Editing Picture Post (section)

==Hulton Press Library==
{{Infobox company
| name             = Hulton Getty
| logo             = 
| type             = 
| genre            = [[Stock photography]]
| fate             = 
| predecessor      = Hulton Press Library, ''Radio Times'' photo archive, BBC Hulton Picture Library, Hulton Picture Collection
| successor        = 
| foundation       = 
| founder          = [[Edward George Warris Hulton|Sir Edward Hulton]]
| defunct          = 
| industry         = [[Publishing]], [[Mass media|media]], [[web design]]
| products         = Archive journalistic photography
| parent           = [[Getty Images]]
| homepage         = [http://www.gettyimages.com/EditorialImages/Archival/Hulton www.gettyimages.com]
}}
As the photographic archive of ''Picture Post'' expanded through the Second World War, it became clear that its vast collection of photographs and negatives, both published and unpublished, were becoming an important historical documentary resource. In 1945, Sir Edward Hulton set up the Hulton Press Library as a semi-independent operation. He commissioned [[Charles Gibbs-Smith]] of the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] to catalogue the entire archive using a system of keywords and classifications. The Gibbs-Smith system was the world's first indexing system for pictures, and it was eventually adopted by the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] and parts of the [[British Museum]] collections.<ref name="getty"/>

When ''Picture Post'' folded, Sir Edward Hulton sold the archive collection to the [[BBC]] in 1957. It was incorporated into the ''[[Radio Times]]'' photo archive, and the BBC expanded the collection further with the purchase of the photo archives of the ''[[Daily Express]]'' and ''[[Evening Standard]]'' newspapers. Eventually, the BBC disposed of its photo archive and the BBC Hulton Picture Library was sold on once more, this time to Brian Deutsch, in 1988.  In 1996, the Hulton Picture Collection was bought by [[Getty Images|Getty Investments]] for £8.6 million. Getty Images now owns the rights to some 15 million photographs from the British press archives dating back to the 19th century.<ref name="image-ethics">{{cite book|last=Gross|first=Larry P.|author2=Katz, John Stuart |author3=Ruby, Jay |title=Image ethics in the digital age|publisher=[[University of Minnesota Press]]|year=2003|isbn=978-0-8166-3824-6}}</ref> In 2000, Getty embarked on a large project to [[Digitizing|digitise]] the photo archive, and launched a dedicated website in 2001. A [[data migration]] programme began in 2003 and the Hulton Archive was transferred to the main Getty Images website; the Hulton Archive is still available today as a featured resource within the vast Getty holdings.<ref name="getty"/>