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'''Sygma''' (formally known as '''Agence Presse Sygma''' or '''Sygma Photo News''') was a French photo agency.<ref name="liberation">{{cite news|accessdate=2018-05-15|title=Shoot fatal, Sygma succombe|url=http://www.liberation.fr/medias/2010/05/26/shoot-fatal-sygma-succombe_654445|newspaper=[[Libération]]}}</ref> Sygma was established in 1973, was acquired by [[Branded Entertainment Network|Corbis]] in 1999, and went bankrupt in 2011.<ref name="huffpost-sofri">{{cite web|first1=Luca|last1=Sofri|accessdate=2018-04-27|title=Sygma photo agency shuts down|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/luca-sofri/sygma-photo-agency-shuts_b_585502.html|date=21 May 2010|website=[[HuffPost]]}}</ref><ref name="wp-haughney">{{cite news|first1=Christine|last1=Haughney|accessdate=2018-04-27|title=Photojournalists Balk at Sygma's Digital-Age Terms|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/10/12/photojournalists-balk-at-sygmas-digital-age-terms/ce282dc5-11fc-4595-a49e-f1f78f6273f6/|newspaper=Washington Post|date=12 October 2000|issn=0190-8286|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref> It was one of the largest and leading photo agencies,<ref name="huffpost-sofri" /><ref name="wp-haughney" /><ref name="guardian-2007">{{cite news|accessdate=2018-04-27|title=Sygma archive|url=https://www.theguardian.com/arts/gallery/2007/apr/24/1|newspaper=The Guardian|date=24 April 2007|issn=0261-3077|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> with offices in Paris, London and New York City, and about 500 photographers under contract.<ref name="nypost">{{cite news|accessdate=2018-04-27|title=Gates Adds Sygma to 'Net Archive'|url=https://nypost.com/1999/06/17/gates-adds-sygma-to-net-archive/|newspaper=New York Post|date=17 June 1999}}</ref>
'''Sygma''' (formally known as '''Agence Presse Sygma''' or '''Sygma Photo News''') was a French photo agency.<ref name="liberation">{{cite news|accessdate=2018-05-15|title=Shoot fatal, Sygma succombe|url=http://www.liberation.fr/medias/2010/05/26/shoot-fatal-sygma-succombe_654445|newspaper=[[Libération]]}}</ref> Sygma was established in 1973, was acquired by [[Branded Entertainment Network|Corbis]] in 1999, and went bankrupt in 2011.<ref name="huffpost-sofri">{{cite web|first1=Luca|last1=Sofri|accessdate=2018-04-27|title=Sygma photo agency shuts down|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/luca-sofri/sygma-photo-agency-shuts_b_585502.html|date=21 May 2010|website=[[HuffPost]]}}</ref><ref name="wp-haughney">{{cite news|first1=Christine|last1=Haughney|accessdate=2018-04-27|title=Photojournalists Balk at Sygma's Digital-Age Terms|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/10/12/photojournalists-balk-at-sygmas-digital-age-terms/ce282dc5-11fc-4595-a49e-f1f78f6273f6/|newspaper=Washington Post|date=12 October 2000|issn=0190-8286|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref> It was one of the largest and leading photo agencies,<ref name="huffpost-sofri" /><ref name="wp-haughney" /><ref name="guardian-2007">{{cite news|accessdate=2018-04-27|title=Sygma archive|url=https://www.theguardian.com/arts/gallery/2007/apr/24/1|newspaper=The Guardian|date=24 April 2007|issn=0261-3077|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> with offices in Paris, London and New York City, and about 500 photographers under contract.<ref name="nypost">{{cite news|accessdate=2018-04-27|title=Gates Adds Sygma to 'Net Archive'|url=https://nypost.com/1999/06/17/gates-adds-sygma-to-net-archive/|newspaper=New York Post|date=17 June 1999}}</ref>


