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Photo supplied – Picture Editors’ Guild One of the founding fathers of the UK Picture Editors’ Guild, and its first chairman, Stewart Boyd, has died in Edinburgh after a long illness. He was 73. For 20 years he was picture editor of The Scotsman. He joined the Edinburgh based paper…
Updated: 14/11/2014: Rhonda died on the 6 November – full announcement here Rhonda Wilson MBE 17 August 1953 – 6 November 2014 This in from PAN reader- Photographer and Picture Editor Tom Broadbent: Hi Will, A friend of mine, in fact my old tutor from university has been ill for…
↑ Kerim Okten photo by Aybige Mert via epa Sad new just in from the epa – European Pressphoto Agency: 10th April, 2014 – epa’s acclaimed photographer and beloved colleague Kerim Okten has died in a motorbike accident in Turkey today. Kerim Okten was born in Istanbul in 1972. He…
↑ David and his Hampton Court Half Marathon medal – 23rd Feb ↑ David training – 20-mile Marathon training run in Hyde Park on 23rd March PAN reader David Hayes, Sales Executive for Splash News/Corbis, is running his first London Marathon on Sunday. His miles will help the charity Parkinson’s…
↑ Paul ‘Just getting some last minute tips..’ looking far too relaxed! PAN reader Paul Langan, Senior Picture Researcher at the Carlton Publishing Group will be taking part in the London Marathon this weekend – Sunday 13th April. Paul told PhotoArchivenews.com this week: “Hi Will I’m running in my first…
UPDATE: Congratulations to Mark Braund, who completed Sunday’s London Marathon in 4 hours and 47 minutes to raise money for Anthony Nolan, the charity which arranges stem cell transplants for people suffering from life-threatening blood cancers. Blackheath-based Mary Evans Picture Library is delighted, if a little concerned, to announce that…
ArcticPhoto, A stock photo library specialising in the Polar Regions with 15,000 images searchable online have a new address as flyer above – From 14 April 2014…
This in from Berlin based photo agency Favorite Picture: Three-time Olympic champion Maria Höfl-Riesch just retired from her professional sports career. The famous German ski star collected a huge number of medals and victories achieving everything she could hope for when she started skiing at the age of three. Simon…
FotoDocument will commission and curate ten new photo essays based on the ten sustainability principles of One Planet Living, adopted by the city of Brighton & Hove. The commissions will result in ten exciting new public exhibitions simultaneously installed in ten key public spaces around the city as an arts…
↑ photo montage ©Werner Otto / vario images Bonn, Germany based stock photo agency Vario Images are now representing photographer Werner Otto best known for his travel photography. As well his historic photos from the 60s, 70s and 80s Vario also has Otto’s images from his days as a sports…
Photo agency Getty Images is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of its grants programme this year by offering five grants of $10,000 each, awarded to photojournalists pursuing projects of personal and journalistic significance. In 2014, five grants of $10,000 each will be awarded to photojournalists pursuing projects of personal and journalistic…
IPC – the publisher of UK men’s lifestyle magazine Nuts – has announced that it has ‘entered into a 30-day consultation with staff about the potential closure of Nuts and Nuts.co.uk.’ IPC Inspire managing director Paul Williams says: “After 10 years at the top of its market, we have taken…
↑ Alex McLaren self portrait with MPP camera A fascinating new photographic exhibition at Perth Museum & Art Gallery, Perth & Kinross Council, tells the story of three Perth photographic businesses at a time when the demand for newspaper photography grew hugely. ‘The Golden Age of Photojournalism’ focuses on the…
↑ Brianna Wettlaufer – the new CEO at Stocksy – photo ©Stocksy Stock photo licensing coop Stocksy – launched a year ago by industry vet Bruce Livingstone – has announced ‘impressive growth, profitability and the appointment of a new CEO’, Brianna Wettlaufer and CTO, Richard Brown. They say: After only…
L-R: Sophie Exton, Laura Watts, Laura Hegarty and Ed Maidment photo ©RexFeatures Four new staff postings at London based photo agency Rex Features this week: • Ed Maidment, previously Associate Picture Editor at The Times, joins as Diary Editor due to the retirement of industry veteran John Melhuish • Laura Watts joins…
A great fresh idea here from the Bridgeman Art Library, very much a staple for history and art stock photos since 1972 – launching a new licensing platform this week The Bridgeman Studio, to license carefully selected imagery from existing contemporary artists as well as new emerging artists. They say:…
Photographer Sergio Pitamitz has launched a searchable website specialising in wildlife and travel images from the 5 continents, featuring an editorial and commercial portfolio with a searchable, e-commerce enabled image source at Sergio Pitamitz Travel and Wildlife Photography Sergio’s photography career began in F1 racing and reportage photography. His curiosity…
Photo agency VII has announced the next roster of photographers to join its VII Mentor Program, an education initiative launched in 2008 to provide professional development for emerging photographers whom VII consider to be amongst the brightest new talents in the industry. The VII Mentor Program was conceived in 2008…
