Photo Archive News

Models Wanted For Getty Shoot

The Dorset Echo reports:

'A LEADING photographic company is coming to Weymouth to hold auditions for a beach photo shoot.'
'Getty Images is casting to find local people who can portray a family day at the beach, with Asian and British families, older couples and children all in hot demand.'

..."We will be paying people to participate in our shoot depending on how many hours we need them for, but the rates are from £100 for up to four hours and up to £250 for an eight-hour day."....

Full article here: www.thisisdorset.net

Adobe Design Achievement Award Winners Announced

On Monday, Adobe Systems Incorporated announced the winners of the eighth annual Adobe design Achievements Awards.

In the Photography category, the winner was Matt Sartain of the Academy of Art University, and the finalists were John Sloan of Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash., and Ian Aleksander Adams of the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Ga.

MUZU TV Sign Content Deal With ITN Source

MUZU TV, the newly launched video platform enabling fans and artists to create their own Music TV channels to broadcast on the web, has signed a content deal with ITN.

The deal gives MUZU TV access to 80,000 hours of content from ITN Source’s rich music archive, consisting of Reuters, Granada and Channel 4 interviews and performances, as well as daily music news and interviews from ITN’s multimedia division ITN On.

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Creating A Corbis Stock Photo Shoot

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'Working With Stock Photo Agency, Corbis -W/ Siri Vorbeck CD'
A Corbis Creative Director explains.....via YouTube.

Fotosearch Makes 10 Years

Congratulations to Fotosearch who celebrated their 10th birthday last week.

Fotosearch grew out of Publishing Perfection, founded in 1987, when electronic publishing was in its infancy.

Direct In Majorca

Direct opens branch providing photographic lighting and camera rental in Majorca.

www.directpalma.com

Archiving the 'Evans' & 'Arbus' Photo Collections

Walker Evans, 'Truck and Sign' (1928-30).

William Meyers at The New York Sun reports: Putting the Walker Evans Archive in Order

....It took six years, from the time the Met acquired it in 1994 until 2000, for the Evans Archive database to become accessible, and it was not until late last year that it was accessible online.....
......The negatives are the heart of the archive because they provide insight into the artist's intentions and working methods. Archiving the negatives presented two problems: identifying them and, where necessary, restoring them.....

Read the full article here: www.nysun.com/arts

Bridgeman Warm Up For The New Footie Season

Cover of 'Charles Buchan's Football Monthly', no.26, October 1953 (colour litho)

Bridgeman Art Library - the world leading fine art image library - is launching a stunning new collection that provides a unique insight into the history of football through the ages, in the UK and around the world.

The collection includes 19th Century sea-side style postcards that show Victorian attitudes to women footballers, rare World Cup posters from the last 100 years and a wood cut of the 'Pipe Smoking Footballer'! It is a fascinating look at the changing face of football, footballers - and even football kits!

View the gallery Here: www.bridgemanart.com/FootballHistory

DRR - photo-book deal for members

Digital Railroad, has announced a partnership with Embassy Digital to provide DRR member photographers with the ability to create custom, professional-quality photo books.
DRR member photographers save 50% on their first photo-book order with Embassy Pro Books and 10% discount for future book orders.

Job: Live Sales Executive – Features - REX FEATURES

Live Sales Executive – Features

Salary: Negotiable depending on experience

We are looking for a Sales Executive to join our Live Sales Team working within the Features Department. You will be responsible for selling exclusive and live feature material to newspapers and magazines, recognising the potential in accessible material and targeting relevant markets, as well as establishing and maintaining excellent client relationships.
Main Duties & Responsibilities include:

Full details of this job and others here: P A N Industry Jobs

LFI - The Blog

With the announcement last week of a new owner, Imvest - David Jacobs, London Features Int (LFI) have now launched a blog documenting the new beginning.

Here: LondonFeaturesBlog

AP Launches Enhanced Celebrity News Service

The Associated Press (AP), the world's largest news agency, has expanded its entertainment coverage with a new multi-million dollar investment in a celebrity service.

....'Celebrity Extra' (www.aptn.com/celebrityextra) focuses on A-list stars. A video version, launched on 6 August 2008, is aimed at the global broadcast and online markets. A photo version is due to launch in September 2008....

Read the full press release..

New LFI Owner Interviewed

Rachael Gallagher at PressGazette.co.uk reports:

Action Images founder buys picture agency out of administration

Picture agency London Features International has been acquired by the investment vehicle of sports photographer David Jacobs, Imvest Ltd, following the company going into administration last month.

.....He said: “We’ve come in to pick up the pieces and need to start the bridge-building process. We want to define ourselves uniquely by being transparent with our relationships with photographers. I think that’s something a number of agencies are guilty of not doing."......

Full article here: http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story

“BBC Motion Gallery Clip Creativity Challenge 2008” Winner

The challenge, issued in May to London Metropolitan University students, aimed to highlight the importance of students as the next generation of media and film talent and demonstrate their creative ability in responding to a commercial brief using Motion Gallery footage as a tool.

....Entrants were given just over six weeks to create a short film with a running length of 90-180 seconds using content from the 20,000 clips found on the BBC/JISC site only.......

Shooting the Olympic Opening Ceremony

REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

From the Reuters Photographers Blog:

"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds was my nickname yesterday."

I began my first of three climbs through the maze of steep, narrow catwalks with IOC pool photographers from AP, Getty, AFP and Xinhua. On either side of the path were sheets of glass through which the colored lights of the stadium are projected........

Full report here: http://blogs.reuters.com

Mauritius Images Closes Hamburg Office

Reported on the CEPIC (Coordination of European Picture Agencies Press Stock Heritage) website:

"Picture purchasing and researching have been exclusively shifted towards the online media. Therefore mauritius images decided to close its office in Hamburg on 15 August 2008."