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==History==
==History==
Sygma was founded in 1973 by {{Illm|WD=Q28494097|Hubert Henrotte}} (co-founder of the [[Gamma (agency)|Gamma agency]]) and other photographers from Gamma<ref name="guardian-2007" /><ref name="wsj">{{cite news|first1=Charles Goldsmith and Amy Barrett Staff Reporters of The Wall Street|last1=Journal|accessdate=2018-04-27|title=Gates's Corbis Enters News Business By Buying French Photo Agency Sygma|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB929394884851120629|newspaper=WSJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-05-15|title=Iconic French photo agency on the brink of collapse|url=http://www.france24.com/en/20090729-iconic-french-photo-agency-brink-collapse-|newspaper=[[France 24]]}}</ref> including [[Eliane Laffont]]<ref name="nypost-lieberman">{{cite news|last1=Lieberman|first1=Allyson|title=Gates adds Sygma to 'net archive'|url=https://nypost.com/1999/06/17/gates-adds-sygma-to-net-archive/|website=nypost.com|publisher=New York Post|accessdate=15 May 2018|date=17 June 1999}}</ref> and [[Jean-Pierre Laffont]].
Sygma was founded in 1973 by {{Illm|WD=Q28494097|Hubert Henrotte}} (co-founder of the [[Gamma (agency)|Gamma agency]]) and other photographers from Gamma<ref name="guardian-2007" /><ref name="wsj">{{cite news|first1=Charles |last1=Goldsmith |first2=Amy |last2=Barrett |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |accessdate=2018-04-27|title=Gates's Corbis Enters News Business By Buying French Photo Agency Sygma|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB929394884851120629}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-05-15|title=Iconic French photo agency on the brink of collapse|url=http://www.france24.com/en/20090729-iconic-french-photo-agency-brink-collapse-|newspaper=[[France 24]]}}</ref> including [[Eliane Laffont]]<ref name="nypost-lieberman">{{cite news|last1=Lieberman|first1=Allyson|title=Gates adds Sygma to 'net archive'|url=https://nypost.com/1999/06/17/gates-adds-sygma-to-net-archive/|website=nypost.com|publisher=New York Post|accessdate=15 May 2018|date=17 June 1999}}</ref> and [[Jean-Pierre Laffont]].


It was one of the largest and leading photo agencies,<ref name="huffpost-sofri" /><ref name="wp-haughney" /><ref name="guardian-2007" /><ref>{{cite book|first1=Lynne|last1=Warren|title=Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography, 3-Volume Set|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cFVsBgAAQBAJ|publisher=Routledge|date=15 November 2005|isbn=9781135205430|via=Google Books}}</ref> with offices in Paris, London and New York City, and about 500 photographers under contract.<ref name="nypost" />
It was one of the largest and leading photo agencies,<ref name="huffpost-sofri" /><ref name="wp-haughney" /><ref name="guardian-2007" /><ref>{{cite book|first1=Lynne|last1=Warren|title=Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography, 3-Volume Set|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cFVsBgAAQBAJ|publisher=Routledge|date=15 November 2005|isbn=9781135205430|via=Google Books}}</ref> with offices in Paris, London and New York City, and about 500 photographers under contract.<ref name="nypost" />


