About Us

The Leader

Since 1933

Since it was founded in 1933 by Guy Snyder, Inter-State Studio and Publishing has focused on quality, service and innovation. Today we are North America's largest family-owned school photography and yearbook publishing company.

Here are a few of our innovation milestones:

1933 - Guy Snyder begins photographing school children in one-room schoolhouses in the Missouri Ozarks.
1940s - Introduction of electronic flash improves portrait quality and allows more relaxed expressions.
1960s - Conversion to color photography makes portraits appear more natural.
1980s - Continuing the family tradition, Aric Snyder becomes CEO, launching a new era of innovation.
1990s - Digital composites include everyone in the class along with their names - a timeless keepsake.
2000s - Conversion to digital photography improves image quality, reduces retakes and allows personalization of portraits and graphics.

Photographic Processing Magazine named Inter-State Studio: Photo Imager of the Year.

Print On Demand Initiative (PODi) awarded Inter-State Studio with the Best Practices Award.

American Printer Magazine awarded Inter-State Studio 1st and 2nd place "Stevie" Awards.

Print and Imaging Association of Mid America awarded Inter-State Studios the Graphic Excellence Award.

Inter-State Studio & Publishing Founder
Guy Snyder

Inter-State Studio and Publishing Co provides high quality and highly innovative school photography, yearbooks, memory books, and student planners to elementary, middle, and high schools across the United States. Our personalized graphic designs allow families to make each school picture a unique keepsake.

Powerful web-based layout tools make it easy for your school to design your yearbook or memory book just the way you like it. Then we print your book on the highest quality offset and digital presses and bind it to your specifications.

Inter-State's student planner lineup includes primary Planners, elementary Planners, secondary planners and assignment books to keep your students organized and successful. Character education materials are integrated into each calendar page at no additional charge because we believe that character matters every day.

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