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UK based photo library Topfoto are online this month with a selection of images from the collection based around the photo news fifty years ago – above is Christine Keeler on her way to the Stephen Ward trial Other highlights in the edit include shots from the Tour de France,…

↑ FIRST PRIZE : Photo Essay Andrew McConnell, Panos Pictures – click it for the slideshow The results of The Press Photographer’s Year for 2013 have been announced. Photographer Adrian Dennis at AFP won three prize categories PHOTOGRAPH OF THE YEAR – FIRST PRIZE : Sports Folio of the Year…

ITV, the UK TV channel covering the Tour de France, are uploading a daily photo gallery of each days racing. They say: ‘We’ll be posting a selection of the best photos of the 100th Tour de France throughout the race’s three weeks. Check back here daily to see them.’ thanks…

Updated: this in from PPHP contributor photographer David Levenson – thank you Daivd! Hi Will I saw your query on PPHP about Joe Waldorf. I met him in the States many years ago on a Queen Tour in 1983. I think he lived in California, and would guess is probably…

Getty Images has partnered with AcademicPub™, a technology platform which enables faculty to create customised course packs with real-time selection of copyright-cleared content from multiple publishers and sources. They say: ‘Under the terms of the partnership, AcademicPub, as part of its continued mission to help educators provide engaging learning experiences,…

Twitter have updated their ‘power user’ platform TweetDeck to enable larger and more flexible previews to make ‘your media shine’. They say: ‘Media previews on TweetDeck used to appear as small thumbnails that you could turn on and off from the settings panel. Now, we offer previews in three sizes…

Multimedia celebrity photo agency FameFlynet are now offering subscription packages aimed at all web and publishing companies ….and catering for all budgets. They say: ‘For a single monthly subscription fee you get access to all the high-resolution celebrity images you will ever need 24 hours a day, 7 days a…

PA images in the UK have launched a logo ↑ and added 16,000 creative stock images from Candybox – all model released…

PhotoArchiveNews.com friend Clare Giles is going to be pounding the turf running 10k in the Cancer Research UK Race for Life event Maidstone, Kent on the 7th July 2013 – She took up the challenge on news of a friend recently diagnosed with breast cancer – SO, if cancer has…

Nic Newman Digital News Report editor – ‘News is becoming more mobile, more social, and more real-time. This year’s survey reveals continuing shifts in how, when, and where people access the news, with digital patterns becoming more entrenched – particularly amongst the younger half of the population. Audiences increasingly want…

One of the largest, best preserved and working UK newspaper photo archives just doubled in size. Trinity Mirror has announced plans to unify its regional newspaper photographic libraries. The plans will see the centralisation of all Trinity Mirror’s archives into the existing library in Watford which will bring the huge…

FOCAL International’s Footage Training Week, set to kickoff Monday July 8th, offers learning and networking opportunities for media professionals of all kinds. The weeklong course provides a thorough introduction to the issues, challenges and new developments in the world of footage archives, including sessions on film history, restoration and an…

The 18th Annual PACA Conference returns to New York City October 20-23 – this year’s theme will be “Opportunity in Change”. Speakers already book in are Alex Goh, CEO of Imgembed – Lania Moore, Founder and CEO of InstaStock – Bruce Livingstone, Co-founder and CEO of Stocksy and Kathleen Green-Buyer…

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↑ he’s in it (21 seconds in) We reported on his debut screen appearance in January this year – now PAN reader Steve Behan, Carlton Publishing Picture Manager, is back with another role this time with Kelly Brook and Lorraine Kelly.. click above and spot him (in the car) …well,…

↑ A marvellous photo app here from the masters of Tour de France photo reportage L’Équipe They say: ‘Le Tour seen by L’Équipe photographers’ Experience the greatest moments in the Tour history thanks to hundreds of pictures taken by the photographers of one of the world’s leading sports dailies, revealing…