Big Pictures Archive is a specialist celebrity and entertainment library built for editors, publishers, and brands who need fast access to trusted imagery.
We curate and license an extensive archive of celebrity, entertainment, and editorial imagery spanning more than five decades. Our focus is simple: help you find the right image quickly, understand rights clearly, and license confidently.
Big Pictures boasts an extensive celebrity and entertainment-based archive that now stretches to more than 20 million pictures dating back 50 years. Almost half of the collection is already in digital format, making it one of the world's largest libraries of its kind.
The archive includes an unrivalled royal portfolio and a truly international breadth of coverage: the people who make history and headlines — from the hottest pop stars and show business celebrities to prominent leaders and politicians.
Big Pictures serves both online and offline publishers with breaking celebrity news, supported by relevant historic material from the archive. We work to deliver the right content in the right format, ready for today's distribution channels.
Big Pictures owns the copyright, or has the exclusive right to distribute, all the photographs and videos in our library. Licensing is provided under clear terms and a defined scope (media, territory, duration, and usage).
For more detail, see our Licensing Agreement.
Preserving irreplaceable photographic history is central to what we do. Alongside ongoing digitisation, we maintain a secure archive of physical originals (including transparencies, negatives, and prints) to safeguard the collection for future generations.
Looking for a specific moment, planning a story package, or unsure what license you need? Contact us and we'll help you find the best options.