PPL Media Ltd

General information

PPL Photo Agency, headed by Barry Pickthall began life as a specialist watersports photo library in 1973, and now encompasses UK and world-wide travel, Sussex and the South East region, and historic pictures.

The services provided include:

PPL Photo Library
which holds more than 3 million pictures covering:
> Watersports and Sub Aqua - the world's largest photo library specialising in all aspects of watersports.

> South of England Picture Library - Business & industry, South Downs National Park, tourism, transport, coastal and country scenes across the South.

> Coast to Coast travel Library - Coastal and water related scenes around the world.

> Pictures of Yesteryear - historic pictures of sailing pioneers, America's Cup, Round the World races.

Pictures are available to browse and download online. You are free to browse using the simple search routine across all the libraries, or though the individual archives, but users must register in order to download hi.res images.

PPL Photography & Video Services
Specialises in commercial studio and location photography, corporate and event video productions. Nationwide location & news photography, presentation and training films, school photography, weddings and portraiture, video editing and video production. Drive-in studio hire available.

PPL Design
Specialises in books, brochures, calendars, catalogues, flyers, illustrations, newsletters, school prospectus, college prospectus and other educational material, together with search engine optimised, interactive and e-commerce web site design and apps. Multimedia presentations and an international media distribution service for pictures and press releases also provided.

PPL Inspirational Speakers
Inspirational and motivational speakers from the sailing world.