If you can't see this message, please visit: http://www.agefotostock.com/emailer/prre/ingles/prrevpd/prrevpd_eng.htm October 26th 2007 - Barcelona THP Photo Services, the business unit from age fotostock that offers hosting and marketing services for the stock photography industry, is proud to announce that they have reached an agreement with The Virtual Picture Desk to distribute their extensive portfolio of image collections on behalf of VPD's 30 plus Clients. This strategic partnership will incorporate over 1.5 million professionally edited images to the already close to 6 million extremely well selected images that the THP is already offering to more than 120 distributors around the world that are using directly or indirectly the THP technology. "The best agreements are those that are signed by highly complementary partners" says Alfonso Gutiérrez, CEO of age fotostock, and he added, "what VPD clearly emphasizes that they do not do: shoot or create, license images or get involved with technology, is precisely what the THP does extremely well, making images available to users with all the appropriate requirements, from e-commerce to critical control of the rights sold worldwide which is what the THP has been doing for the last six years." VPD, with offices in Chicago and London, is a unique company in all senses that helps providers of images in many parts of the world to negotiate the distribution of their images. VPD's highly experienced staff also incorporates consultants, editors, content management experts together with marketing, business development, finance and legal experts who work closely with Providers of images to establish domestic and international distribution of their images through the best and more lucrative possibilities. VPD administers an impressive rainbow of providers, currently over 30 Collections, from the small entrepreneurial and creative to medium size businesses to museums & photo collections to multi-million dollar conglomerates, most of whom will be distributed through the THP. "We have been impressed by the attention to detail that age fotostock has taken to cover every aspect of the distribution of the images we syndicate," said George Sinclair, CEO of VPD. "It is encouraging to work with a distribution network, like the THP and see that everything that is required to guarantee a trouble free distribution has been taken into consideration, from the most minuscule legal aspect, to the technical and formatting requirements our clients have to follow that would allow their images to be searched in seven different languages on multiple web sites around the world," added George Sinclair. Alfonso Gutiérrez Escera General Manager age fotostock www.agefotostock.com The term THP (Technological Hosting Platform), is defined as the sum of working and marketing efforts of a group of people: image providers, distributors and clients, interacting within the global market place, at their own will and not submissive to a major organization. Management of the THP is overseen single-handedly by age fotostock. The THP was introduced six years ago and has now evolved into a community of over 50 distributors, 243 RF and RM image collections and over 1,300 photographers, combining to form an impressive database of around 6 million high resolution files residing on age fotostock servers located in Barcelona, Spain, and New York. Furthermore, another group of nearly 70 age fotostock distributors receive different levels of support as the result of the technology emanating from the THP developments, which allows age fotostock to, among other things, massively process and keyword thousands of images in seven languages within a fraction of time required for other companies to do the same. VPD's aim is to organize, edit and manage picture collections and stock photo libraries so that our Clients can migrate from offline chaos to on-line ready cohesiveness that will allow our clients to add value to their assets through picture licensing, publishing, online information services and distribution. VPD's goal is to provide picture creators, owners and businesses with the essential tools to maximize their profits, cash flow and the return on investment through strategic business planning and distribution. age fotostock and pixtal www.agefotostock.com email: internacional@agefotostock.com Tel: +34933002552 ext 412 The Virtual Picture Desk LLC. www.virtualpicturedesk.com email: gsinclair@vpdcorp.com Tel. (001) 312 896 3412 Mobile (001) 917 209 0867 THP PhotoServices Alexa Plourde www.thpphotoservices.com email: alexa@agefotostock.com Tel: +34933002552 ext 472 © 2007 age fotostock. All rights reserved.