See the press release on CEPIC at www.cepic.org

Mr iSpy From Mr Paparazzi

'Light, durable and easy to use. The Mr iSpy Binoculars with Digital Camera is the latest gadget from Chilli Technology, complete with some awesome functions, the Mr iSpy are the world's only 1.3 Megapixel Binoculars capable of recording what you see.'

'Ideal for: Sports Events, Festivals & Concerts, Holidays, Birdwatchers,
The Binoculars that take pictures of what you see.

www.mrispy.com

Job: The Data Archive

The Data Archive - ASP.NET DEVELOPER and WEB DESIGNER

"We are an innovative IT company founded within the image resource industry: we provide 'best of breed' web based library systems. Fully managed and cost effective solutions suitable for small businesses to multinational enterprises."

Full details of this job and others here: P A N Industry Jobs

LA 'Pap' Report On The BBC Tomorrow

BBC reports: Can the LA paparazzi be tamed?

The Los Angeles paparazzi are as much a part of Hollywood life as the studios, celebrities and publicists.
Snapping stars is big business for the legions of photographers who stake out the clubs, restaurants and shopping malls of Beverly Hills.
But all that could change if new laws are brought in to curb the activities of the paparazzi........

A report by Peter Bowes on the Los Angeles paparazzi can be seen on E24, broadcast on the BBC News channel on Saturday 9 August at 1045 BST and Sunday 10 August at 1745 BST.

continue the article here: www.bbc.co.uk

Foto8 - 'Best In Show' Award

Foto8 and HOST Gallery are pleased to announce that the award for ‘Best in Show’at the Foto8 Summer Show 2008 will go to..

Guido Castagnoli for his image: Street to the main station, Shimada City, Japan 2007 from the series “Provincial Japan”. (above image)

Full details here: www.foto8.com

Job: Content Licensing Sales Executive - Mirrorpix

Mirrorpix are looking to recruit a Sales Executive to join our content licensing team, based at Canary Wharf.

The position requires a talented individual to work within our content licensing team, representing one of the largest photographic and press collections available in the UK. Our archives date back to the earliest years of the Twentieth Century and have proved to be an invaluable resource for clients across the visual publishing industries.

Full details of this job and others here: P A N Industry Jobs

:: Imvest Secure LFI ::

PAN Exclusive / Breaking News

After a hectic week of negotiations, the future of London Features International (LFI) as a photo agency is secure.

Following smaller specialist acquisitions including the intimately unique Royal Collection of John Shelley, Imvest ltd, the investment vehicle of David Jacobs has acquired the assets of London Features International (LFI).

Remarking on the recent investment David says, "I am pleased we were ultimately successful, albeit at the eleventh hour, in securing the future of LFI despite considerable competition from media and picture specialist businesses.....

BBC Footage Sign Up ITF

BBC Motion Gallery, the archive sales arm of BBC Worldwide, has bolstered its specialist sports footage by signing a key distribution deal with the International Tennis Federation (ITF).
The five-year, global, archive representation agreements supplement the 70,000 hours of BBC Sport content already represented by BBC Motion Gallery.

DRR Expands 'PLUS' Licensing

Digital Railroad has announced that the Picture Licensing Universal System (PLUS) Coalition has recognized Digital Railroad as one of the first image licensing platforms to broadly adopt the PLUS international image licensing standards into its global Marketplace and all of its member photographer archives.
Digital Railroad currently hosts over 10 million professional photographers' images, with nearly 3 million images available for licensing at its Marketplace.

ASMP To Distribute Windfall

'In December 2007, the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) was ecstatic to receive $1.3 million from the Authors Coalition. We were among the recipients of their largest distribution of funds to date.'

...The funds were segregated in a secured investment account and the ASMP board began committee discussions on how to best apply the funds for the benefit of photographers. Those plans are expected to be announced later this year......

Garden World Images - New Website

Horticultural stock image expert, Garden World Images [GWI], have launched a new website built by The Data Archive.

“Intuitive and future-proof technology convinced us. This is the experience our clients have been waiting for.” Proclaimed Tyrone McGlinchey, Managing Director of GWI.

Lebrecht "Rocks"

© www.lebrecht.co.uk

Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library has just launched a collection of
contemporary rock and pop pictures.

www.lebrecht.co.uk

People & Hello! Secure Record Image Buy

People magazine and Hello! have secured the publishing rights to pictures of Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie's new born twins, Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon.
Reportedly paying $14m jointly, People will be running the pictures today (3 Aug 7pm EDT) and Hello! tomorrow (August 4 at 00.01 BST).

Getty Images organised the photo shoot. The image revenue will be given to charitable organisations.

www.people.com

www.hellomagazine.com/angelina-brad-twins

GumGum Lands Funding

GumGum, an analytics and monetization platform for content online, secures Series A funding and unveils new non-flash based licensing platform.

Matrix Announce 'Re-brand' & 'Restructure'

Worldwide celebrity photo agency, Matrix, has confirmed a full Re-brand and Restructure Program.
'Having spent the last seven months working at Matrix, Danny Hayward and Simon Bridger, formally of BBH Pictures and John Churchill, formally of Mirrorpix have shown their belief in the company by investing in it's future.' A majority shareholding of the company is retained by the founders Trevor Adams, Jon Bushell and Marco Deidda.

Adams, who insists he is still very much at the helm, said today, 'We are very honoured to have John, Danny and Simon officially join the business and I would like to point out that there is absolutely no truth in the rumour that we have been bought out. We have, however, undertaken a full business and organisational restructure to reflect the skills of the new members which will carry us forward in to the future.'

What Will Become Of Photojournalism...?

