Popperfoto

Popperfoto is one of the largest and oldest image archives in Europe, owned by Paul Popper Ltd.

Popperfoto was founded in 1934 by the Jewish photojournalist Paul Popper [de], who came from the Czech Republic and emigrated from Berlin to London.

The archive contains more than 12 million monochrome photographs and more than 750,000 color photos spanning 150 years.

Some of the most important images in the collection include the original negatives from Herbert Ponting's photographic record of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott's 1910–1912 Antarctic voyage, as well as color photographs of the front lines in various areas of World War II.

Photographer Robert John Thomas is the current director of the business, based in Great Brington, Northampton, England.

1971 simple photograph of Italian footballer Gianni Rivera , an example of a member of the Popperfoto collection which has fallen into the public domain .