About Us

PACIFIC STOCK was established in 1987. We are the only stock photography agency worldwide that specializes "exclusively" in Hawaii, the Pacific and Asia Regions. Our image collection is composed of over 150,000 tightly edited transparencies. We represent 50 professional photographers who regularly travel the Pacific Rim.

The Geographic Areas we represent include: Hawaii, Pacific Islands, Australia, New Zealand, China, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar (Burma), Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and other countries in South East Asia. We also offer imagery from Western U.S. and Canada, Mexico, Central and South Americas.

Our files contain a variety of Subjects including: Travel, Scenics, Culture, Model Released People, Sports, Underwater, Marine Science, Business and Industry, Food and Hawaiian Archival imagery.

Our clients include advertising agencies, graphic designers, corporations, magazine and book publishers, etc. Our images are used for a variety of projects including ads, brochures, magazine articles, books, Websites and many other uses. Our clients span the globe from Hawaii, throughout the U.S. and internationally. Our unique image collection is also represented by our International Affiliate Agents located in over 30 countries worldwide throughout Asia, the Pacific, South America and Europe. To contact our International Affiliate Agents directly, click on International Agents.

---

About Stock Photography
Stock photographs are images, which have already been created and are immediately available for licensing and reproduction. Using stock photos is faster, more efficient and many times less expensive than assigning a photographer to take the picture. All of our images are Copyright Protected and Rights Managed.

Finding the Right Image:
There are thousands of images to choose on this website.  If you have a specific request that you could not find, please e-mail us with the particulars and we’ll search our in-house collection of 150,000 images for you.

Pricing & Purchasing Stock Photography
The prices (Licensing Fees) of our Rights Managed images are determined according to industry guidelines and are based upon the following information that you provide to us:

• Type of Use (Ad, brochure, magazine editorial, etc.)
• Print Run (1,000 or 1 million)
• Size of the Image (1/4 page or Double Page Spread)
• Placement of the Image (Inside the brochure or on the Front Cover)
• Distribution of the Piece (Local, National, International)
• Duration of the use: 1 time only, 1 year, etc.

Note: Licensing fees for Rights Managed images can range from $250.00 to several thousand dollars depending on the usage rights. Registered users can price any image using our Price Calculator for a vast number of uses.  For extended or multiple usages you can use our Price Quote Request Form or give us a call and one of our account executives will help you.

You have a choice of purchasing the image by credit card (VISA, M/C or AMEX).  Or, you can set up an Open Account to immediately download the image and we will bill you later.For further information, please review our Terms of Use and License Agreement.

We look forward to helping you with your next project!

We are a member of PACA (Picture Archive Council of America)