Columbian Journalism Review reports:

Flickring Out
What will become of photojournalism in an age of bytes and amateurs?
By Alissa Quart

At photo agencies, or in private conversations with newspaper and magazine photographers and editors, you hear the same end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it dirge that plays in the print world.....
....Photojournalists also question the journalistic reliability of the images of their amateur rivals. Photographers like Anderson, a thirty-eight-year-old well known for his conflict photography, wonder about the lack of “vetting” of the millions of images that are supposed to be carrying the truth to readers....

Read the full article here: www.cjr.org

Through the Viewfinder... Mikael Kjellstrom

Fishermen fetching fish from the rocks at El Confital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Mixed media with still photographs and video. Video was captured with a N95 cell phone.
This and other Kjellstrom photo projects here : www.pixdesk.ca/project

Mikael Kjellstrom - www.mikaelkjellstrom.com

Job: Freelance Photographers Required

Due to continued expansion, Entertainment Press requires freelance photographers with the drive and commitment to fulfil the following positions:

Full details of this job and others here: P A N Industry Jobs

L.A. Curb The Pap

Reuters Blogs reports: L.A. officials ponder ways to curb paparazzi

Officials from several Los Angeles area communities will consider ways to crack down on paparazzi who hound Hollywood celebrities when they meet on Thursday, and measures they decide upon could serve as a springboard for similar actions in major cities around the world.

Here: blogs.reuters.com

Free e-book From DK Images

The first 100 people to order an image from www.dkimages.com during the Olympic Games (8th - 24th August) will receive a free Dorling Kindersley e-book.

Action Images' Sporting Galleries

The brand new website from Action Images offers fantastic sporting photo galleries including photographers biographies and historical events.

Here: www.actionimages.com

Fisher Hart - Latest Architectural & Interior Images

UK based 'built environment' photography agency, Fisher Hart, have recently shot, Park Plaza County Hall hotel for BUJ Architects, Jerwood Space for Munkenbeck + Marshall, Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport for Carpenter/Lowings Architecture & Design and private residences for The Pike Practice.

www.fisherhart.com

Paul Newman Selection At Mary Evans

Film, The Drowning Pool with Paul Newman, 1975
credit: Mary Evans Picture Library/Rue des Archives

Veiw the image selection here

Whale Selection At Splashdown Direct

California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) Adult, fluke-up dive San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
©Michael Nolan / SplashdownDirect

View the selection here: www.splashdowndirect.com

Richard Mills - Photographer

Richard Mills

TimesOnline reports:

Hundreds of people gathered today [July 29] at the funeral of Richard Mills, a photographer on The Times, who died towards the end of his last assignment in Zimbabwe.

Mr Mills, 41, who joined The Times in 2000 and had covered many dangerous assignments for the paper including in Iraq and Afghanistan, was found dead in the safe house in which he was staying in Harare.

Here: timesonline.co.uk

Corbis Launches Women In Sport Collection

Corbis announces the addition of new imagery from Jason Joyce featuring women in high concept futuristic sport settings.
The images have been retouched to give the photos a clean, vibrant and surreal look.

Fujifilm Student Awards - Winner

The winner of the 2008 Fujifilm Student Awards: David Wala from Newcastle College.

Barcroft Media Partner With Daphne Barak

Barcroft Media partner with one of the world's top interviewers.
Press syndication agency Barcroft Media have signed a deal with television interviewer Daphne Barak.

Effective immediately, the collaboration will see Barcroft Media become the
official image partner and syndication agency for exclusive portraiture
which will accompany Ms Barak's showpiece interviews.

Hollandse Hoogte Launch New Website

Hollandse Hoogte have launched their new website built by Infradox.

www.hollandse-hoogte.nl

www.infradox.com

Robert Harding - New Galleries

Robert Harding have introduced four new galleries; Rainbow Nation, Mono, Twilight & Alive (see screen shot above) and will be adding a new one each month.

www.robertharding.com/galleries.php

Alamy's Q2 2008 Financial Statement

For those interested, Alamy have released their quarterly financial statement for the second quarter of 2008.

http://www.alamy.com/contributors/statements/default.asp

ASPP Produce Best Practice Guidelines

The American Society of Picture Professionals has released guidelines entitled “ASPP’s Best Practices for Locating Copyright Owners of Photographic and Visual Art”.

The guide can be found at the ASPP website at: http://www.aspp.com/users/ASPPSite4390/ASPP_Best_Practises_v2_7-8-08.pdf

Andre Zucca At The Image Works

Paris May 1942 © Andre Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works

André Zucca (1897 -1973) was a respected French press photographer. In 1941, Zucca was called by the occupying German army to work on the propaganda magazine Signal.
His unexpected and rare color images of Paris during that time are surrounded by controversy for presenting Parisian life as sunny and lively, largely undisturbed by the darkness of war.
For UK rights available from www.topfoto.co.uk

View the Collection at www.theimageworks.com

FOTO8 - Awards & Summer Show - OPEN

London: The Foto8 Summer Show at the Host Gallery is OPEN.

In this, the first year of what is set ot be an annual summer photography event in London, Foto8 were overwhelmed with the response received to its call for entries. Over 1,800 images were entered from 38 different countries including Iran, Korea and New Zealand, to name just a few.

The show follows Foto8's tradition of supporting new works by contemporary photographers and encouraging independent photojournalism.

13th Annual PACA International Conference

The Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) and New York City's world-famous Financial District will host the The 13th Annual PACA International Conference from 24 - 26 October, 2008 at the New York Marriott Downtown, which is located just four blocks from Wall Street.

Registration is now open and Early Bird discounts end on July 31, 2008. Find all the pertinent information online including registration fees, conference schedule, conference registration, sponsorship opportunities and hotel reservations at 13th Annual PACA International Conference web page www.pacaoffice.org/conference.shtml.

