Editorial

A Year Along the Banks

A Year Along the Banks

DOCKS Collective

DOCKS Collective

Editorial

Anke Engelke

Anke Engelke

Ramon Haindl

Ramon Haindl

Corporate

2023 Face to Face

2023 Face to Face

Marcus Höhn

Marcus Höhn

Corporate

Photography & Health Care

Photography & Health Care

Bertram Solcher

Bertram Solcher

Report

Alpine Railways

Alpine Railways

Berthold Steinhilber

Berthold Stein...

News

New at laif: Maximilian Mann

New at laif: Maximilian Mann

Maximilian Mann

Maximilian Mann

Corporate

ROFA

ROFA

Oliver Tjaden

Oliver Tjaden

Portrait

Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz

Peter Rigaud

Peter Rigaud

laif – Images that Stay.
For over 40 years, our photographers have been documenting the world in images: personal, empathetic, unfiltered, and unique. In collaboration with our international network, we make an important journalistic contribution to the description of the world and the depiction of our present.
History and stories. In images.
Our Services

We know the best photographers personally.

Are you looking for the right photographer? We are linked to over 40 international partner agencies and about 400 photographers who are at home in many countries, languages, and cultures around the world. We can find you just the right photographer. Besides making the connection, we can also take on the consulting, organisation, and implementation of your photo production.

Full service by laif for perfect results.

  • 400 professional photographers worldwide
  • 40 years of expertise in visual storytelling
  • Photo assignments for international businesses, foundations, and NGOs
  • Premium portrait productions
  • Photo, video, and drone

We’ve got the picture.

Our photos are one of a kind.

Your request is our personal concern. Our experienced photo editors will assist you in your quest for the image that tells your story. We know our photographers’ work – and share the same high standards.
Let laif breathe life into your story, your business, or your message for a unique result and a new level of visual storytelling.

  • Exclusive portrait and travel photography
  • Photos from the world of politics, society, economics, travel, culture
  • Customised quotes – speedy and professional
  • Assistance with image searches

Developing New Ideas Together.

Over the course of 40 years, we have implemented diverse photo projects and given our clients professional assistance. Whether business, foundation, NGO, ministry, or association – we bring your messages to life in exhibitions, document your stories in quality photobooks, and realise digital photo projects.

  • Consultation on visual communication
  • Conception of individual photo projects
  • Target-group-specific approach – for print and online
  • Conveying messages with eye-catching motifs
  • Calculation, organisation, and implementation in one

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Let’s be honest: Image copyright is a tedious topic! And that’s why we don’t hide it in the small print. We discuss the planned usage and the resulting costs with you in person. Our invoices reflect these arrangements clearly and comprehensibly. This procedure might take a bit longer, but in the end, you’ll have rights – rights tailored to suit your needs.

  • Personal consultation on licensing – speedy and competent
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News

We present highlights from editorial and corporate assignments, let our photographers talk about their work, and provide information on exhibitions, events, workshops, and new photobooks.

New Photographers

We are always on the look-out for new photographers who share our values – and enrich our offer with their creativity.

Sophie Kirchner Berlin

Portrait, Reportage

Thomas Pirot Mainz

Portrait, Reise, Reportage

Maximilian Mann Hamburg | Dortmund

Portrait, Reportage

Projects

Allow us to advise you on the development and conception of your projects, and to accompany you during their realisation. These projects we implemented for the Federal Agency for Civic Education, the Bertelsmann Foundation, CARE International and others will give you a first impression of our work.

Projects

At the Cost of Others

At the Cost of Others

Various laif Artists

Various laif A...

Projects

Climate Heroines. Strong Women

Climate Heroines. Strong Women

Various laif Artists

Various laif A...

Projects

New to Germany

New to Germany

Various laif Artists

Various laif A...

Projects

Evidence of Change

Evidence of Change

Various laif Artists

Various laif A...