Who is Getty Images?
Getty Images have been quoted in AboutTheImage.com as “world’s largest stock photo agency” They are based in Seattle Washington and was founded in 1995 by Mark Getty and Jonathan Klien. Getty Images was one of the first to license imagery online and offers a board collection of images for use in advertising, media, etc. In 2008, private equity investment firm Hellman & Friedman aquired Getty Images for the large sum of $2.4 billion8.