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Photo © Chris Stein Chris Stein/Negative: Me, Blondie and The Advent of Punk at Somerset House, London until 25 January See over 50 previously unpublished photographs by Chris Stein, co-founder of Blondie, providing a behind the scenes look on life in the band, from their underground early days to global sell-out…

   Edward Steichen: In High Fashion, The Condé Nast Years 1923-1937 is on until 18 Jan 15 at the Photographers Gallery, London The exhibition marks the period when Steichen was working for Condé Nast on its two most prestigious publications, Vogue and Vanity Fair.  The exhibition offers a rare opportunity to…

Photo archive feature ↑ 6 DECEMBER 1964 Elizabeth Taylor and her husband Richard Burton emerging from their hotel. Rumours swept around the world that the actress had been involved in a deadly car crash on the Riviera but her appearance has proved the contrary. Paris, France. ©TopFoto.co.uk Photo library Topfoto…

The tenth Lens Festival : ‘Reportage’ runs this week at National Library of Wales Aberystwyth 28th – 29th November ‘An opportunity for professional and amateur photographers, archivists and collectors, historians and journalists to discuss photography in Wales and learn more about the wealth of Welsh documentary photography held at the…

↑ Diving bell, invented by Otis Barton enables new records in deep sea diving, New York. Photograph. 1930 America 1930 ©Imagno/Austrian Archives/The Image Works New York based editorial stock photo agency The Image Works has announced the addition of Imagno for licensing. Imagno -based in Austria- conceives itself as a…

“As you can imagine, Wales in November is wet and cold, and for one of the stages I was standing on a bank about a metre or so from where the drivers go past. Norwegian driver Andreas Mikkelsen came through and clipped the corner, throwing up a load of mud,…

↑ the book …on a dry desk! PAN featured photographer Phil Clarke Hill has published his first photo book in the form of a bookazine called ‘Free To Party’ after a successful kickstarter campaign. I met with Phil yesterday at the Photographers Gallery London ….where, in the excitement of handing…

Photo archive feature ↑ Daily Mirror photographer Bela Zola won 1st prize in the Features category of the World Press Photo Contest 1956 with his image of the Teddy boys singing in church In the first of a new photo feature series called ‘Behind the Lens’, Mirrorpix have focused on…

The photos video and audio news archives of the Kenya News Agency (KNA) are to be digitised by the The Information and Communication Technology Authority (ICTA) – a Government of Kenya state Corporation under the Ministry of Information Communication and Technology. Kenya News Agency (KNA) was established on December 5th…

View a great full screen presentation – Pictures of 2014 – from Paris based photo agency VU’. The retrospective includes extracts from VU’ photographers personal projects, assignments, news features, portraits, all shot throughout the past year.…

↑ Duke of Alba’s daughter, the Duchess of Alba. Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart; Maria del Rosario Cayetana Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Francisca Fitz-James Stuart y Silva; María del Rosario Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva; aged 16 years 26/01/1942 Marc Russell, Picture Librarian at the News UK archive, – home to the image…

Maground, a specialist supplier of urban, landscape and road stock photography and the world’s largest online supplier of HDR Domes has opened its new sales office in central London. The agency offers an extensive portfolio of high quality RM images from 150 professional photographers based across the globe. “We are…