Brad Pitt Warns Against Publishing Photos

Reuters reports: Pitt threatens legal action over photos

Lawyers for Brad Pitt on Thursday threatened legal action against anyone publishing recent photographs they say were taken by paparazzi of the actor and his newly enlarged family at their French estate.

full article here: www.ukreuters.com

Britney - Pap Arrested

Los Angeles Times reports: Paparazzi arrested near Britney Spears' home

Two photographers who tried to snap shots of pop star Britney Spears from a fire access road on a hillside near her Studio City home were arrested Monday afternoon on suspicion of loitering.

.....Officers told the photographers they were on city-owned property and that they should leave, Malachi said. The photographers said they would heed the warning but when police returned about an hour later, they were still there.....

full article here: www.latimes.com

Magazine News - Ideal Home

UK - IPC Media

Bernadette Stevens

IPC Southbank has appointed Bernadette Stevens as head of marketing of its market-leading home interest title, Ideal Home.

Bernadette began her publishing career at ACP Magazines in Australia and worked across home and lifestyle titles including Australia's leading home magazine, House & Garden.

Magazine News - Dennis Buys Butler & Tanner

UK - Dennis Publishing

Felix Dennis

Butler & Tanner, the finest colour book and publications printer in the UK, has been bought by one of Britain's most successful publishers, Felix Dennis, as the sole owner.
The brand new printing business is scheduled to open on 1st August 2008 with the new name, Butler, Tanner & Dennis.

Magazine News - Practical Motorhome

UK - Haymarket Media Group

Sarah Wakely

Sarah Wakely, Practical Motorhome’s deputy editor, recently won a prestigious award for the best caravanning article of 2007, while editor Robert Ganley ensured the Haymarket title swept the category by taking second place.

Exhibition - Portraits Of Adventure

Kingsley Holgate - Explorer & humanitarian - Cairo, Egypt © Alastair Thain

'Portraits of Adventure' opens today, 22nd July 2008, at The Royal Geographical Society in London.

Photostories At 4Corners

Solomango at 4Corners Images.

4Corners new website features Solomango photostories.
4Corners Images announced that the recent launch of its new website, engineered by Bloomtech.it was a great success. In addition to all the technical improvements, two collections were created (XL and Alternative) for contemporty or traditional styles. Whilst the integration of Solomango photostories means clients can now choose a complete photo story in a simple package.

www.4cornersimages.com

Aurora Photos Represents Agence VU

Aurora Photos agency founder, Jose Azel is pleased to announce that effective immediately, Paris based, Agence VU’ will be represented in the United States by Aurora.
"Quality and passion connect VU’ and Aurora Photos,” states Azel. “It will be a privilege and honor to present such singular work to clients in the United States. The concerned photography and raw emotion of their work inspires editors and readers alike."

http://www.auroraphotos.com/

Julius Shulman at 97 - Architectural Photographer

It was the 1960 photograph called Case Study House #22 that put Shulman on the map, with the evocative and dreamlike image of two women seated in a glass house practically suspended in mid air as the twinkling lights of Los Angeles beckon below.

Reuters interview - video interview: www.reuters.com

Reuters report Architectural photographer enjoys revival at 97

Key Keywords For Footage

Slate.com reports: Everyone Will Be Lonely Eight Months From Now - THE WEIRD SCIENCE OF STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY

"....Getty gave me lists of the most popular search terms on their database for 2006, 2007, and the first half of 2008. Only three entries showed up in the top 10 on all three lists: business, people, and woman. (Woman climbed from eighth to fifth to first, which Waggoner attributes to the increasing global presence of women in the workplace and thus the increasing global demand for photos and video depicting women in the workplace.)...."

Full report here: www.slate.com

Through the lens - Bangalore

The Frozen Memories-2008 exhibition, organised by The Photojournalist Association of Bangalore, draws on these lines. Works by 65 different photographers (who are active photojournalists) are on display at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath.

The photographs show some rare moments in the social and political happenings around the world that are captured through the camera lens.

Mary Evans Picture Library

Walthamstow Greyhound Stadium © Mary Evans Picture Library

One of London’s few remaining greyhound racing stadiums, Walthamstow Stadium, East London is set to close in August this year.
Mary Evans Picture Library has images covering the sport since its heydey in the 1930's.
www.http://www.maryevans.com

NTI's China Photo Library

News Team International (NTI) now have a website hosting a live feed of images from the Chinese State Press Agency (Xinhua).
http://xinhua.newsteam.co.uk/cgi-bin/xinhua

NTI also became the sole UK partner to EPA (European Pressphoto Agency), and are responsible for resourcing all the UK images for their global picture service.

Job: Mirrorpix - Account Executive

Mirrorpix, the photographic and content licensing division of Mirror Group Newspapers are looking to recruit a highly motivated and talented individual to join their Content Licensing team based in Canary Wharf.

Full details of this job and others here: P A N Industry Jobs

Yousuf Karsh Online

The Estate of Yousuf Karsh has launched a great website about the famous photographer.
Karsh writes about his life and his work, the site also includes video interviews.

http://karsh.org/

IGPOTY Call For Entries 2009

International Garden Photographer Of The Year (IGPOTY) 2009 - Call for entries.
Open to all photographers, the International Garden Photographer of the Year offers photographers the opportunity to win in excess of £20,000 cash and equipment as well as international exposure in an exhibition at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

New Images At FLPA

Lesser Flamingos © Frans Lanting / FLPA

FLPA, voted the Best Photo Agency by picture buyers at this year's BAPLA fair, have uploaded new images by Frans Lanting and Imagebroker.

www.flpa.co.uk

Exhibition - Dan Wynn Fashion Images from 50's and 60's

An Exhibition of Dan Wynn Fashion Images from the 50's and 60's starts today, 17th July for a month, at the Farmani Gallery, New York.