It was acquired by [[Bill Gates]]' [[Branded Entertainment Network|Corbis]] in 1999<ref name="wsj" /><ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-04-27|title=Corbis to Acquire A Photo Agency|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/15/business/corbis-to-acquire-a-photo-agency.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=15 June 1999|issn=0362-4331|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> and the new organisation was called Corbis Sygma.<ref name="liberation" />
It was acquired by [[Bill Gates]]' [[Branded Entertainment Network|Corbis]] in 1999<ref name="wsj" /><ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-04-27|title=Corbis to Acquire A Photo Agency|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/15/business/corbis-to-acquire-a-photo-agency.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=15 June 1999|issn=0362-4331|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> and the new organisation was called Corbis Sygma.<ref name="liberation" />
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*[[Richard Ellis (American photographer)|Richard Ellis]]
*[[Richard Ellis (American photographer)|Richard Ellis]]
*[[Stuart Franklin]]<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-04-27|title=Stuart Franklin • Photographer Profile • Magnum Photos|url=https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/stuart-franklin/|newspaper=Magnum Photos}}</ref>
*[[Stuart Franklin]]<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-04-27|title=Stuart Franklin • Photographer Profile • Magnum Photos|url=https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/stuart-franklin/|newspaper=Magnum Photos}}</ref>
*[[Yannis Kontos]]<ref>{{cite web|first1=Canon Europa N.V. and Canon Europe Ltd|last1=2002-2017.|accessdate=2018-05-15|title=Opposing views - Canon Professional Network|url=http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/news/yanniskontos.do|website=[[Canon Inc.]]}}</ref>
*[[Yannis Kontos]]<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2018-05-15|title=Opposing views – Canon Professional Network|url=http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/news/yanniskontos.do|website=[[Canon Inc.]]}}</ref>
*[[Peter Marlow (photographer)|Peter Marlow]]<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-04-27|title=Photographer Peter Marlow celebrated by his Magnum colleagues|url=http://www.huckmagazine.com/art-and-culture/peter-marlow-commemorated-curated-magnum-friends-colleagues/|newspaper=Huck Magazine|date=22 June 2016}}</ref>
*[[Peter Marlow (photographer)|Peter Marlow]]<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-04-27|title=Photographer Peter Marlow celebrated by his Magnum colleagues|url=http://www.huckmagazine.com/art-and-culture/peter-marlow-commemorated-curated-magnum-friends-colleagues/|newspaper=Huck Magazine|date=22 June 2016}}</ref>
*[[Caterine Milinaire]]<ref>p.32, "40 Ans de Photo-journalisme, Génération Sygma" by Michel Setboun and Marie Cousin, Martiniére, Paris. (2013)</ref>
*[[Caterine Milinaire]]<ref>p.32, "40 Ans de Photo-journalisme, Génération Sygma" by Michel Setboun and Marie Cousin, Martiniére, Paris. (2013)</ref>
*[[Gérard Rancinan]] (joined 1973)<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-05-15|title=Gérard Rancinan: Artiste photographe contemporain|url=https://galerie-tony-rocfort.com/artistes/gerard-rancinan/|newspaper=Galerie Tony Rocfort}}</ref>
*[[Gérard Rancinan]] (joined 1973)<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-05-15|title=Gérard Rancinan: Artiste photographe contemporain|url=https://galerie-tony-rocfort.com/artistes/gerard-rancinan/|newspaper=Galerie Tony Rocfort}}</ref>
*[[Sebastião Salgado]] (1974–1975)<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-05-15|title=Biography: Sebastião Salgado|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2004/sep/11/sebastiaosalgado.photography2|date=11 September 2004|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
*[[Sebastião Salgado]] (1974–1975)<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-05-15|title=Biography: Sebastião Salgado|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2004/sep/11/sebastiaosalgado.photography2|date=11 September 2004|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
* [[Claude Salhani]] (1970s)

