TopFoto stands out for quality, depth, speed, value and first-class customer support. Award-winning images, exclusive image collections, industry-leading personal service, attention-grabbing narrative image sets from history. With so much great imagery you can always find something fresh. Founded in 1927 by definitive English freelance photographer John Topham, working from 1927-1975 and published in Illustrated, Daily Mirror, PicturePost, Life magazine, Farmers Weekly, TopFoto (originally Topham Picture Library) has since been built up by three generations of the Smith family into what it is today: an expanding, independent picture agency of fascinating range and depth so you can license stand-out images. Fun Facts 1. The heart of the TopFoto archive is made up of millions of original negatives and hardcopy prints from a number of thriving 20th Century historic British press agencies from the glory days of Fleet Street (c.1905-1969), collected and acquired by the Smiths during the 1970s and 1980s, together with original engravings from the early 1800s and glass plate negatives from the early 1900s. 2. We own some uniquely important photographer collections including over 3,000 negatives and prints taken by the late filmmaker Ken Russell (1950s), and the archive of key Illustrated and PicturePost photographer George Douglas known as “Speedy George” (1940s-1950s) 3. We work with over 50 global partners, representing some of the finest photography collections in the world.