Winner 2008 Barclays Shot Of The Season

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney© Matt Roberts / Offside Sports Photography

Congratulations to Matt Roberts at Offside Sports Photography for this shot of Wayne Rooney surrounded by six Reading players at Old Trafford which won the 2008 Barclays Shot of the Season competition.

Alamy's 'Limited Use' Goes Worldwide

In response to feedback from its contributors, Alamy is considering some changes to it's Limited Use scheme, as it goes worldwide following a trial in the UK.
Alamy CEO James West said: “The concerns that have been raised are valid and we are working on ways of addressing them.”

CEPIC 2008 Pictures And Text Online

You can now see all the pictures from the CEPIC Congress Malta 2008 and read the text of almost all of the conferences and seminars.

For all the photos visit the Malta Congress Mini Website at http://www.cepic.org/archive/malta08/index.htm

To read up on the seminars in English go to http://www.cepic.org/english/congress/2008/proceedings_of_conferences.php

Red Cover Resolution

‘We and many others, have been with the company for a number of years and feel we can work together to get Red Cover back on-track and ensure they take their place as a major player in the ‘rights-managed’ picture library industry." Commented contributors Andrew Twort & Johnny Bouchier.

Nelson Mandela, At Camera Press, Through Karsh

This year sees Nelson Mandela turn 90. Camera Press have put together an online brochure showcasing this extraordinary man with outstanding photographs - those by Yousuf Karsh.

View the brochure here: CameraPress.com/Mandela

Untitled - All X-Ray

Click here to see x-ray stock photography: www.untitled.co.uk

BBC Motion Gallery Deal With Princes Trust

BBC Motion Gallery, the clip sales arm of BBC Worldwide, has signed a deal to represent the video archive of youth charity The Princes Trust.
Under the deal, BBC Motion Gallery will be able to license clip content from Prince’s Trust events such as Party in the Park and Fashion Rocks including unique content such as performances by Robbie Williams, Beyonce and Sting.

Paul Melcher To Lead Rex Features in US

Rex Features today announced the appointment of Paul Melcher as Director of its North American division.
Rex Features has appointed Paul Melcher as the Director of Rex USA, its North American division. Melcher will utilise his extensive knowledge of the US photographic syndication market to further develop and expand the Rex Features operations in North America. Melcher will be based in Manhattan where the company will be opening a sales and production office, whilst Operations Manager Chuck Musse will continue to run the Red Bank, NJ, office. Bureau Chief Patricia Patrick continues to manage the West Coast production in LA.

PicScout And Splash Give Bloggers Latest Celeb Pics

PicScout has teamed up with Splash News to give bloggers access to up-to-the minute celebrity photos at Picapp.com.
PicScout, which developed and operates PicApp, and Splash News have come together to offer bloggers and other online publishers premium, licensed images to illustrate news and creative content on their sites, while at the same time, addressing content owners’ usage tracking and copyright concerns.

Luna Launch On Digital Railroad

Photo agency, Luna, are now available on DigitalRailroad.

http://www.digitalrailroad.net/luna/Default.aspx

Ian Parry Scholarship Winner 2008

Congratulations to this year's winner of the Ian Parry Scholarship, Vicente Jaime Villafranca.
Other finalists:
Highly Commended: Giovanni Cipriano
Commended: Matt Eich
Commended: Gratiane de Moustier

www.ianparry.org

Stanley Tretick Archive Online

During the Kennedy White House years, Tretick was given special access to the family, and he shot some of his most enduring images. One of his most famous is the picture of three-year-old John Kennedy, Jr. playing under his father's desk in the Oval Office. The photo was taken a month before President Kennedy was assassinated.

Seminar Tonight: The Brazilian Market

Own-it Event: Brazilian Business: Overcoming Cultural and Business Barriers

Date: Thursday, 10 July 2008
Time: 6-9pm (presentations 6-8pm followed by drinks/networking until 9pm)
Location:
The Library
Canning House
2 Belgrave Square
London
SW1X 8PJ

Cost: Free (when you book online)
Booking and more info: http://www.own-it.org/events/details/?eventId=260

Mr Pap - The Book

If you want to know how to do it 'Big', read this book!

July Corbis Creative IQ Trend Report

Corbis predicts.... the need for the creative community to reflect the increasing demands for skilled workers in the physical and applied sciences.

The Creative IQ Trend Reports, originally restricted to Corbis photographers, are now available on their website, giving a heads-up on material likely to be in demand in advertising and publishing over the next few months. You can view the latest report here http://www.corbis.com/boutique

F1 Photographer Clashes With Raikkonen

photo: ITV.com

ITV-F1.com reports:
A veteran Formula 1 photographer has labelled Kimi Raikkonen "rude" and "arrogant" after the world champion pushed him to the ground on the Silverstone grid.

Paul-Henri Cahier, one of the sport's most experienced and respected photographers, was pushed over onto his back by Raikkonen as he lined up a close-up shot just before last Sunday's British Grand Prix.

