TopFoto Archives

Delve into the archive and come behind the scenes with us... With thanks to the incredible Saltwick Media

Director David Baksh and @this_is_annex fight the fakes for @TopfotoUK. hubs.la/Q02W6fhz0

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Topfoto. Authentic images, reality checked. Our thanks to Annex films as well as the photographers and collections used: Avalon | Craig Sugden | Heritage Images | Interfoto | John Topham | NASA/JSC | PA Images/alamy | Picture Alliance | Roger Bamber

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'I've seen it all as first female sports photographer' The amazing ⁦@hymoney⁩ interviewed by Chris Slegg at BBC TV London on how she came to be the first female sports photographer in the UK and her time at ⁦@CPFC⁩. Well worth a read! bbc.com/news/articles/…

Our partner @TopfotoUK has revealed a new look to welcome the next chapter of its nearly 100-year history of supplying its clients with the stand-out images they need to bring their narratives to life. Delve into the archive and read more on photoconsortium.net/authenticity-a…

We have launched a new look! Head over to @topfotoarchives on instagram to see the full details…

Something is afoot… watch this space (or head over to instagram for more this week @topfotoarchives)

@katieculture Always a treat having you !

Behind the lens, John Topham, The famous pea shooter Mary Smith was the first shot licensed by our founding photographer and is still a success today, nearly 100 years after it was taken. Image credit - John Topham/Topfoto

Queer trailblazers Una Vincenzo (Lady Troubridge) and her partner Radclyffe Hall (author of the iconic queer novel ‘The Well of Loneliness): two women who lived openly in a relationship in the early 1900s. Pictured here at a dog show 1928 Image credit - Topfoto

Today marks 115 years since the foundation of the NAACP. Here we have executive secretary Roy Wilkins planning the march on Washington (1963) and in a meeting with Martin Luther King (1964). Image credit - Topfoto

Wonderful to see the increasingly story of Nureyev by AnOther magazine featuring Colin Jones’ photographs

At this point Topham’s life’s work consisted of more than 120,000 negatives and his legacy thrives through Topfoto today.

Our Managing Partner’s parents sought him out in the early 1970s to license a single image - and walked away with the lot.

Presenting “Behind the Lens”, a series where we will be showcasing the work of our individual photographers over the course of a month. Image credit - John Topham/Topfoto