May 2009
Corbis has introduced Storied, an online experience that sheds new light on culturally and historically important photographs from the Corbis collection. Fittingly, Storied helps mark the company's 20th anniversary.
Over the next several months, influential thinkers, writers, heroes, artists, and photographers will uncover hidden truths in iconic images and reframe the historic moments. Their personal insights, expressed through text, audio, or video elements, will reveal hidden truths about the images and illuminate the events, places, and personalities they capture.
With more than 100 million editorial, creative, entertainment and historical images, the Corbis collection is a vital, growing archive of significant personalities, events and the natural world. Storied pays tribute to the importance of photography by pairing celebrated images with reflections from notable voices.
"I've always believed that it's the photographs, not just words, that help us better understand history. Most people won't remember but a few lines from each President–but the pictures stay with us," said Dana Perino, White House Press Secretary for President George W. Bush.
"I was honored to be asked to participate in the Storied project, and I hope that I shed some perspective on the photographs of President Bush that will give them more context."
"We're so proud to share our family's legacy," said featured commentator, Amanda Wright Lane, great-grandniece of the Wright Brothers.
"Storied is a unique project because we're able to share personal stories about our family's historic moments documented in Corbis images. It was so wonderful to hear my brother tell the story behind the image that captured the flight of the world's first successful airplane."
Storied launched with:
"We're honored to collaborate with such a dynamic group of people and hear them share some of their treasured stories with us," said Tammy Wing, VP, North American Marketing, Corbis.
"A glance at a photo can instantly take you back to a moment in time, and it's been fascinating to have photos from the Corbis archive revive distant and unexpected memories from our commentators."
Upcoming commentaries will highlight more stories from Bill Gates, Katrina van den Heuvel and several other influential leaders. Corbis will share new commentaries from May through September to celebrate its 20th anniversary on September 20th, 2009.
Viewers will be able to experience Storied through images, audio, and video at www.corbis.com/storied.
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