# PhotoDisc

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PhotoDisc, Inc. Industry Photography Founded 1991 (1991) Seattle, Washington, U.S. Defunct 1997 (1997) Fate Merged to form Getty Images Key people Tom Hughes Mark Torrance Mark Callaghan Products Stock photography Website www.photodisc.com

**PhotoDisc, Inc.** based in [Seattle](/source/Seattle%2C_Washington), was a publisher of digital [stock photography](/source/Stock_photography) free of [royalties](/source/Royalties). It was founded in 1991 by Tom Hughes, Mark Callaghan, and Mark Torrance, who later became the [chief executive officer](/source/Chief_executive_officer) and [chairman](/source/Chairman).[1] After receiving the [catalog](/source/Mail-order_catalog) in the mail, customers would write or phone the office and order the photos or pre-made collections by charter artists [Clement Mok](/source/Clement_Mok)[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] or Nick Koudis[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] which would then be shipped to them on [CD-ROM](/source/CD-ROM). In the fall of 1995, their website was launched[2] making business more convenient as it was no longer necessary to wait for shipping as photos could be [downloaded](/source/Downloaded) directly from the website, the catalog option was still available, though. In September 1997, PhotoDisc agreed to combine with [London](/source/London)-based Getty Communications to form the Seattle-based [Getty Images](/source/Getty_Images).[3] In February 1998, at the closure of the acquisition, PhotoDisc's library amounted to 60,000 images.[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Lane, Polly (September 16, 1997). ["Photodisc, Getty Form Imaging Firm"](https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19970916/2560779/photodisc-getty-form-imaging-firm). *The Seattle Times*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Crotty, Cameron (February 1, 1996). ["Image is everything.(West Stock and PhotoDisc introduce Web sites) (Internet Watch) (Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)"](http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17959266.html). *Macworld*. Retrieved 2008-10-06.[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [*The Getty-PhotoDisc Deal: Image is Everything* - Business Week](https://web.archive.org/web/19991008124722/http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/september/nf70917b.htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Wilson, Warren (February 10, 1998). ["PHOTODISC MERGER TO OPEN NEW HORIZONS"](http://www.seattlepi.com/archives/1998/9802100063.asp). *[Seattle Post-Intelligencer](/source/Seattle_Post-Intelligencer)*. Retrieved 2008-10-08.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

## External links

- [*Getty and PhotoDisc Join Forces* - Business Wire](http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_Sept_16/ai_19753646)

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