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Former German international stock photography/ picture agency with headquarters in Düsseldorf.
Founded in 1956 in Heidelberg as Zentrale Farbbild Agentur (ZFA), under the umbrella of the V-Dia publishing house. The agency moved to Düsseldorf in 1964, abbreviated as ZEFA since 1969. In the 1980s, it was one of Europe's largest picture agencies. Change of name to Zefa Visual Media GmbH, taken over by the US photo agency [l459221] in December 2004.

Abbreviation of Zentrale Farbbild Agentur.
See also: [l911095] (company entity).

Note: The actual photographer credit should be listed separately from “ZEFA”.

Also credited as:
Zentrale Farbbild Agentur
Zentrale Farbbild-Agentur
Zentrale Farbbild Agentur GmbH
Zentrale Farbbildagentur G.m.b.H.

Related entity:
Zefa Visual Media GmbH

Addresses [obsolete]:
Schanzenstraße 20
D-40549 Düsseldorf
Germany
Tel.: (0212) 5 50 60

4 Düsseldorf-Oberkassel
Schanzenstraße 20
Germany
Tel.: (0212) 57 40 37