A keen eye for a great image, I have over 15 years of experience researching, obtaining and creating imagery for a variety of publications.

I'm Nicole DiMella, I'm a photo researcher, and I'm ready to procure the perfect photos, illustrations, artwork, historical artifacts, or videos for your website, book, magazine, app, etc etc etc!

In my previous full-time work for an educational publisher, my responsibilities included researching and selecting imagery to enhance our texts for both aesthetics and educational value, hiring freelance image researchers and photographers, obtaining rights and permissions, and negotiating fees and vendor contracts to keep on budget.

My editors also relied on my imagination and ease in communication to conduct design meetings, where we would create and manage the appearance of approximately one hundred publications per year.

Earlier in my career I worked as an editorial photographer, and have shot images for stock ever since. I'd like to say that even earlier I was an art student, but really, when does one stop learning from art?

Currently I work with a variety of clients doing image research, permissions and copyright, and digital asset management, in all combinations. I'm ready to help new clients create their best projects.