Full report here : www.itv-Fi.com

The Cahier Archive: www.f1-photo.com

Microsoft Live Search Power Iconic Britian

Iconic Britain is a photographic competition that aims to find 100 images that define Britain.
Powered by Microsoft Live Search, a new image sourcing network, you can win prizes both by submitting a photo and voting on other people’s entries, with Nikon Coolpix and D60 DSLR cameras on offer. The Iconic Britain competition is open to residents of the United Kingdom, and it runs from 19th June to 14th August 2008. A panel of experts will choose the category winners and their favourite British icon. You can enter and vote in the contest at:
http://www.iconicbritain.com

Getty Images Take Flickr Content

from the Flickr blog:

......The great folks at Getty Images and Flickr are joining forces to create a collection of royalty free, rights ready and rights managed photographs. This announcement is just the first step and there’s a lot to do before we launch. We’ve created a FAQ to address what we think will be the initial questions.....

blog.flickr.net

Mail Online - On Target

Net gains for Mail Online reports Martin Bream of Currybet.net on Pressgazette.co.uk

(UK) With the latest ABCe figures, Mail Online has stormed into first place as the most popular UK newspaper site. Editorial director Martin Clarke ascribes this to investment in content, but the site’s redesign has also obviously gone down well.

.....The new homepage is more visual than the previous design, with a large space “above the fold” devoted to the day in pictures. Clarke cites investment in news and sport as key to Mail Online’s future, but I suspect that a lot of the increased usage of the site is down to the Mail’s eye-grabbing TV and showbiz coverage................

More here: www.pressgazette.co.uk

Press Photographer's Year 2008 - Exhibition

2007 exhibition at the NT

In the National Theatre, London, the vast expanse of the Lyttelton Theatre foyer provides, for the third year running, the setting for the exhibition of the complete edit of the photographs from The Press Photographer's Year 2008.

The custom designed exhibition opened on Saturday 5th July and will run for 8 weeks until Saturday 30th August 2008. Open Monday to Saturday from 9.30am to 11pm. Admission is FREE.

www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
www.thepressphotographersyear.com

Photo Festival - Rencontres D'Arles

39th Rencontres D'Arles 8July - 14 September

www.rencontres-arles.com

Image Quest Highlights Environmental Issues

CLV01196, Hawksbill Turtle - dead in fishing net© Carlos Villoch, Image Quest.

Image Quest Marine, has recently added some photographs by Carlos Villoch aiming to highlight environmental concerns in the oceans, such as coral bleaching, damaged coral, blast fishing and discarded nets.
See them at www.imagequestmarine.com/stock

Writer Pictures' Deal With Scotsman Publications

....another PhotoArchiveNews.com exclusive!..

TSPL/Writer Pictures

Writer Pictures has signed a contract with the Scotsman Publications allowing them international syndication of all the Scottish Newspaper's literary portraiture.
Contemporary portraiture by the in-house photographers will sit alongside historical portraits of many of the great and good of Scottish literature.

'Pap Atttack' from the Topfoto Archive

Rome, Italy - 20 October 1960 - 1138223 and 1138225 ©Topham / TopFoto

Anita Ekberg attacks the press
In stockings, angry faced Swedish film star, Anita Ekberg, threatens photographers with a bow and arrows in the grounds of her Roman villa in the early hours of the morning.

Pap Welcome For Dubai Visitors

© Supplied

Xpress.com reports,
Visitors to Dubai are being welcomed in a peculiar fashion at the Dubai International Airport this summer. They are greeted by ‘Paparazzi’ an international troupe from Poland composed of professional jugglers and comic actors by recreating the flash photography of the 70s.

Full report and gallery! www.Xpress4me.com

Jason Friend Printstore Online

Freelance travel photographer and writer, Jason Friend, has launched an online print store through Media Storehouse.

Jason said.... "The website service provider for my print collection is the Media Storehouse, who also handle all elements of the actual print fulfilment. You only have to look at the other well known collections that they handle (National Trust, English Heritage, Newcastle United FC!) to be assured that the print quality will be second to none. And the price?
As I ranted earlier, I have always wanted to keep the cost of my prints low and this is exactly what I have done. Award winning photography from a fiver? Framed prints £60? Stunning canvas prints for under £200? I have waited a long time to say this but...

View the prints here: www.jasonfriendprints.com

Explore a print facility for your images here: www.mediastorehouse.com

County Durham Photo Archive Online

An Outing - Castle Eden - Date: 1920

Snapshots of life through the ages in County Durham are revealed in a new online archive.
From mining disasters to Royal visits and carnival capers – it has all been captured on camera in East Durham over the decades.

Framing a Century: Master Photographers, 1840-1940

Master Photographers' Work of 1840-1940 Highlighted from Rich Holdings of the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

Exhibition Dates: June 3 – September 1, 2008
Exhibition Location: Galleries for Drawings, Prints and Photographs, and The Howard Gilman Gallery, second floor

'New York' Magazine Founder Dies

Clay Felker, 1925 - 2008

Full report at the New York www.nymag.com

Getty Images Announces Sale Completion

SEATTLE, July 02, 2008 - Getty Images, Inc. (NYSE:GYI) today announced the completion of its acquisition by an affiliate of the private equity firm Hellman & Friedman. Getty Images announced on February 25, 2008 a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Hellman & Friedman in a transaction valued at approximately $2.4 billion.

'Photo Illustration' Discussed At Black Star

Most photojournalists are not fans of the "photo illustration" -- the only category of newsroom artwork that permits substantial photo manipulation.
Many see it as an option of last resort. But does it have to be this way? Or, at a time when photojournalists are increasingly under fire for manipulating images with Photoshop, should the profession actually embrace the photo illustration as a means of deterring deception?

Black Star Rising contributors debated this issue in a pair of recent posts.

Christina Berry Joins The Travel Library

Christina Berry has joined the The Travel Library as of 1st July 2008.

'Christina joins us from BAPLA (British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies) where after graduating from London South Bank University she become an office junior for the Association quickly moving onto Association Administrator and then Membership Manager.

