Corbis Images' Four New Royalty-Free Master Collection CDs Now Available to Spark Creativity.

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 1999--

Corbis Images' Rapidly Growing Collection Yields 400 New Royalty-Free 

Images to Expand Creative Options

Corbis Images(R) (www.corbisimages.com), the professional image-licensing division of Corbis(R), today announced the addition of four new royalty-free Master Collection CD titles to its rapidly growing collection of contemporary stock imagery.

Created in response to numerous customer requests, the new titles offer 400 new visual interpretations of Americana, education, finance, and recreational sports. This latest offering, from a toy school bus to a powerful wave breaking on Wall Street, will inspire imaginations.

"These new CD titles expand design possibilities for creative professionals who are hungry for the newest visual content," said Leslie Hughes, vice president and managing director of Corbis Images. "Our attentiveness to customers is evidenced by the rapid rate at which we continue to enhance our image selection, ensuring Corbis Images' leadership as the world's premier stock photography provider."

     The new Master Collection CD titles are:

     --   American Vignette, which captures the many moods, depths,
          colors, sights, and sounds that make America as richly
          varied and unusually woven as the lives of its citizens.

     --   Education Icons, which evokes memories of school bus rides,
          sewing a letter on a varsity jacket, report cards, and
          reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

     --   Financial Icons, images of big business, high finance, Wall
          Street, and small mom-and-pop shops that help creative
          professionals add interest to design projects.

     --   Recreational Sports, images that inspire the active life,
          with shots of people surfing, swimming, skiing,
          roller-blading, playing soccer, and participating in a
          variety of other outdoor are available
for $299 each. Also available areffer images in three file sizes up to 32 MB,
Objfree collection
can be purchased online at www.corbisimages.com, by calling
800/545-4514, or through resellehe
world. It contains the world's most significant photography and fine
art from more than 1500 creative sources, including Ansel Adams, the
Bettmann Archive, UPI, the National Gallery -- London, and the State
Hermitage Museum, as well as leading celebrity, commercial, and news
photographers. In June 1999, Corbis acquired Corbis Sygma, adding
real-time news and celebrity event photography to the Corbis
Collection.
     Corbis Images (www.corbisimages.com) -- Corbis' image-licensing
division targeting creative professionals -- is the industry's first
one-stop shopping experience, providing customers with visual
solutions across a wide spectrum of traditionally licensed and
royalty-free imagery.
     Corbis is also the industry leader in creating innovative visual
products for online consumers. Personal-Use Pictures, the Corbis
Photographic Print and Poster Store, Corbis E-Cards, and other
innovative online consumer products all showcase the Corbis
Collection, making www.corbis.com The Place for Pictures on the
Internet.
     Corbis is based in Seattle, with offices in New York, London, Los
Angeles, Paris, and San Diego. For more information about Corbis and
its products and services, call 800/260-0444, 425/641-4505, fax
425/746-1618, or visit its Web site at www.corbis.com.
     Corbis and Sygma are either registered trademarks or trademarks
of Corbis Corp. or Sygma in the United States and/or other countries.