the largest collection of images of Wales - 81,029 images, 374 photographers

Company Profile

The Photolibrary Wales, based near Cardiff was established eight years ago, by Steve and Kate Benbow.

Steve was an international photojournalist for over 20 years, a founding member of the London based photojournalists co-operative ‘Network’ and the founder of the 'Ffotogallery', the only gallery in Wales dedicated to the art of photography. Kate was a photo editor at the 'The Times' and 'US News and World Report' and has worked with photo agencies in London, Paris and New York.

Representing the work of over 200 photographers, living and working in Wales, The Photolibrary Wales has over 100,000 original images and is now the largest searchable resource for contemporary images of Wales. The searchable web site hosts over 50,000 images and is updated weekly.

The Photolibrary Wales supplies images of the arts, travel, sport, business, lifestyle, personalities, environment and concept images to over 1,000 clients worldwide.

Our specialist knowledge of Wales and our network of photographers and contacts, enables us to undertake image research projects both large and small.

In conjunction with Peter Gill & Associates, The Photolibrary Wales has self published 2 photographic books using images from the library:
‘Cardiff – Caerdydd’ and ‘Landscape Wales – Tirlun Cymru’