BAPLA is the trade association

Trade association

A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association or sector association, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry...

 of UK based photographic image suppliers, commercial picture libraries and agencies.

History

The association was formed in 1975 with founding members: Getty Images

Getty Images

Getty Images, Inc. is a stock photo agency, based in Seattle, Washington, USA. It is a supplier of stock images for business and consumers with an archive of 80 million still images and illustrations and more than 50,000 hours of stock film footage...

, Robert Harding World Imagery, Aspect Picture Library, FLPA - Images of Nature, Camera Press, BBC Photo Library, Ardea, Rex Features and Redferns Music Picture Library.

Structure

It is situated on Tranquil Vale in Blackheath near Blackheath railway station

Blackheath railway station

Blackheath railway station is situated in the heart of Blackheath village in London at . The track passes through the village and is crossed by a road overbridge on which the station buildings stand....

 on the B212.

David Redfern

David Redfern

David Redfern is an English photographer specialising in music photography. He has been a photographer for 45 years and has over 10,000 pictures in his collection. His collection includes many famous photos of the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix. In 1999 he published a book about his life call The...

has been its president since 1992.