Wimbledon from Mirrorpix

www.mirrorpix.com

Developing Image Keyworder

OnAsia has announced the release of a new upgrade to its Windows-based Image Keyworder software, allowing users to participate in its development.
The new version includes a ‘suggest’ function which means that users can proactively propose terms for inclusion in the program’s comprehensive controlled vocabulary.

Wish You Were Here?

WW0401 - View of St Paul's Cathedral and the City of London from the River Thames beach at King's Reach, South Bank - Londonstills.

Proving you don't necessarily have to go away to have a holiday! This picture of the River Thames 'Beach' is one of the photographs www.Londonstills.com has showing the less well known sides of London.

South Africa's History In Pictures

R5.5 million project to ensure South Africa’s story is available in pictures to world publishing markets ahead of 2010 World Cup focus.
africanpictures.net, as part of Africa Media Online(AMO) (Pty) Ltd, is at the heart of an effort to ensure that when the world media turns their attention to South Africa ahead of the 2010 Fifa World Cup, they can find the pictures to tell the nation’s story.

Getty Images Photographers Help Compassionate Eye Foundation

Behind the scenes at a Summer Solstice shoot this year, by Bill Bon

Last week Getty Images contributing photographers as well as art directors, models and crews donated their time to participate in the third annual Summer Solstice creative photo shoots in cities across America, to benefit the Compassionate Eye Foundation.

Kodak Stock Rises

Reported On Reuters 24 June.........

By Franklin Paul
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eastman Kodak Co (EK.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Tuesday it would buy back up to $1 billion of its stock, driving the photography company's share price up nearly 17 percent from historical lows.

Read the full article at www.reuters.com

Job: Epicscotland Seeks New Library Manager

Epicscotland is seeking a new member of the team to develop the picture library and manage the commissions. Based in Glasgow the position is full time and the salary is dependent on experience.

Full details of this job and others here: P A N Industry Jobs

Outsourced Keywording On The Up?

CEPIC Convention 2008 - photo: Paul Brown

The tide is starting to turn from in-house to outsourced keywording if the recent CEPIC convention is anything to go by, says Keedup managing director Kevin Townsend.

“Between the PACA convention last October and CEPIC this month (June) there has been a noticeable change in the number of companies interested in the outsourcing message. That same pattern was repeated in talks with a series of British photo libraries after the convention.”

ITN Source In Deal With Al Jazeera

ITN Source has signed a six figure global deal with Al Jazeera giving the network access to over 800,000 hours of video content for use in its programming.

New Editor At Blend Images

Blend Images Names James Doherty as Senior Editor
Doherty joins the Editing Team to focus on Artist Recruitment, Content, Art Direction, and Editing

ACAP Adopts Plus Image Licensing Standards

ACAP (Automated Content Access Protocol) and the PLUS Coalition (Picture Licensing Universal System) have just announced that ACAP has adopted the PLUS image licensing standards to allow internet search engines to recognize image rights information.
The integration of the PLUS standards within ACAP is a milestone for both organizations, and will allow image creators, distributors, users, museums, libraries and educational institutions to more easily identify, access and understand rights information associated with images.

Job: Picture Researcher at Lebrecht

Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library are looking for a Picture Researcher.
A graduate with one year's picture library experience to work in a small friendly and expanding library in north-west London.

Full details of this job and others here: P A N Industry Jobs

Surfers Attack Paparazzi

Reported on www.Enews20.com.......

A 29-year-old photojournalist trying to photograph and videotape actor Matthew McConaughey at the beach on Saturday told police that he was attacked by a group of surfers who threw his camera in the ocean and stuck him.

Read the full story at www.Enews20.com

Getty Images Shareholders approve sale

from the press release:

Getty Images Stockholders Vote to Approve Acquisition by Hellman & Friedman
SEATTLE, June 20, 2008 - Getty Images, Inc. (NYSE:GYI) announced that its stockholders voted at a special meeting today to adopt the merger agreement entered into on February 24, 2008 providing for the acquisition of Getty Images by affiliates of the private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC.

GreenLight To Rights

Balantine Ad
GreenLight, Corbis' rebranded Rights Service, has recently announced its rights and music clearances work for advertising campaigns for leading brands such as Old Spice, Ballantine’s (above) and American Family Insurance.
It has also signed several licensing agreements on behalf of the Steve McQueen estate.

Image Source launch "Sneak Preview"

"We decided to showcase this current collection in paper format as we remain excited about how well our images work in print and we want to confirm to any designer that they can be bold in using our imagery large and out loud." said Christina Vaughan, Image Source Founder and Chief Executive Officer.

Job: Lebrecht Require Picture Research Assistant

Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library are looking for a recent graduate with good academic grades, to join our small, friendly and expanding office in north-west London.

Full details of this job and others here: P A N Industry Jobs

John Birdsall Commissions Offer

John Birdsall Social Issues Photo Library is offering 50% off photography commissioned before the end of July.
If you need tailor-made photos involving older people this offer may be worth looking at, for more details visit www.johnbirdsall.co.uk

Job: Picture Researcher Required at Mary Evans

Picture researcher required to join growing team at Mary Evans.
The last eighteen months has seen considerable expansion of the business, both in terms of clients and the increasing size of their collection. Subsequently, Mary Evans are seeking an enthusiastic and knowledgeable new member of staff to join the picture research team.

Full details of this job and others here: P A N Industry Jobs

PhotoShelter Plan to Replenish Global Photo Stock

PhotoShelter, with co-sponsors Nikon, Adorama Camera and Shoot Digital are planning an event to on 20 July 2008 aimed at replenishing the global stock photo supply in areas of the greatest buyer demand. Registration for Shoot! The Day is open.

PhotoShelter have also launched The School of Stock , a new online guide to understanding what stock photo buyers' want and how they want it - directly from the minds of leading image buyers and successful photographers.

