I'm doing some picture research for a show I'm doing and I need some
stupid looking pictures of infamous world leaders.

BLAIR:   I have found a Blair p[icture I really like at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/695000/images/_695976_sblair.jpg in his
band Ugly Rumours - the BBC don't own it and so I need to know the
names of the pictures libraries or find a medium to high resolution
shot.

OSMANA BIN LADEN:  There is a famous shot of him on a school trip to,
I think, Paris - he is at the end of a long row of kids.  Again,
ideally a med/high res shot would be best or the name of a pic library
that can help me.

GW BUSH:  Any pics of a younger Bush as a hippy/drinking whjatever. 
Again, ideally a med/high res shot would be best or the name of a pic
library that has an approriate shot

SADDAM:  anything weird would do.   Again, ideally a med/high res shot
would be best or the name of a pic library that has an appropriate shot

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Clarification of Question by piglypie-ga on 25 Oct 2002 20:32 PDT

I think i really need pretty high res shots - medium at a
pinch but I'm not sure that they will work really blown up.

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Clarification of Question by piglypie-ga on 25 Oct 2002 20:35 PDT

http://www.nohofilm.org/festival/2000/images/big-uncle.jpg   This is a
great Saddam shot but very unclear - again high res - better quality
would be a help.  It is from a film called Uncle Saddam

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Clarification of Question by piglypie-ga on 25 Oct 2002 20:37 PDT

Time is of the essence in this enquiry so reward is high - for the moment!

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Clarification of Question by piglypie-ga on 25 Oct 2002 21:14 PDT

BIN LADEN FAMILY  (probably cropped from left)

 

http://www.uni-muenster.de/PeaCon/global-texte/g-notes/osama2.jpg


http://www.borndigital.com/tg/!binladenfamily.jpg (colour)

 
These is the Bin Laden shots - again they need to be higher res. 
Bizarre shot isn't it.

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Clarification of Question by piglypie-ga on 25 Oct 2002 21:16 PDT

I would like alternatives Saddam and Bush shots.  There are some
similar Blair shots too and they would be great.

I don't know if there are any Osama shots from his university/playboy
days.

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Request for Question Clarification by answerguru-ga on 25 Oct 2002 22:19 PDT

Hi piglypie-ga,

I just wanted to clarify your definition of "hi-resolution". Did you
have a certain pixel size in mind? What are you going to be doing with
the images? For example, will you be editing them or zooming them (two
common reasons for wanting hi-res pics).

I have found several great pictures but do not know if they qualify as
hi-res. Also, are you interested in "doctored" images? I found quite a
number of those as well :)

Thanks,
answerguru-ga

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Clarification of Question by piglypie-ga on 25 Oct 2002 23:11 PDT

Really what I need is the highest possible file size.  A picture
libary will provide picture files of as much as 4/5 Mb.  Thes era
etaken form the original trnaparency or print.

The images are to be blown up onto banners for a theatrical set.

I am currently examining ways we might be able to blow up much smaller
using a high grain effect so megafiles may not be neccessary.


No DOCTORED images at all.  They must be real pix.

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Clarification of Question by piglypie-ga on 25 Oct 2002 23:13 PDT

p.s. obviously a very large number of pixels and size will help - but
the density matters too.  If that makes any sense.

Hello piglypie-ga

Very difficult to find high resolution (legal) versions, and my trail
ended at Corbis, a professional photo library.
http://pro.corbis.com (site seems terribly slow though)

Click the righthand 'Enlargement' tab to see better detail of the
photo.
Most have various sizes on offer (depending on image)
Corbis offer if available the following approximate sizes
Low - 425px x 640px   File size about 800 KB
Medium - 923px x 1388px   File size about 4 MB
High	1537px x 2048px	 File size about 9 MB
Ultra - 2821px x 4251px   File size about 35 MB

There a few good Tony blair ones, and plenty of George W Bush ones
especially the black and white ones... enjoy! Bush has been
particularly active in front of the camera. Bin Laden conversely has
not, who has disappeared of the face of this earth and is a very
camera shy man. The photos circulating of him tend to be the same PR
'approved' ones.
The same can be said of Saddam Hussein, though he makes (slightly)
more appearances. Both the latter two leaders tend to also use
paintings to support their image. A lot of Bin Laden photos tend to be
screen captures from obscure Middle Eastern TV news footage, as
western sources scramble to build some sort of image library of him,
and consequently are not high resolution. The same also applies to
some of Saddam Hussein photos which are also captures.

