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Photo supplied Getty Images, has signed a deal with the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) to create a bespoke digital archive system for the QOC’s heritage assets. The system will host videos, tapes, DVDs, photos and documents dating back from 1979. As part of the deal, Getty Images ‘will also share…

↑ Justin Foulkes image from a year around the British Isles A great stock photo feature idea here from 4Corners Images photo library. ‘The Highlands or the Isle of Wight, to Tintern in Wales or Seaford in Kent, photographer Justin Foulkes always comes home with a good shoot.’ Here’s a…

This in from the picture researchers at UK photo library Topfoto : ‘Will, FYI just came across this, don’t suppose there are any pictures it produced hanging around.’ • Filename: EU054570_montage.jpg ← click to license. • Caption: World’s largest process camera for colour work runs on rail track. Occupies two rooms,…

Mary Evans picture library have uploaded a brand new batch of license-ready images from their representation of the Medici Society. They say: ‘It’s an eclectic mix with everything from stunning pencil drawings of lions and giraffes by contemporary artist Julie Small to 18th and 19th century views of London.’…

Anyway … here’s the link…

Photo: Charles Dharapak by Ted Anthony, AP’s director of Asia-Pacific news – AP supplied Charles Dharapak, a veteran photographer who has spent the past decade chronicling the activities and travels of U.S. presidents and American political campaigns, has been named Asia-Pacific regional photo editor for The Associated Press. Dharapak, 43,…

‘Photography has the power to fascinate, inspire, and even change the way we see and understand the world around us. Today, we’re excited to introduce the first annual Flickr 20under20 – an initiative that celebrates 20 of the world’s most extraordinary young photographers on Flickr.’ View the photography here…

Leftris just sent this photo in… Photo: Associated Press photographer Lefteris Pitarakis covering clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian demonstrators near the West Bank city of Hebron. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) The Photography Oxford festival runs for the next three weeks and features a number of Press photo events. Truth &…

click it ↑ and use the history slider to find the Photographers and Photographs They say: ‘Photogrammar is a web-based platform for organizing, searching, and visualizing the 170,000 photographs from 1935 to 1945 created by the United States Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information (FSA-OWI). NB: most images…

• Heritage Open Days: W.W. Winter Photographers Winter House, 45 Midland Road, Derby, Derbyshire. • Thursday 11 September – Saturday 13 September ‘There has been a photography studio in Midland Road, Derby since at least 1857. This was owned by Monsieur Emmanuel Nicholas Charles who employed our founder, Walter William…

Updated Fri 19 Sept: the video of the event just dropped in …watch ↓…

Getty Images sent Microsoft a legal note last week about the launch of ‘Image Widget’ on Microsoft’s search platform Bing. The Beta widget allowed users to download and embed any image on the search engine. They appear to have taken the note seriously as the widget has been temporarily removed.…

A useful evening of legal learning here from the The Federal Association of Professional Image provider (BVPA) in Germany – their latest PICTAnight social evening event on the 18th September will feature keynote speaker Tilo Dinter lawyer from the law firm Dinter Kreißig & Partners, a specialist on the areas…

Getty Images has launched Getty Images Prestige – ‘a new selection of our highest-quality imagery, distinguished by a unique aesthetic approach, exceptional craftsmanship and uncompromising quality.’ The edit for this new collection (just under five thousand images) has been hand-selected by their in-house creative experts and features unique collaborations between…

Here’s a thread gaining momentum on the Shutterstock Contributors forum: National Trust Properties images removed. Shutterstock: “On August 27 we received a message from National Trust Properties to remove all images containing their properties from the Shutterstock libraries. These images cannot be resubmitted as editorial and all future images of…

Enjoyed this simple stock photo promo which dropped into the PAN email this week from Architectural and Home lifestyle photo agency EWA Stock – a fresh look on their content, ‘Cut Outs’ – have a search around here…