Getty Images Appoints David Landau to Board of Directors

SEATTLE, Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - Getty Images Inc. (NYSE: GYI), the world's leading imagery company, today announced that David Landau has been appointed to the company's board of directors, effective September 17, 2003.

Mr. Landau co-founded Loot, London's Free-Ads paper, in 1985. Over the course of the next 15 years, he presided over the company's success and growth into one of the largest publishing companies of its kind in the world. He served as Joint Managing Director of the company from 1985-1995 and as Chairman from 1995 until the company was sold in July 2000. Mr. Landau is Chairman of Saffron Hill Ventures, a London-based venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage technology and media companies. He is also Chairman of the National Gallery Company, the trading arm of the National Gallery, a Trustee of the Gallery and of many other charities, and is a Supernumerary Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. He is the founder and Editor of Print Quarterly, a scholarly journal devoted to the history of printmaking, and has published several books in art history.

In announcing the appointment, Mark Getty, executive chairman of Getty Images, stated, "We are very pleased to welcome David Landau to the board of directors. With his combined expertise in publishing, the media and finance, he will add strength to our board and will serve as a valued advisor."

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