PhotoAssist was originally created in 2000 by Duncan Soar to help him and his coursemates at the London College of Printing (now the LCC) find assisting work. Since then, Duncan has become a photographer in his own right (www.duncansoar.com), and the site has grown to become an online resource for assisting photographers and photographers starting out in their careers. To this day, Photoassist continues to grow as the most popular community for assistants in the UK and has seen a number of its members progress to becoming photographers - in fact, we're proud that some ex-members have used the site to find their own assistants. The site relaunched in August 2007 to include a more detailed search facility and to allow assistants to create a far more in-depth profile, particularly to take into account the increased need of photographers for digital assistance.

Based around an interactive database, photoassist.co.uk has four aims

To assist photographers in finding suitable assistants
The core of the site remains the searchable database of assistants throughout the UK, and now including the USA. With highly detailed registration criteria, photographers are able to pinpoint assistants with varying levels of expertise at precisely the place they need them.