Music & Performing Arts

ArenaPAL

- Huge collection of theater, opera, rock, classical, jazz and world music, pop, classical and national dance, circus, festivals, artists, etc. Some images online.

Everynight Images

- UK agency specializing in music, urban lifestyle and global youth culture: nightclubs, festivals, drugs and teenagers.

Grand Ole Opry

- 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.

JazzPhotographs.com

- 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.

Lebrecht

- Claims to be world's largest resource for music pictures and all creative arts. Access to 5 million images via partners.

Photofeatures

- One of the most comprehensive specialised music photo archives. 1964 onwards. Includes the Chris Walter Archive.

Photostage

- The work of UK photographer Donald Cooper: images from the performing arts, from 1968 to the present.

Redferns

- One of the most comprehensive music photo libraries, from 19th-century classical composers to pioneering jazz. Hosted by and integrated with Getty Images.

Repfoto

- 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.