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SuperStock acquires two significant archives
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View Pictures is a leading architectural photography archive in the UK; the Washington-based Danita Delimont Stock Photography provides travel and nature-oriented images to travel and publishing clients.
Filmmaker/Photographer Stewart Cohen, whose production company, SC Pictures, serves major clients including American Airlines, AT&T, Coca-Cola, Four Seasons, and Frito-Lay, is expanding his footprint in the licensing space.
Footage and imagery house SuperStock, which he acquired in 2019, has just acquired View Pictures, a leading Architectural Photography archive in the UK; and the Seattle-based Danita Delimont Stock Photography, which provides travel and nature-oriented images to travel and publishing clients.
In 2023, SuperStock acquired All Canada Photos, the country’s premier Canada-focused stock images agency, offering a rich imagery and multimedia content collection. That was followed in 2024 by its acquisition of the coveted Classic Stock collection.
Cohen was an early proponent of licensing. “I got super lucky in that when Getty bought their first footage collection called Fabulous Footage, Alwyn Gosford from Getty called me to help them design a path forward for filmmakers, because they knew that I was already doing combo live action and still shoots,” he recalled. “At the time, Getty had fantastic analysts and was seeing the trends before any of the ad agencies. And with this network of complementary houses we’re building, we definitely have an enhanced perspective on the marketplace.”
The View Pictures deal was consummated last week at the Standard Hotel London, where the two teams invited the London photographers to celebrate with a rooftop toast. At the event, Cohen shared, “As the son of an architect, I understand the importance of this collection. We want to grow it and make it more relevant on both sides of the Atlantic.”
“SuperStock will bring a boost of energy and renewal to our collection,” said Susan Bockelmann, CEO, View Pictures.
For Cohen and Danita Delamont, love of travel is a unifying element: it was a trip to the Amazon that ignited her career in stock photography, as an agency owner and a respected industry leader through her presidency of ASPP and active roles with NANPA, the NANPA Foundation, and PACA.
“I am delighted that SuperStock, a company that truly understands and respects photography and the visual media industry, will be taking our company forward,” said Delimont, founder of Danita Delimont Stock Photography. “They bring both global reach and a deep appreciation for contributors and their work, making them the perfect home for our collection.”
