Corbis buys N.Y.-based Saba Press Photos

SEATTLE - Corbis, an online provider of photography and fine-art images, is acquiring Saba Press Photos, an international photo agency based in New York.

The privately owned Seattle company has 900 employees in Seattle, New York, London, Los Angeles and Paris. It provides images to paper and online publishers.

Saba represents photographers for news, portrait and feature assignments. It will remain in New York under the management of President Marcel Saba. The acquisition gives Saba access to Corbis' digital sales and distribution systems.