
- One of the most comprehensive music photo libraries, from 19th-century classical composers to pioneering jazz. Hosted by and integrated with Getty Images.
- 35mm, medium format and b/w photos of rock musicians, in performance, in the studio and on the road, 1960s onwards. Scanned and brilliantly organized online.
- Specialist in the classical performing arts, based in UK but with many images from international venues including Bolshoi and Kirov ballet.
- Reggae, punk, black, 70's/80's rock, world music, plus travel and culture from Africa, India, South America and Jamaica.