laif is a leading photo agency for photojournalism, magazine and travel photography. laif core, a part of laif, provides services around photography for businesses, organisations and foundations.

Together with international aid organisation CARE, laif core launched a very special exhibition entitled 'Climate Heroines: Women against Climate Change', featuring 12 women from around the world who stand up for climate protection with extraordinary commitment.

Based on a laif concept, the agency collaborated with Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung bpb and the Picture Editors' Class 16/17 of Ostkreuzschule Berlin to select 95 photographs from their archive to illustrate the worldwide problems caused by climate change. The book 'Evidence of Change' is available here.

Cologne-based laif core brings brands and values to life with the power of authentic photography.

"We assist companies in visually communicating their brands and messages, show the values of NGOs, government organisations or foundations, and document their work.

Our most recent project covers the vital issue of climate change. Images and projects from our photographers around the world show the visible effects of an all embracing climatic change. Reports on the causes, effects and possible solutions have been compiled in a book, while photos for an exhibition have also been prepared."

"We bring brands and values to life with the power of authentic photography. We assist companies in communicating their brands and messages, show the values of NGOs, government organisations or foundations, and document their work. No matter what is required and where, we'll find photographers and video journalists from our worldwide network, suitable for (almost) every project."

'Challenging Chances - Escape in Pictures'. A common project of Bertelsmann Stiftung and laif core featuring a book and exhibition in Cologne, Berlin and Brussels.

Melissa Golden, based in Atlanta GA, USA, is the latest photographer to join laif core. 

Barbara Dombrowski travelled to Mongolia to take another step in continuing her long-term project 'Tropic Ice'.

Based in Cologne, laif core brings brands and values to life with the power of authentic photography.

"We assist companies in visually communicating their brands and messages, show the values of NGOs, government organisations or foundations, and document their work. No matter what is required and where, we'll find photographers and video journalists from our worldwide network, suitable for (almost) every project.

Book and exhibition projects, assignments in photo or film, and consulting during the conception, planning and realisation of projects are all part of our range of services. Workshops, seminars and individual consulting on photography-related subjects complete laif core’s offer."