Pixtal , the Royalty Free brand from the stock photography agency age fotostock, closes the year 2007 with a new release of images and CDs. This newest edition, the fourth made this year, brings 15 new CDs and more than 1000 new images that offer researchers a very realistic and natural vision of contemporary society.

The themes of these new images are intended to supply an existing demand for imagery that reflects changes in the roles and conditions of individuals of all ages, genders and ethnic backgrounds. Consequently this latest pixtal release opts for showing the diversity of present society through the subjects, styles and models intentionally chosen for the productions. This diversity is reflected in CD titles such as today's young woman, Chinese beauty and health, joyful kids, living alone, or a nice couple, that portrays models in realistic situations.

Susan Jones, age fotostock's Sales and Operations Manager in the US, comments: ?The market is saturated with stock images that show individuals in improbable situations with very posed expressions and postures. In pixtal we are opting for a type of stock photography that it is more realistic and functional, and therefore more adaptable to our clients? needs?.

pixtal's new images, virtual CDs and physical CDs are available on age fotostock's website, and also on the web pages of its international distributor network.

Two specialist sets of images, one covering Eastern European migrant workers and another looking at education in three different settings in the UK are now available from John Birdsall Social Issues Photo Library, the UK's leading library for images depicting social issues.

Education - the education images cover a secondary school; a special college focused on independent living for people with learning disabilities; and a school for children with physical impairments and complex learning difficulties. The images cover the full school/college day and include various indoor and outdoor lessons and activities, as well as lunch and break times.

Eastern European migrant workers - the other special project documents Eastern European migrants who have come to the UK to work, covering people from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It covers looking for work via the Internet, newspapers and a recruitment agency; as well as showing various work situations including both the retail and leisure industries. This set of photos also looks at family life at home and a group of friends sharing a house