type dutch private limited liability company besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid industry news photo agency founded 1985 headquarters frankfurt am main germany area served worldwide key people j rg schierenbeck president and ceo hannah hess editor in chief products news photo service photo archive website www.epa.eu european pressphoto agency b.v. is an international news photo agency . images from all parts of the world covering news politics sports business finance as well as arts culture and entertainment are provided by a global network of over 400 professional photographers and included in the epa news photo service . the epa picture service is based both on the broad network of epa s staff photographers all over the world and on the daily production of its member agencies which are all market leaders in their respective countries . all photos are edited and distributed to clients and partners worldwide by the editorial headquarters in frankfurt am main germany which is staffed 24 hours daily . 1 contents 1 the epa service 2 the epa archive 3 history 3.1 epa shareholders and epa going global 4 photojournalists 5 see also 6 references 7 external links the epa service edit epa built up a reputation for reliable independent and unique photo coverage . the international picture service of epa is used by diverse media as well as epa s partners and shareholders worldwide . at present epa s editorial service offers approximately 1 100 new images 2 on an average day . the service includes photographs in the areas of news ; sports ; arts culture and entertainment ; economy ; human interest ; and science . the epa archive edit the epa photo archive dates back to 1997 and has about three million images on stock 3 the majority of which can be accessed online . history edit epa was founded in 1985 by seven european news agencies . the agencies afp of france anp of the netherlands anop now lusa of portugal ansa of italy belga of belgium dpa of germany and efe of spain were motivated by what they saw as a lack of alternatives to the anglo saxon picture services offered at the time . originally conceived as a vehicle to exchange the pictures of the member agencies domestic service ; it also included the world service of afp and other european services and suppliers . it expanded to a more independent entity as eastern europe opened up . the opening of these new markets along with the war in the former yugoslavia led epa to employ its own photographers in those regions . despite these developments epa remained under the auspices of their member owners whom it exclusively served . 4 epa shareholders and epa going global edit by 1995 epa had ten members with the additions of keystone later in 1985 apa of austria in 1986 and lehtikuva of finland in 1987 . pressensbild of sweden joined in 1997 followed by scanfoto later scanpix norway of norway and nordfoto later scanpix denmark of denmark in 1999 . pap of poland joined epa in 2001 . in early 2003 after extensive restructuring and the departure of afp epa successfully made its service available to the worldwide market . later in 2003 lehtikuva scanpix denmark norway and pressensbild later scanpix sweden decided not to continue as a shareholder of epa . however scanpix norway sweden and denmark continued cooperation with epa under the name of scanpix scandinavia . ana of greece now ana mpa joined epa as a shareholder in 2004 followed by mti of hungary in 2005 . 5 today epa has eleven shareholders all being market leaders in their respective countries athens news agency macedonian press agency ana mpa in greece algemeen nederlands persbureau anp in the netherlands agenzia nazionale stampa associata ansa in italy austria presse agentur apa in austria belga in belgium deutsche presse agentur dpa in germany agencia efe in spain keystone in switzerland lusa ag ncia de not cias de portugal in portugal magyar t virati iroda mti in hungary polska agencja prasowa pap in poland photojournalists edit lucas dolega an epa photojournalist was the first journalist to have been killed during the 2010 2011 tunisian protests and the first journalist to have died during the arab spring uprisings . 6 7 8 see also edit associated press reuters agence france presse getty images references edit epa service epa service epa archive epa history epa shareholders committee to protect journalists . 17 january 2011 . lucas mebrouk dolega . retrieved 16 october 2011 cpj . french photographer dies from injury sustained on day of ben ali s departure reporters without borders 18 january 2011 . retrieved 23 january 2011 rsf french photographer dies after being hit by police teargas canister in tunisia the guardian 16 january 2011 . retrieved 23 january 2011 the guardian . external links edit epa european pressphoto agency official website epa webgate image archive athens news agency macedonian press agency ana mpa algemeen nederlands persbureau anp agenzia nazionale stampa associata ansa austria presse agentur apa belga deutsche presse agentur dpa agencia efe keystone lusa magyar t virati iroda mti polska agencja prasowa pap retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title european pressphoto agency & oldid 695474885 categories stock photographyphoto archivescompanies established in 1985photography organizations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran ais bahasa indonesiabahasa melayunederlands occitanpolski edit links this page was last modified on 16 december 2015 at 09 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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