Ringier represents picture agency Corbis

Photo agencies The American photo agency Corbis will be represented in Switzerland by the Ringier documentation Bild (RDB) as of April 14.Ursula Steinegger will be responsible as Product Manager for the new division. Corbis was founded in 1989 by Bill Gates and, according to a Ringier release, is the world's second-largest picture agency, with more than 71 million images, photographs, illustrations and film clips. It includes archives such as the Bettmann Archive, Hulton-German, Outline, Sygma, TempSport, Saba, State Russian Museum and the National Gallery in London. In August, Corbis Westlight and Corbis Sharpshooters will be added. RDB itself owns an image archive with 10 million photos.