After searching various photo libraries which did not yield any
productive results, the professional version of Corbis was far and
away the best source, and below are the fruits of the research.
Unfortunately I could not source the higher resolution versions that
you expressed an interest in. However I hope the images below are
suitable in lieu of.

Tony Blair :
1 [hot!]
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13765745&CorbisID=000032669<br>4-001&PageNo=8
2
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?Area=search&fdid=&mdid=12518892&CorbisID=UT0012819&PageNo=1
3
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=14026305&CorbisID=UT0104241&PageNo=2
4 [hot!]
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13766262&CorbisID=000032669<br>4-004&PageNo=1
5
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13390451&CorbisID=000033137<br>3-002&PageNo=2
6 [hot!]
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13765747&CorbisID=000032669<br>4-003&PageNo=2

George Bush:
1
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13083836&CorbisID=JS1262498&PageNo=4
2
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=14012561&CorbisID=UH001781&PageNo=1
3 [hot!]
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=11566413&CorbisID=U90110057&PageNo=1
4
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/enlargement.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=12817851&CorbisID=JS999722&PageNo=1
5 [hot!]
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=12382690&CorbisID=UT0005647&PageNo=2
6
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=11510791&CorbisID=FT0001863&PageNo=2
7
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=11566415&CorbisID=U90066203&PageNo=3
8 [hot!] (Junior is on top)
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=10280284&CorbisID=IH047366&PageNo=1
9 [hot!]
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13101639&CorbisID=UT0074482&PageNo=1
10 [hot!]
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=10280282&CorbisID=IH047365&PageNo=3
11 [hot!]
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13526659&CorbisID=000035547<br>5-003&PageNo=4
12 [hot!]
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13527650&CorbisID=000035547<br>5-005&PageNo=4
13 [hot]
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13518972&CorbisID=000035547<br>4-030&PageNo=4
14 [hot]
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13527651&CorbisID=000035547<br>5-006&PageNo=4
15
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13527653&CorbisID=000035547<br>5-014&PageNo=4
16 [hot!]
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13526664&CorbisID=000035547<br>5-012&PageNo=4
17 (the one in the front middle row I think)
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13526662&CorbisID=000035547<br>5-010&PageNo=4
18 [hot!]
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13518973&CorbisID=000035547<br>4-031&PageNo=4
19
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13519130&CorbisID=000035547<br>4-004&PageNo=4
20
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13519132&CorbisID=000035547<br>4-006&PageNo=4
21
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13518971&CorbisID=000035547<br>4-029&PageNo=4
22 [hot!]
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13518964&CorbisID=000035547<br>4-018&PageNo=4
23 [hot!]
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13518970&CorbisID=000035547<br>4-028&PageNo=4
24
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13518959&CorbisID=000035547<br>4-010&PageNo=4
25
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13519137&CorbisID=000035547<br>4-023&PageNo=5
26
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13476048&CorbisID=000034634<br>7-035&PageNo=5

Bin Laden:
1
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13185648&CorbisID=FT0107634&PageNo=2
2
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13120125&CorbisID=UT0078306&PageNo=2
3
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13987596&CorbisID=UT0099092&PageNo=1
4
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=11519619&CorbisID=FT0003489&PageNo=1
5
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13193788&CorbisID=FT0110346&PageNo=2
6
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=11617542&CorbisID=FT0016092&PageNo=1

