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Fleet Street photographer Matt Carrington dies aged 44

↑ 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…

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UK Gov: 91 million orphan works ready to license – Apply now

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…

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Help: 250K images need captioning …and it’s not going to be easy

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…

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Updated: Twitter take over Twitpic servers and photo archive

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…

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Picture Post Photographer Thurston Hopkins dies aged 101

↑ 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…

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Alamy opens Australian office

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…

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Found: Lord Lucan

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.…

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Reminder: Fotofringe London 2015 – rebooking ends 31 Oct

↑ At the tables talking images – Fotofringe London 2014 © Robert Piwko Photo agencies, picture libraries and footage resources it’s time to secure your spot in front of hundreds of content buyers for the 2015 Fotofringe London event. Agencies who have rebooked for fotofringe 2015 so far include: Alamy,…

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New site: The Independent Photographers Association

Photo: Duchess of Cambridge & Prince George visit Taronga Zoo © NUNN British Royal Rota group The Independent Photographers Association – IPA – are online with a brand new website. The IPA consists of five independent Royal photographers and was founded in 1989 by Robin Nunn of Fleet Street photo…

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René Burri 1933 – 2014

Photo: Rene Burri AUTOPORTRAIT, Coronado, New Mexico, 1973/83 Supplied by Magnum Magnum photographer René Burri died on the 20 October. – View his portfolio here…