Virtual Museum of Art - Open

Corbis announced the grand opening of the new Museum of Art for the Arts (MofAA). The MofAA is a virtual museum fictitiously based in New York City that is dedicated to being the foremost art and image museum in the world..

Take a virtual tour www.mofaa.org

Photographer Accuses Marvel and Paramount

According to Photo District News, a Los Angeles photographer has filed a lawsuit agains Marvel and Paramount.
Ronnie Adams, a freelance photographer, claims the makers of the movie Iron Man illegally used one of his photos in the film as part of a mock newspaper front page.

See the full article at www.pdnonline.com

New: Foundation Degree In Press Photography

The Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education’s East Coast Media Centre and The Press Association are due to launch an exciting new Foundation Degree in Press Photography for September 2008.
Jez Goffin, Course Coordinator in Press Photography at the Institute said: "This course is a new and exciting opportunity for people wanting to forge a successful career in press photography, whether they are straight from college or have been working in the industry already, this course is designed to meet the needs of a diverse range of applicants.”

Corbis launches "GreenLight"

Corbis today announced that it is rebranding its Rights Services division to “GreenLight” and will begin offering talent negotiation.

Red Cover Brings You Grey Crawford

© Grey Crawford, Red Cover
Red Cover now offers a selection of the work of US photographer Grey Crawford who has worked with many high profile magazines and has produced 14 books.

Shoot Magazine No More

It has been widely reported in the press that Shoot magazine is closing down after nearly 40 years. The IPC football magazine, so popular in the 70's, 80's and 90's, has suffered from falling sales.

Read the news at: Mail Online, The Guardian.

Dreamstime Goes Multilingual

Dreamstime are now offering their images in multiple languages (English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, German and Portuguese).
Dreamstime.com now offers more than 3 million images in seven different languages, "Certainly, this enhancement is in keeping with customer demand,"said Serban Enache, CEO and co-creator of Dreamstime.com "....makes Dreamstime more accessible to more buyers. People are simply more confortable reading their own language.."

Exhibition & Sale: Elliott Landy Prints

Norman Baugher will be presenting an Exhibition and Sale of Elliott Landy's fine art photographic prints on Thursday 19 June 2008 in New York .

Offside Photographers Shortlisted

Manchester united v Reading, 2007 © Matt Roberts / Offside

Two Offside photographers have been shortlisted for the Barclays Photographic Awards 2008.
Both Mark Leech and Matt Roberts have been nominated in the categories of Photographer of the Season and Shot of the Season. The winners will be announced in early July.

Exhibition: Live By the Lens Die By the Lens

Michael Caine, 1965, Bob Willoughby (b.1927), National Media Museum Collection © Bob Willoughby

Film stars are the embodiments of dreams, their glamorous publicity images carefully crafted and controlled. There are a range of photographers involved in creating the star 'image' while yet others delight in exposing the reality behind the glamour. This exhibition looks at the complex world of film publicity and the photographers whose image-making talents can make or break a star's reputation.

Place: Gallery One, National Media Museum, Bradford, UK
Time: 20 June 2008 - 28 September 2008

For more info visit www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk

Corbis Offers Home Video Clips

Corbis Motion is adding a new selection of humerous user-generated clips from Hollywood Licensing.
"As the trend towards real content such as home videos in advertising accelerates, we expect these will become increasingly popular."said Tammy Treglia, Co-Chairman, Hollywood Licensing, LLC.

Mary Evans - The 'New' Site

Mary Evans Picture Library, have launched a new and improved website.
Completely rewritten on a new platform by Mary Evans IT Director, Mark Braund, the website is designed to make finding pictures on the site easier and quicker. The new search engine means more accurate search results; handling metadata in such a way that descriptive information does not compromise valid search results.

Take the tour! www.maryevans.com

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through A Lens

If you missed Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens, that was shown on Tuesday 10th June on the BBC, you can see the one hour documentary again through BBC iplayer until 17th June 2008.

Documenting the celebrity photographer on the BBC

BBC Motion Gallery and Newscom

BBC Motion Gallery Short Programmes Collection is now available to Newscom Customers.
Newscom, a provider of text and visual content from around the globe, announced the addition of video content from BBC Motion Gallery, the archive sales division of the BBC’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide.

The BBC Motion Gallery Shorts are 3-5 minutes in length, and are categorized by subject matter, including nature and wildlife, travel, history and lifestyle.

V&A Images and Corbis Reach Agreement

V&A Images and Corbis have reached agreement regarding the images taken by Cecil Beaton and Houston Rogers held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A selection of Beaton’s portraits of the royal family and Houston Rogers’ images of the performing arts can be viewed at www.vandaimages.com

Photolibary Ad Campaign a Winner

Photolibrary campaign from TBWA\TEQUILA\ Singapore goes from strength to strength.
The campaign of 3 print ads was launched in December 2007 to promote Photolibrary's royalty-free images, it ran across Asia, Australia and the US. To date the work has won awards at the following regional and international shows: The Spikes, One Show and Clio. The campaign has also made it into D&AD.

The 15th World Editors Forum

Reported on the Haymarket website:
""Investigative journalism and expert analysis ... more important that ever.." that's the message that Mark Payton, digital editorial director at Haymarket Consumer Media brought back from the 15th World Editors Forum (WEF).
"...Audiences now have a greater expectation of immediacy.....18 to 34-year olds are crying out for context and depth."

Read the full article at www.haymarket.com

Visit the 15th World Editors Forum webisite.

See the Associated Press Research press release.

CEPIC in Pictures

CEPIC Committee Member, Paul Brown, has produced a photo record of the CEPIC Congress last week in Malta, below are some of his pictures.

The networking room - '120 tables for agencies in one place'

Networking at the Congress