This request to my About The Image agency from a leading luxury brand: “Hi Will, I hope you are well. I am currently searching for 2 sets of images – one of basil from Egypt and the other of neroli in Tunisia. Both sets of imagery would need to capture…
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photo supplied: Ian Fleming at his desk – Goldeneye, Jamaica – ©The Ian Fleming Estate Ian Fleming Images will be launching tomorrow at Fotofringe London. The collection includes images from Fleming’s quintessentially English childhood in Oxfordshire to his private paradise in Jamaica, Goldeneye. To find out more, visit Anna at table AGF/10.…
“We’re being bombarded with visitor registrations with growth particularly strong in book publishing, magazines, digital media of all kinds and television production which is great to see. Visitors from overseas are a welcome addition, with one France-based visitor writing “British agencies are the best!” That said, the strong showing from…
Great promos and giveaways coming into the PAN office from photo libraries exhibiting at Fotofringe tomorrow – Wednesday 20 UPDATE 5 May 2016 – this in from Nature Picture Library Hi Will, Sheila Corr, freelance picture researcher, was the lucky winner of the Nature Picture Library draw to win a…
Sad news just in from Camera Press: Above: Don in 2007 when Camera Press celebrated their 60th year …he had been with the agency for 60 years at that point. © James Veysey/Camera Press DONALD CHAPMAN 1925 – 2016 Camera Press is sad to announce the death of Donald Chapman,…
A week after newly formed photo agency SilverHub Media launched acclaimed picture editor Ian Down has joined the agency. They say: ‘Ian will join an experienced and energised SilverHub team with a deep passion for photography, who are focused on revitalising the editorial industry.” In his role, Ian will form…
Evening Standard Head of pictures David Ofield who leaves the paper on April 15th 2016. Dave leaves after 29 years on the picture desk which he joined from the Daily Star where he was Deputy Picture Editor. He intends to retire.…
Johnston Press have completed their purchase of the i newspaper and they published the first edition under their ownership on Monday. The new i website also went live this week. Time Inc. UK has launched Live-Smart the UK’s first lifestyle site dedicated to smart tech, which it is aiming to demystify by replacing…
PhotoArchiveNews.com + BikiniLists If you are a PhotoArchiveNews.com reader based in the U.S. and need a decent contacts list to start you off on a marketing campaign for your photo library or photography business – PAN supporter BikiniLists (great name for marketing!) have 35,000 verified creative contacts to start you…
A new photo agency has launched this morning called SilverHub Media or just ‘SilverHub’ as co founder Nick Evans-Lombe (above top left in the agency Team photo) called it yesterday when he called the PhotoArchiveNews.com office to introduce his new venture. Nick says: “We think that some of the fun,…
Just as we were wondering when Corbis’ new owners would start flexing their newly expanded collection Visual China Group went online with the Corbis collection this morning and now have footage stock from UK based ITN Source. ITN Source just signed a partnership with Visual China Group to further expand…
If you are in China and fancy buying a Corbis stock photo Visual China Group have just uploaded them here Related: • Corbis Sold To Visual China Group – Absorbs Into Getty Images…
A few days after PhotoArchiveNews.com announced the Corbis/VCG sale in January I had a call from Corbis Entertainment head Gary Shenk inviting me to an interview with him on what’s next for the brands he did not sell to Visual China Group. On a call last week which lasted 50…
This is what all photo agency owners and staff should be doing, and so few do – looking, enjoying and writing about their contributors. PAN spotted an article below written by photo agency 500px Channel Sales Manager Paul Friesen on his Linkedin page – so we contacted him and asked…
Above Sam Barcroft thanks 1 Million subscribers on the Barcroft TV You Tube channel – April 2015 and below: This week they are another million up at 2M subscribers – March 2016 Congrats Sam! enjoying the new direction for the video’s – loads more reportage-documentary content.…
The Digital Media Licensing Association in America (formerly PACA) announce the election of the following Officers for the 2016-2018 DMLA Executive Board: DMLA President – Geoff Cannon, Masterfile DMLA Vice President – Andy Yang, 500px DMLA Secretary – Candice Murray, Shutterstock DMLA Treasurer – Chris Carey, Minden Pictures DMLA Officers-at-large…
Leading up to this years fotofringe London – April 20 – we are asking photo professionals what triggers the yearly trip to Kings Place. Hi Will, I see you’ve used Alyson Whalley’s answers without a photo so perhaps I can escape? Fotofringe is a great opportunity to meet up with…