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EMPICS, aPA Media company, is a UK firm which deals withlicensing photographs of people and events for the press and other mass news media.
EMPICS is the photo licensing arm of the PA Images division, bringing together the news, sport and entertainment picture productions and archives of PA Media (formerly known as the Press Association), EMPICS, AP and niche photographers.
EMPICS, originally known as East Midlands Pictures, was founded in 1985[citation needed] byPhil O'Brien,[1] as a news/sport/features photographic agency after covering the East Midlands M1 plane crash. Profits were invested in colour wiring equipment and with the company then focusing onsports photography.[citation needed]
EMPICS was based in Musters Road, Nottingham, very near to the Trent Bridge Cricket Ground and home stadiums ofNottingham Forest and Notts County. Towards the end of the 1990s, it was branded as Empic Sports Photo Agency. Over the years many staff moved on to work for rivals Allsport including Picture Desk Manager John Childs who left in 1997 along with photographer Laurence Griffiths. EMPICS later moved into the centre of Nottingham and expanded with many new sales staff.[citation needed]
Empics were the original official photographers of theUEFA Champions League with photographers shooting team photos and headshots of the participating teams for the TV broadcasters and also commercial and advertising photography for TEAM Marketing who produce the UCL. It acquired the collection of FIFA Photographer Peter Robinson gained the reputation as a worldwide stock football agency covering global soccer tournaments.[citation needed]
On 11 May 2004, EMPICS Ltd was acquired by thePress Association with business partners Caroline Hodinott and Phil O'Brien eventually leaving the company to be managed by PA.[2]
Past directors include award-winning photographers Ross Kinnaird, Steve Etherington, Neal Simpson and Phil O'Brien.[citation needed]
Past news photographers include Phil O'Brien and British Press Award winner Rob Rathbone.[citation needed]
Past sport photographers include:[citation needed]
Other notable employees within the industry include:[citation needed]
Current[when?] photographers include Neal Simpson, Michael Egerton, Adam Davy, Steve Pond, Tony Marshall, Barry Coombs and John Walton.[citation needed]
Collections include:[citation needed]