Piemags
One name behind millions of licensed images, rare historical archives, military video footage, world-class aviation photography, and a library of vintage adverts and collectable books.
An Editorial Powerhouse for Specialist Stock Photography
From first stock images in 2008 to one of the most distinctive specialist archives licensing imagery around the world.
Piemags was founded by Paul Fearn, a former Royal Air Force serviceman and qualified private pilot who has worked in stock photography since 2008. He built Piemags to bring rare and carefully curated material to museums, art collectors, publishers and enthusiasts, and what started with archive licensing has grown into a wide-ranging visual business.
Today the Piemags name spans more than 30 million images licensed through Alamy, dedicated collections with Getty Images, Pond5, SuperStock and the German agency IMAGO, a professional aviation photography service, military and archive video footage, and a busy store of vintage aviation adverts and second-hand books. The collections reach across art, history, science, space, military and aviation, telling stories where words alone fall short.
Six sides of one archive
Aviation photography, specialist stock, moving footage and physical collectables, all under the Piemags name.
Aviation Photography & Licensing
Military jets, airliners, business jets, warbirds and airshows, including exclusive air-to-air work as the home of Aviation PhotoCrew. Instant digital licences and premium fine-art prints.
Visit the aviation site →The Aviation Journal
In-depth guides and articles on aviation photography, from airshow technique to choosing lenses, written from real experience in the field.
Read the Journal →Specialist Stock & Archives
A vast historical archive sourced from leading galleries, museums and private collections, covering art, history, science and space, from old master paintings to rare photographs.
See the agencies →Military & Archive Footage
Moving imagery and military video footage on Getty Images and across dedicated Pond5 channels, Milmotion and MilitaryMotion, ready for documentary, broadcast and editorial production.
Browse the footage →Digital Collections & Slides
The Piemags Archive store on eBay, with downloadable digital image collections, vintage aviation adverts, books and physical military 35mm slides for collectors and researchers.
Visit Piemags Archive →Piemags Books & Prints
A curated eBay store of rare, vintage and second-hand books on every subject, plus prints, with strengths in aviation, military history and railways. Items individually photographed and honestly described.
Visit the bookshop →Licensed across the world’s leading agencies
Piemags imagery and footage are distributed through major international libraries. Follow the links to each collection.
Alamy
Over 30 million Piemags images, spanning history, art, science, aviation and editorial subjects.
View on Alamy →Getty Images
Military and archive video footage, licensed for documentary, broadcast and commercial productions.
View on Getty Images →Pond5
Dedicated Piemags channels for imagery, military footage and space material.
Images → Milmotion → MilitaryMotion → AstroStockMedia →IMAGO
Official German distribution partner, carrying the Piemags archive across reportage, culture, nature and science.
View on IMAGO →SuperStock
Piemags collections distributed through SuperStock, a US agency established for over forty years.
View on SuperStock →eBay Stores
Two Piemags stores: rare books and prints, plus digital collections, vintage adverts and military 35mm slides.
Piemags Books → Piemags Archive →Piemags also operates its own aviation licensing site at professionalaviationphotography.com and the Aviation Journal blog.
World-class aviation imagery, from air-to-air to the archive
The aviation arm of Piemags is the exclusive home of Aviation PhotoCrew, specialists in striking air-to-air photography captured from a viewpoint few will ever witness. Alongside this modern work sits an extensive aviation archive covering over a century of flight, from the Wright era and WWI biplanes to Cold War jets and current military aircraft.
Every image is available for commercial licensing, editorial use, advertising and high-resolution download, as well as premium fine-art prints on archival paper. The collection supports publishers, advertisers, filmmakers, museums, model makers and private collectors alike.
Paul Fearn
Paul’s path into imagery was an unexpected one. He began in the Royal Air Force, where commissions from various military museums first opened the door to photography. He moved into stock photography in 2008, and that work led him into licensing rare archive material. In 2022 he founded Piemags to bring carefully curated images to museums, art collectors, publishers and enthusiasts under one name.
A qualified private pilot with a deep love of aviation, Paul combines first-hand flying knowledge with an archivist’s eye for the rare and the historic. Under his direction Piemags has grown from a single archive into a multi-platform visual business trusted by buyers around the world.
You can read more in his Photo Archive News interview or connect with him on LinkedIn.
License imagery, footage or prints from Piemags
Whether you need a single historical image, exclusive air-to-air aviation photography, military footage or a rare book, the Piemags team can help. Image research and contributor enquiries are welcome.