The image is out there. Confidante will find it.
Cover photo: João Canziani
who we are
Confidante is a photo research agency specializing in commercial image licensing for advertising agencies, global brands, and editorial teams — with a genuine love for the hunt.
After 25 years working inside the photography industry, our photo researchers know where images hide: in archives, personal collections, and places search engines never reach.
who we are
Confidante is a photo research agency specializing in commercial image licensing for advertising agencies, global brands, and editorial teams — with a genuine love for the hunt.
After 25 years working inside the photography industry, our photo researchers know where images hide: in archives, personal collections, and places search engines never reach.
who we are
Confidante is a photo research agency specializing in commercial image licensing for advertising agencies, global brands, and editorial teams — with a genuine love for the hunt.
After 25 years working inside the photography industry, our photo researchers know where images hide: in archives, personal collections, and places search engines never reach.
Photo Credits: Joao Canziani, Gabriel Hasbun, Gabriela Herman, Angie Smith, Peter Bohler
Confidante works with teams who take visuals seriously.
Advertising agencies
01
In-house brand & creative teams
02
Magazine & editorial teams
03
Documentary filmmakers and producers
04
Publishers and authors
05
Museums and cultural institutions
06
Public artists and public art commissions
07
Confidante works with teams who take visuals seriously.
Advertising agencies
01
In-house brand & creative teams
02
Magazine & editorial teams
03
Documentary filmmakers and producers
04
Publishers and authors
05
Museums and cultural institutions
06
Public artists and public art commissions
07
Confidante works with teams who take visuals seriously.
Advertising agencies
01
In-house brand & creative teams
02
Magazine & editorial teams
03
Documentary filmmakers and producers
04
Publishers and authors
05
Museums and cultural institutions
06
Public artists and public art commissions
07
services
Confidante locates, licenses, and delivers images for creative projects.
01
Visual Research & Photo Research
Locating images, footage, artwork, and visual materials from archives, agencies, stock libraries, and independent photographers — including sources that aren't publicly indexed.
02
Image Licensing & Rights Clearance
Handling the negotiations. Confidante secures usage rights from copyright holders so your team doesn't have to.
03
Photographer Archive Research
Going directly to photographers to access unpublished or hard-to-find work from their personal collections — images that have never appeared in an agency or stock library.
04
Visual Curation
Not just finding images — selecting them. Confidante curates sets that serve the editorial or creative vision of a project, not just what's technically available.
05
Archival & Historical Research
Specializing in locating historical photographs through archives, institutions, private collections, and community sources.
06
Image Delivery & Metadata
Final files arrive with captions, credits, licensing documentation, and technical specs — ready for production.
services
Confidante locates, licenses, and delivers images for creative projects.
01
Visual Research & Photo Research
Locating images, footage, artwork, and visual materials from archives, agencies, stock libraries, and independent photographers — including sources that aren't publicly indexed.
02
Image Licensing & Rights Clearance
Handling the negotiations. Confidante secures usage rights from copyright holders so your team doesn't have to.
03
Photographer Archive Research
Going directly to photographers to access unpublished or hard-to-find work from their personal collections — images that have never appeared in an agency or stock library.
04
Visual Curation
Not just finding images — selecting them. Confidante curates sets that serve the editorial or creative vision of a project, not just what's technically available.
05
Archival & Historical Research
Specializing in locating historical photographs through archives, institutions, private collections, and community sources.
06
Image Delivery & Metadata
Final files arrive with captions, credits, licensing documentation, and technical specs — ready for production.
services
Confidante locates, licenses, and delivers images for creative projects.
01
Visual Research & Photo Research
Locating images, footage, artwork, and visual materials from archives, agencies, stock libraries, and independent photographers — including sources that aren't publicly indexed.
02
Image Licensing & Rights Clearance
Handling the negotiations. Confidante secures usage rights from copyright holders so your team doesn't have to.
03
Photographer Archive Research
Going directly to photographers to access unpublished or hard-to-find work from their personal collections — images that have never appeared in an agency or stock library.
04
Visual Curation
Not just finding images — selecting them. Confidante curates sets that serve the editorial or creative vision of a project, not just what's technically available.
05
Archival & Historical Research
Specializing in locating historical photographs through archives, institutions, private collections, and community sources.
06
Image Delivery & Metadata
Final files arrive with captions, credits, licensing documentation, and technical specs — ready for production.
HISTORICAL & COMMUNITY RESEARCH
Not every important image lives in a commercial archive.
Some of the most meaningful visual research Confidante has done has nothing to do with advertising. Confidante spent a year tracking down former residents of a historic neighborhood in Boise, Idaho. We reviewed hundreds of personal photo archives, digitized them and recorded the oral histories. The result was a public archive — a community's memory, preserved and made accessible. History, memory, place. If your project lives in that territory, Confidante would love to hear about it.
HISTORICAL & COMMUNITY RESEARCH
Not every important image lives in a commercial archive.
Some of the most meaningful visual research Confidante has done has nothing to do with advertising. Confidante spent a year tracking down former residents of a historic neighborhood in Boise, Idaho. We reviewed hundreds of personal photo archives, digitized them and recorded the oral histories. The result was a public archive — a community's memory, preserved and made accessible. History, memory, place. If your project lives in that territory, Confidante would love to hear about it.
HISTORICAL & COMMUNITY RESEARCH
Not every important image lives in a commercial archive.
Some of the most meaningful visual research Confidante has done has nothing to do with advertising. Confidante spent a year tracking down former residents of a historic neighborhood in Boise, Idaho. We reviewed hundreds of personal photo archives, digitized them and recorded the oral histories. The result was a public archive — a community's memory, preserved and made accessible. History, memory, place. If your project lives in that territory, Confidante would love to hear about it.
The image exists. Let's go find it.
Tell Confidante about your project — whether you need a single image or a full-service photo research and licensing solution, the conversation is always worth having.
The image exists.
Let's go find it.
Tell Confidante about your project — whether you need a single image or a full-service photo research and licensing solution, the conversation is always worth having.
The image exists. Let's go find it.
Tell Confidante about your project — whether you need a single image or a full-service photo research and licensing solution, the conversation is always worth having.
