French photographic agency Leemage, specialising in Art and History, has acquired Opale a photo agency specialising in portraits of writers, playwrights and the literary world in general.
Opale, based in Paris, has been supplying writer portraits to the press and publishers since 1995. The archive, which includes about 36 000 photo portrait shoots will soon be fully accessible via the leemage website.
Leemage intends to carry on shooting literary portraits via Opale’s existing photographers.
