As part of an aggressive growth strategy, OnRequest Images, a provider of custom imagery, recently opened new offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Dallas.

Cindy Lee, a creative services director with more than 20 years of experience, has been hired as the senior account executive for the San Francisco office. Michele Fleury, a producer and photographer with more than a decade of experience, will serve as the senior producer in the Los Angeles office. Steve Klekamp, who also has more than 20 years of creative and photography business..

London-based Alamy Images has joined the Image Partner Program of OnRequest Images, Custom Stock, with headquarters in Seattle. Alamy will market OnRequest photography on its stock site at alamy.com, allowing clients to search and license images online.

The creation of the Image Partner Program and partnership with Alamy enables OnRequest Images to increase the exposure of its more than 1,600 professional photographers.

The Alamy web site was launched in February 2001 to provide a single source for royalty-free and traditionally licensed images. Currently, it offers access to the work of more than 2,500 photographers and 175 specialist agencies...

Seattle-based OnRequest Images has launched a new service to provide customers with broader choices about their involvement in the image production process. Custom Assignment Services allows customers to select photographers and direct photo shoots, just as they would with regular assignment photography.

Trade associations, such as the Professional Photographers of America, American Society of Media Photographers and Stock Artists Alliance, are cautious about the new service. Representatives of the groups have expressed concern about spec assignments, fees, royalties and copyright issues.

Former Getty Images executive Mark Ippolito has been named senior vice president of worldwide sales for OnRequest Images, based in Seattle.

In his new role, Ippolito will be responsible for developing business opportunities. He formerly served as Getty Images' vice president for global major account sales, as vice president of sales and marketing for Photodisc, and as director of sales at Corbis.