Alamy is a privately owned company based in the UK, a subsidiary of PA Media Group. Founded in 1999 and operating with approximately 580 employees, the company offers a comprehensive content collection of stock images, vectors, and videos.
Alamy featured documentary and portrait photographer Horst Friedrichs on its Instagram on June 15, 2026, highlighting his four-decade career with images in GQ, The New York Times, and National Geographic, alongside extensive travel. Previously, on May 8, 2026, Alamy showcased illustrator Jeffrey Thompson on Instagram, emphasizing a renewed appreciation for hand-drawn illustrations in a digital environment. This followed Alamy’s launch of its new advanced image search experience, Alamy Smart Search, on April 24, 2026. The system, built with Amazon Web Services (AWS) optimized infrastructure and Amazon OpenSearch Service, manages complex conversational searches, offering users heightened relevance and near-instant results to improve visual content discovery.
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