Saddam Hussein:
1
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=11308502&CorbisID=TL027541&PageNo=1
2
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=12225065&CorbisID=U2060003&PageNo=2
3
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=11081412&CorbisID=FD001424&PageNo=1
4
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13143414&CorbisID=FT0097591&PageNo=7
5
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13001978&CorbisID=FT0064974&PageNo=17
6
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=12831971&CorbisID=FT0036269&PageNo=17
7 [hot!]
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13818838&CorbisID=000027816<br>8-001&PageNo=21
8
http://pro.corbis.com/popup/information.asp?USAU=0&Area=search&fdid=&mdid=13423417&CorbisID=000033864<br>6-009&PageNo=25


Search Strategy:
Standard webpages only contained low resolution images with copyright
issues for usage, so my strategy was to concentrate on photo libraries
where images are licensable and available at higher resolutions:
celebrity photo OR image library OR bank OR resource
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=celebrity+photo+OR+image+library+OR+bank+OR+resource
"bin laden" photo OR image library OR bank
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&newwindow=1&c2coff=1&q=%22bin+laden%22+photo+OR+image+library+OR+bank
Google Directory > Business > Arts and Entertainment > Photography >
Stock > Companies
http://directory.google.com/Top/Business/Arts_and_Entertainment/Photography/Stock/Companies/?il=1

I hope that helps, if you need any clarification just ask.
Kind regards
lot-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by piglypie-ga on 26 Oct 2002 22:50 PDT

The Blair hippy and Osama family pictures are quite well known and I'm
sure must be fairly easily available from libraries.

It would also be good to track down the Uncle Saddam picture which
must also be in libraries as it was in the press kit for a movie.

I love Bush yawning.  Any more where he looks really daft?

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Clarification of Answer by lot-ga on 29 Oct 2002 12:16 PST

Hello piglypie-ga

After a second round, below are the results.

Tony Blair:
After much, much searching and ploughing through several photo
resources I found the Blair photo
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=265682M
and came up with various photos of him from that era.
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=265682O
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=265682N
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=271738A
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=271738B
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=271738E
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=271738I
As a graduate
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=271738D

As these are not professional photographs taken with professional
media and equipment (the originals have also deteriorated somewhat
too) so appear less than optimum.

A Smirky Blair is pictured here.
hultonarchive.com archive photo library (requires registration)
http://www.hultonarchive.com/images/pictures/96b/33/huch/4313/close/22.jpg

Saddam Hussein:
The largest image I could source of 'Uncle Saddam' was from unaff.org
http://www.unaff.org/2000/F-Uncle.htm - thumbnail
http://www.unaff.org/2000/images/FUncle-big.jpg - larger image, at 505
x 423 pixel size.
This is slightly less than television NTSC resolution of 720 x 480
pixels, the image cropped into a squarer proportion. Video capture
quality suffers as motion video is interlaced and affects the
sharpness of images captured from tape. ( copyright 2000 UNAFF )

The documentary is available to purchase from this site.
http://www.iraqifd.org/unclesaddam

I did manage to source a similar image from this photo library
rexfeatures.com
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=390129B

Another swimming theme picture of him in 1979
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=174982B
and here pictured in the water
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=174982A

In the research I found this 1970's image of him
hultonarchive.com archive photo library (requires registration)
http://www.hultonarchive.com/images/pictures/00f/24/arve/g2003/close/069.jpg

and these early pictures of him
Saddam without a moustache in 1963
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=174980Y
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=174980V
3 years later with a moustache
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=174980X
Saddam with a glazed look
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=174980T
As a young boy
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=174980H

Also this comical (Not retouched, but 'contrived') image of him
Rexfeatures.com
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=334089A

George Bush:
Frowning
Rexfeatures.com
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=389684A
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=344079C
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=344076L
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=340250A

Bin Laden:
This was the toughest, and the family photo seems elusive in high
resolution format.
The Sun's original online article (
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14054625 ) which featured the Bin Laden
family has since been taken offline - sourced from
Votervoices.com
http://www.votervoices.com/UBB/Forum1/HTML/000008.html