*[[Christine Spengler]]
*[[Christine Spengler]]
*[[Les Stone]]<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2018-05-15|title=Editorial Photographers UK - They Killed My Agency: Corbis-Sygma Deal In Ruins|url=http://www.epuk.org/news/they-killed-my-agency-corbis-sygma-deal-in-ruins|website=www.epuk.org}}</ref>
*[[Les Stone]]<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2018-05-15|title=Editorial Photographers UK – They Killed My Agency: Corbis-Sygma Deal In Ruins|url=http://www.epuk.org/news/they-killed-my-agency-corbis-sygma-deal-in-ruins|website=www.epuk.org}}</ref>
*[[Alfred Yaghobzadeh]]<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-05-15|title=Iran 1979-2009 - Photographs byAlfred Yaghobzadeh |url=https://www.lensculture.com/articles/alfred-yaghobzadeh-iran-1979-2009|newspaper=LensCulture}}</ref>
*[[Alfred Yaghobzadeh]]<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-05-15|title=Iran 1979–2009 – Photographs byAlfred Yaghobzadeh |url=https://www.lensculture.com/articles/alfred-yaghobzadeh-iran-1979-2009|newspaper=LensCulture}}</ref>
}}
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==Sygma Preservation and Access Facility==
==Sygma Preservation and Access Facility==
Sygma's archive includes 50 million objects from the second half of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-05-15|title=Corbis unveils Sygma archive in France|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/5375842/Corbis-unveils-Sygma-archive-in-France.html|date=26 May 2009|issn=0307-1235|via=www.telegraph.co.uk|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref> It is stored at the Sygma Preservation and Access Facility, a dedicated facility in [[Garnay]], near Paris, established in 2009.<ref name="guardian-2007" /><ref>{{cite book|first1=Lisa|last1=Tilder|first2=Lisa|last2=Blotstein|title=Design Ecologies: Essays on the Nature of Design|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=S89orNPdRCQC|publisher=Chronicle Books|date=20 March 2012|isbn=9781568989549|via=Google Books|page=50}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-04-27|title=Photographers face two-year wait for Sygma photos - Amateur Photographer|url=http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/latest/photo-news/photographers-face-two-year-wait-for-sygma-photos-17460|newspaper=Amateur Photographer|date=10 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Phil|last1=Coomes|accessdate=2018-04-27|title=BBC - Viewfinder: Photojournalism today|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/photoblog/2009/08/photojournalism_today.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2018-04-27|title=Photo archive move completed|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/photo-archive-move-completed|publisher=[[The Bookseller]]}}</ref>
Sygma's archive includes 50 million objects from the second half of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-05-15|title=Corbis unveils Sygma archive in France|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/5375842/Corbis-unveils-Sygma-archive-in-France.html|date=26 May 2009|issn=0307-1235|via=www.telegraph.co.uk|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref> It is stored at the Sygma Preservation and Access Facility, a dedicated facility in [[Garnay]], near Paris, established in 2009.<ref name="guardian-2007" /><ref>{{cite book|first1=Lisa|last1=Tilder|first2=Lisa|last2=Blotstein|title=Design Ecologies: Essays on the Nature of Design|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S89orNPdRCQC|publisher=Chronicle Books|date=20 March 2012|isbn=9781568989549|via=Google Books|page=50}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-04-27|title=Photographers face two-year wait for Sygma photos - Amateur Photographer|url=http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/latest/photo-news/photographers-face-two-year-wait-for-sygma-photos-17460|newspaper=Amateur Photographer|date=10 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Phil|last1=Coomes|accessdate=2018-04-27|title=BBC – Viewfinder: Photojournalism today|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/photoblog/2009/08/photojournalism_today.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2018-04-27|title=Photo archive move completed|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/photo-archive-move-completed|publisher=[[The Bookseller]]}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*''40 Ans de Photo-journalisme, Génération Sygma.'' Paris: [[La Martinière Groupe|Martinière]], 2013. By Michel Setboun, Marie Cousin, et al. {{ISBN|9782732459738}}.
*{{Cite book |last1=Setboun |first1=Michel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NLNUngEACAAJ |title=40 ans de photo-journalisme: génération Sygma |last2=Cousin |first2=Marie |publisher=[[La Martinière Groupe|Éditions de la Martinière]] |year=2013 |isbn=978-2-7324-5973-8 |location=Paris |language=fr |trans-title=40 years of photojournalism: Sygma generation}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://photoarchivenews.com/interview/pan-special-report-the-sygma-preservation-and-access-facility/ "PAN Special Report: The Sygma Preservation and Access Facility"]
*[https://photoarchivenews.com/interview/pan-special-report-the-sygma-preservation-and-access-facility/ "PAN Special Report: The Sygma Preservation and Access Facility"]
*[https://www.gosee.us/news/agencies/corbis-facility-near-paris-ensures-the-preservation-of-the-extraordinary-sygma-photo-collection-of-over-800-000-photographs-7152 "Stock Agency • Corbis: facility near Paris ensures the preservation of the extraordinary Sygma photo collection of over 800,000 photographs"]
*[https://www.gosee.us/news/agencies/corbis-facility-near-paris-ensures-the-preservation-of-the-extraordinary-sygma-photo-collection-of-over-800-000-photographs-7152 "Stock Agency • Corbis: facility near Paris ensures the preservation of the extraordinary Sygma photo collection of over 800,000 photographs"]

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Latest revision as of 03:08, 26 January 2024

Sygma (formally known as Agence Presse Sygma or Sygma Photo News) was a French photo agency.[1] Sygma was established in 1973, was acquired by Corbis in 1999, and went bankrupt in 2011.[2][3] It was one of the largest and leading photo agencies,[2][3][4] with offices in Paris, London and New York City, and about 500 photographers under contract.[5]

Sygma's archive of 50 million objects is stored at the Sygma Preservation and Access Facility in Garnay near Paris.

