7 March 2008
A World of new Stills

There’s a world of new stills available from Tropix.
Leading specialists in Africa, Asia and World destinations, Tropix Photo Library have just extended their range.
Latest images shot 2007-08 come from Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Bonaire, Chile, Colombia, Curacao, Ecuador, England, Galapagos, Germany, Ireland, Korea, Pakistan, Peru, Portugal, Tobago, Trinidad and Venezuela – and there are some pretty remote places and obscure topics nestling within that set. MD Veronica Birley asks, “Where would you look for a shot of Trinidad’s Hindu temples? OK, what about the notorious baby cemetery of Azerbaijan? How about Koreans playing yutnori? – using jangjang sticks, of course. www.tropix.co.uk, that’s where you’d look. Deep fried guinea pig is our bread and butter.” Tropix are an outstanding source of hard-to-find stills, especially from remote and rarely visited destinations. When the BBC’s “Story of India” series needed a shot of an ancient stone tablet last year, it required a trip to northeast Afghanistan – not a tempting shoot. Fortunately, Maya Vision’s researcher tracked down stills of said tablet, to Tropix. Their website is www.tropix.co.uk: if you haven’t registered yet, do so now. There’s a great front end to the site for the public, but media people need the nuggets that are found only after registration. Top keywording and multi-language spellings give you instant access to 15,000 thumbnails – plus a further 20,000 captions leading to more library stock. Now London based, Tropix was established 25 years ago in Liverpool – European City of Culture 2008. That makes them a good source for Liverpool landmarks too, plus Merseyside, the Wirral, Cheshire, Cumbria, Yorkshire and Wales. Believe it or not, there are some pretty obscure topics in that collection, too.
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Company: www.tropix.co.uk
Phone number: 02085460823
E-mail: veronica@tropix.co.uk