Steven Foster Group, Inc., • Specializing in Imagery and Information on Medicinal Plants, Aromatic Plants and Herbs Since 1974.
For over 37 years, author, photographer, consultant and lecturer, Steven Foster, has written or co-authored seventeen books, most recently National Geographic's Guide to Medicinal Herbs (with Rebecca L. Johnson, Tieraona Low Dog, M.D. & David Kiefer, M.D); Photography by Steven Foster, with a Foreword by Andrew Weil, M.D. Available directly from National Geographic Books.
Each day we upload new galleries of stock photo offerings from our library of over 200,000 images of medicinal and aromatic plants taken on every continent (except Antarctica, which is not exactly a botanical paradise). See links below for botanical photo galleries organized by scientific name, and by common name. To the right, you will find links to some or our many additional travel photo, natural history, agricultural, landscape and other subjects.
FeatureD Photo Gallery
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Sixty images for ashwagandha (mostly in flower or fruit) are included in the gallery. Click on photos to enter gallery
About Our Photographs and Images
Please note: Photo previews are presented for possible licensing for commercial or editorial use, usually on a one-time, non-exclusive basis. All images on this site are © Steven Foster 1997-2011, and may not be captured, copied, or stored in any media presently available or developed without a written licensing agreement, and payment of licensing fee. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Thank you!
Links to PLant Photos by Scientific Name
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Links to Plant Photos by Common Name
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Photo Licensing
Photo licensing is usually on a one-time, non-exclusive basis per image. We do offer discounts for collections of five or more images. Most images are licensed on a rights-managed basis. Occasionally, we make royalty-free offerings, periodically releasing a royalty-free CD with dozens of images. Licensing fees are generally based on size of use, frequency and/or duration of licensing term, number of expected views (print run or web), type of use (web, editorial, corporate, etc.), among other factors. Fees range from $50 for minor thumbnail use on a practitioner website, for example, to $10,000 or more for a full page national or international advertising campaign. You've heard it too many times to count—"an image is worth a thousand words." Let us help you present a beautiful image to the world.
Books and Publications
NOW OFFERING ANTIQUARIAN, RARE AND USED BOOKS IN BOTANY, HERBS, MEDICINAL PLANTS AND PHARMACY
I'm the author of 17 books including senior author of three Peterson field guides—A Field Guide Medicinal Plants and Herbs: Eastern North America (2nd ed., 2000 with Jim Duke), Venomous Animals and Poisonous Plants of North America (1994, with the late Roger Caras) and A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs: Western North America (with Christopher Hobbs). My first National Geographic title, A Desk Reference to Nature's Medicine (2006, with Rebecca Johnson), was published by the National Geographic Books in 2006. In 2007 the book was named a "Best of Reference" by the New York Public Library. In 2010 I collaborated on another title National Geographic Guide to Medicine Herbs (with Rebecca L. Johnson, Tieraona Low Dog, M.D. & David Kiefer, M.D.; Photographs by Steven Foster, with a Foreword by Andrew Weil, M.D). See our books pages.
Please forgive our housekeeping as we update hundreds of pages on this site. . . a never ending process. . . . When you need a high resolution file, we will send as an email attachment, if appropriate, or for large files, we will upload the image(s) to our FTP site.
This site last updated: 10 May 2012