In the research a1989 photo of a youngish Bin Laden cropped up
rexfeatures.com
http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/rppshimg0?i=373940C

and from Newspix.com.au
Bin Laden as a boy aged 11 years
http://www.archive.newspix.com.au/photolib/images/Thumbs/10067/10067593.jpg
larger image for previewing (Hi res available for licensing)
http://www.archive.newspix.com.au/photolib/images/lores/10067593.jpg

If there is any photo library it could be in, maybe it would be the
Associated Press containing more than 50 million images or Reuters,
however I don't have membership of these in a professional photo buyer
capacity, to run a check.
AP Photo Archive (700,000 images)
http://photoarchive.ap.org
Introduction
http://photoarchive.ap.org/Intro36/archive_info.html
"To obtain a user Name and Password, U.S. AP members and International
AP subscribers and commercial clients may contact their local bureau
or E-mail photoarchive@ap.org. Other U.S. professional picture buyers
should contact their AP/Wide World Photos representative
(212-621-1930) or E-mail wideworld@ap.org"

AP Wide World (50 million images)
http://www.apwideworld.com
Application form
http://www.apwideworld.com/WWP_HOME/contact/order_form.pdf

Reuters
http://pictures.reuters.com
Reuters News Photos:
Excerpt "Private individuals are not provided access to Reuters News
Picture Service. They can contact the nearest distributor if seeking a
print of a single photo."
http://pictures.reuters.com/news_p_frame.html
Reuters Photo Archive:
Excerpt "The use of Reuters Pictures Archive is restricted to
corporations and recognised organisations... Private individuals are
not provided access to Reuters Pictures Archive. They can contact the
nearest distributor if seeking a print of a single photo."
http://pictures.reuters.com/photo_archive.html
Reuters Photo Base:
Excerpt: "The use of Photobase is restricted to corporations and
recognised organisations... Private individuals are not provided
access to Photobase. They can contact the nearest distributor if
seeking a print of a single photo."
http://pictures.reuters.com/photobase.html

However in the Bin Laden family photo there was no explicit AP or
Reuters reference.

Another course to pursue is The Sun's content syndication service:
News International Syndication
http://www.nisyndication.com/
May i suggest you contact them from
http://www.nisyndication.com/picture.html
and use your original link with the picture from The Sun
http://www.borndigital.com/tg/!binladenfamily.jpg
for their reference.
Excerpt from the above page
"Most of the photographs shown on our web page are available for
further reproduction (for a fee), whether it be for personal or
commercial use."
Excerpt below from their "What is Syndication" section
 ( http://www.nisyndication.com/whatfr2.html )
"What do I do if I want to reproduce or copy something? 
Well, a good start is to contact us. We will do our best to answer any
queries you may have about the contents of our publications. You can
also approach us with general requests for certain material - say
pictures of businessmen - even if you haven't seen anything in the
paper or on our websites. Again we'll do our best to help, although
research fees may apply if your request is complicated or
time-consuming."


Search Strategy:
Journalism.co.uk
http://www.journalism.co.uk/searchpower/html/sgp10.html
"uncle saddam"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22uncle+saddam%22
Google Directory > News > Media > Journalism > Photojournalism >
Archives and Stock
http://directory.google.com/Top/News/Media/Journalism/Photojournalism/Archives_and_Stock/?il=1

I hope that helps.
Should you require additional clarification to the original question,
just ask.
Kind regards
lot-ga

We got there in the end!  Thank you so much - a tremendous help.  A
lifesaver in fact.

I thought that Bush's yearbook photo at Harvard Business School was
pretty funny-looking :-).
http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin/2001/february/newsmakers.html

It's great isn't it - need to find a higher res version if such a
thing exists.  Many thanks.

CLARIFICATION - I think i really need hiogh res shots - medium at a
pinch but I'm not sure that they will work really blown up.

you might want photograph the image from your computer monitor with a
higher res camera and then blow up the photo ...