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↑ This in from our what’s-on-TV reporter Mark Leech, MD at sports photo agency Offside… showing a question during BBC Four TV programme Only Connect Quiz show in which teams draw together the connections between seemingly random things. … Mark commented: “Oi, Coren, what about Offside ?” Cracking! – more…

Corbis have launched Corbis CRAVE – a digital boutique offering a portfolio of hand-curated imagery available both as an iPad application and a website. They say: ‘CRAVE images are inspirational, trend relevant and feature the best of the best when it comes to premium commercial photography. The expert-curated galleries and…

• Tuesday 11 June, from 11.00 H to 18.45 H: Photocentric Day/ Photo Agency – View programme • Wednesday 12 June, from 10.00 H to 16.00 H: Trade Association Day at CEPI: – Morning session on REGISTRIES and LEGAL PANEL – Afternoon session COLLECTING SOCIETIES • Wednesday 12 June at…

Release Date: May 15, 2013 $65.00 hardcover ISBN: 978-0-292-74408-0 10 x 12 inches, 288 pages, 166 color and b&w photos by Michael Kamber – publisher University of Texas Press Michael Kamber, a writer and photojournalist for over 25 years, who covered the Iraq War for the New York Times between…

UK based photo library Topfoto have kicked off an in-depth image edit celebrating their representation of the Roger-Viollet collection. They say: In honour and celebration of the 75th anniversary of Paris-based Roger-Viollet … we announce French Month! First in this “entente cordiale” series is to look at Marseille-Provence which is…

↑ Click to view the latest shoot edit from photographer Jim Erickson at Erickson Stock…

Latest articles n our new site FootgaeNews.com – covering video and footage stock news: Watch: Bridgeman Footage – latest showreel StormStock celebrates 20 years – more images and cleaner workflows added…

A selection of images from the Magnum Photos archives are now available to license through photo agency plainpicture in Hamburg. The photo editors at planinpictures have done a great job editing the Magnum collection selecting clean commercial stock images to fit their own creative photo buyer client needs… They say:…

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As part of a new relationship between UK picture library association BAPLA and PhotoArchiveNews.com we will be reporting on the work BAPLA is doing to uphold image copyright protection through the UK and European Law creators. here’s their latest update: ERR Bill becomes law The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill,…

Picture Editors at Newsweek and The Palm Beach Post were winners at the The NPPA – National Press Photographers Association’s Best Of Photojournalism 2013 Newspaper Picture Editor of the Year awards. The picture desk team at the LA Times and zReportage by photo agency ZUMA were among the honours. Full…

Frankfurt base photo agency epa -european pressphoto agency- is celebrating it’s tenth birthday with a collection of the most outstanding epa images spanning the past decade has been compiled as a slide show (above) available also an e-book. Hannah Hess, Editor-in-Chief of epa, said: “Ten years ago the then existing…

Salt Lake City based photo agency Newscom have announced the launch of a new photo resource, a sister company, Pixation Images providing ‘creative content for commercial use.’ Pixation Images is providing travel, stock, lifestyle, and creative imagery from stock photography partners like akg-images, Cultura, Danita Delimont , DPA, imagebroker,Robert Harding…

Updated article: Specialist health, beauty and wellness image library urbanlip.com are re-running their popular offer from last year’s Fotofringe. …and the winner is: ‘We’re thrilled to announce that the winner of our fotofringe competition is Eve George, picture director of Daily Mail, YOU Magazine. She was only one lip away…

Joanna Smith who was by the side of Cepic President Alan Smith [owner of picture library Topfoto] for the formative years of 1997 to 2009 and Chairman in the founding years of Bapla died peacefully on the 19 April 2013 aged 75 years. A private funeral will be held today…

↑ UK: Women’s weekly title Best, published by Hearst Magazines UK, has unveiled a new website and new-look magazine. They say: Best has responded to these new findings in the re-development of both magazine and website – with bestdaily.co.uk the only online leisure, shopping and entertainment destination catering for this…

BBC reports: ‘Photography groups have reacted angrily to new legislation passed in Parliament over the use of copyrighted material when the owner cannot be contacted.’ Full report here: bbc.co.uk…

and the winner is … Toby Hopkins (Senior Account Manager, Publishing) from Corbis writes: ‘Corbis had a great day. Over 150 people entered our prize draw to win the Diana De Luxe camera kit from Lomography. We’ve just pulled the winner’s name – congratulations to Susie Peachey of Dorling Kindersley,…