ZUMA \​'zü-mä\ n 1 : a really amazing picture agency 2 : Mayan for new day, solution, new vision 3 : Scott Mc Kiernan's loveable black lab. Started in the early 1990s by photojournalists for photojournalists - not shareholders or billionaires - ZUMA Press is now the world's largest independent press agency and wire service. ZUMA Press, produces award-winning news, sports and entertainment content and represents some of the greatest photojournalists, media groups, newspapers and picture agencies around the globe. ZUMA's staff of 50+ represents over 3,000 photographers worldwide and over 60 of the world's best picture agencies spanning the planet, as well as over 100 newspapers and the daily feed and archive of 33 publishing giants. ZUMA's photographers have won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer, World Press, BOP and POYi. ZUMA features a diverse library of over 12 million original pictures online, with upwards of 10,000 new images posted daily. Get the full picture. Get ZUMA. Scott Mc Kiernan, CEO/Founder of ZUMA, created the first downloadable editorial picture Website in 1992. As a B-to-B Internet pioneer in digital-image transmission--even before Net usage became widespread--ZUMA soon became a leader. Founded in 1993 and incorporated in 1995, ZUMA Press remains independent and photographer-owned. ZUMA is headquartered in San Clemente, California, with major bureaus in Hollywood, London and New York, as well as other locations worldwide.