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Spotted on the National Museums Scotland site: The National Museums Scotland is looking for a photographer for a 6 month post. The organisation operates four museum sites in Scotland. This fixed term, 6 month post will provide high quality and creative object images for publication, web, research and display in…
click ↑ for all Evelyn Hofer images Getty Images Archive are now representing the work of German-American portrait and documentary photographer Evelyn Hofer (b.1922 d.2009). They say: ‘Described as the most famous unknown photographer in America, Hofer has recently enjoyed a major revival of interest. Her pioneering early colour work,…
Eyevine are now representing images and reportage features from independent photo collective Nar Photos in the UK photo market. Nar are based in Istanbul, Turkey, established in 2003 by photographers for whom documentary photography is a visual tool of “understanding and expressing” the world.…
Shutterstock are continuing their charge in the commercial stock media arena reporting ‘Revenue for the third quarter of 2014 was $83.7 million, a 41% increase from $59.6 million in the third quarter of 2013’. Highlights include: – Third quarter revenue increased 41% from prior year to $83.7 million – Adjusted…
↑ click it Getty Images has announced the UK launch of its first consumer app, Getty Images Stream, enabling users to access, curate and share its vast catalogue of content …easily and legally shareable and embeddable via mobile devices “Our new, free Stream app delivers Getty Images’ stunning news, sport…
Shutterstock have launched Sequence to enable anyone to easily mock up a video by matching video and music from the Shutterstock collection, with footage and audio of their own. They say: Sequence is a lightweight, easy-to-use video editing tool which lives entirely within your Chrome browser window. With Sequence, anyone…
DAM systems provider Capture have release a new version of their web-based media research tool – Capture Desk. They say: dramatically speeds up the media research workflow, as well as providing valuable project and secure rights management tools. Benefits include the following: • Collaborate over projects in real-time; record rights and…
Refreshing approach to the photo library calendar here ↑ from the Mary Evans Picture Library. Their ‘Amazing’ 2015 calendar features vibrant illustrations chosen from their archive of small-format pulp fiction magazine published 1920’s and 1950’s and originally acquired for the library by co-founder Hilary Evans. Titles such as Amazing Stories,…
Updated 6 Nov UK, London, 4th November 2014 – Professionals and amateur photographers have a just few more days to enter their images to the 2014 UK Picture Editors’ Guild Awards sponsored by Nikon, as the deadline for entries is extended until 14th November 2014. The competition seeks to recognise…
↑ Matt Carrington © Nate Jones British photographer Matt Carrington has died this morning in Florida. Matt made an announcement on Facebook last week saying he had been diagnosed with terminal liver disease. He was 44 years old. • This in from Kevin Smith, founder of Splash News: “Splash was…
A new licensing scheme launched by the UK Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, Intellectual Property Office ‘could give wider access to at least 91 million culturally valuable creative works including diaries, photographs, oral history recordings and documentary films.’ They say: These works are covered by copyright, but rights holders…
all photos: © CERN CERN the European Council for Nuclear Research has accumulated about a quarter of a million hard-copy images in its archive and they need captioning. Some 120,000 black and white images from the period 1955-1985 are currently being digitised, with files being uploaded in batches of several…
Update: Twitpic has announced ‘that we have reached an agreement with Twitter to give them the Twitpic domain and photo archive, thus keeping the photos and links alive for the time being.’ Oct 18 2014 Shutting down: Twitpic – export your photos/videos by 25 Oct Just a reminder here, if…
↑ Picture Post Photographer Thurston Hopkins in Tonga, 26th December 1953. Hopkins is sitting under a home-made sign reading ‘Picture Post South Seas Office, Tonga’. Picture Post – 6832 – Report From Tonga – pub. 1953 (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photographer Thurston Hopkins passed away peacefully on…
Stock photo agency Alamy has opened an office in Brisbane, Australia. The agency has been selling directly into Australia and New Zealand since 2012… Rachel Wakefield, head of sales says: ‘This is a key market for us and after the success over the last few years it’s a good time…
↑ Great shot of David sent in by photographer Duncan Raban ↑ David Redfern by David Redfern 1 Jan 1950 – supplied Getty Images Very sad news to report this morning, David Redfern music photographer and founder of Redferns Music Picture Library died in France on Wednesday 22 October, after…
Photo: supplied Bonn – Germany- based photo agency Vario is now representing images from newly formed stock photo producer MITO images which offers a collection of modern, European-influenced people and lifestyle photography. They say: ‘Topics such as family, health, business and sports are implemented by the agency’s photographers in a…
This year marks the 40th anniversary of Lord Lucan’s disappearance on 8 November 1974, photo library Topfoto have found a great selection of license ready images of Lucan for your coverage.…