History

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Sygma was founded in 1973 by Hubert Henrotte [Wikidata] (co-founder of the Gamma agency) and other photographers from Gamma[4][6][7] including Eliane Laffont[8] and Jean-Pierre Laffont.

It was one of the largest and leading photo agencies,[2][3][4][9] with offices in Paris, London and New York City, and about 500 photographers under contract.[5]

It was acquired by Bill Gates' Corbis in 1999[6][10] and the new organisation was called Corbis Sygma.[1]

Sygma declared bankruptcy and shut down operations in 2011 when it could not afford to pay damages resulting from a court case.[2]

Members of Sygma (1973–1999)

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Sygma Preservation and Access Facility

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Sygma's archive includes 50 million objects from the second half of the 20th century.[21] It is stored at the Sygma Preservation and Access Facility, a dedicated facility in Garnay, near Paris, established in 2009.[4][22][23][24][25]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Shoot fatal, Sygma succombe". Libération. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  2. ^ a b c d Sofri, Luca (21 May 2010). "Sygma photo agency shuts down". HuffPost. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  3. ^ a b c Haughney, Christine (12 October 2000). "Photojournalists Balk at Sygma's Digital-Age Terms". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-04-27 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  4. ^ a b c d "Sygma archive". The Guardian. 24 April 2007. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2018-04-27 – via www.theguardian.com.
  5. ^ a b "Gates Adds Sygma to 'Net Archive'". New York Post. 17 June 1999. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  6. ^ a b Goldsmith, Charles; Barrett, Amy. "Gates's Corbis Enters News Business By Buying French Photo Agency Sygma". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  7. ^ "Iconic French photo agency on the brink of collapse". France 24. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  8. ^ Lieberman, Allyson (17 June 1999). "Gates adds Sygma to 'net archive'". nypost.com. New York Post. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  9. ^ Warren, Lynne (15 November 2005). Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography, 3-Volume Set. Routledge. ISBN 9781135205430 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "Corbis to Acquire A Photo Agency". The New York Times. 15 June 1999. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-27 – via NYTimes.com.
  11. ^ "A Photojournalist's Tale of Woe". Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  12. ^ "Bill Gates v. Photojournalists". Consortiumnews. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  13. ^ "Stuart Franklin • Photographer Profile • Magnum Photos". Magnum Photos. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  14. ^ "Opposing views – Canon Professional Network". Canon Inc. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  15. ^ "Photographer Peter Marlow celebrated by his Magnum colleagues". Huck Magazine. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  16. ^ p.32, "40 Ans de Photo-journalisme, Génération Sygma" by Michel Setboun and Marie Cousin, Martiniére, Paris. (2013)
  17. ^ "Gérard Rancinan: Artiste photographe contemporain". Galerie Tony Rocfort. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  18. ^ "Biography: Sebastião Salgado". The Guardian. 11 September 2004. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  19. ^ "Editorial Photographers UK – They Killed My Agency: Corbis-Sygma Deal In Ruins". www.epuk.org. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  20. ^ "Iran 1979–2009 – Photographs byAlfred Yaghobzadeh". LensCulture. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  21. ^ "Corbis unveils Sygma archive in France". The Daily Telegraph. 26 May 2009. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-05-15 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  22. ^ Tilder, Lisa; Blotstein, Lisa (20 March 2012). Design Ecologies: Essays on the Nature of Design. Chronicle Books. p. 50. ISBN 9781568989549 – via Google Books.
  23. ^ "Photographers face two-year wait for Sygma photos - Amateur Photographer". Amateur Photographer. 10 March 2011. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  24. ^ Coomes, Phil. "BBC – Viewfinder: Photojournalism today". Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  25. ^ "Photo archive move completed". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2018-04-27.

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