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↑ © Dr Kannan Arthreya – BT Citizens Award Winner 2012 ↑ © Jason Howe – SABMiller Photographer of the Year and Photo Essay Winner 2012 The 2013 sponsors ↑ …PhotoArchiveNews.com is Media Partner to the awards Details: LIGHTS, CAMERA, AWARDS – Launch of the 2013 UK Picture Editors’ Guild…

Great timeline and copyright stamps here from photo agency owner Chris Walter current owner at Photofeatures International in California. Full details and agency stamps on the Press Photo History Project now…

Award-winning filmmaker Don Letts explores the work of photojournalist Kent Gavin, the only photographer invited to Prince William’s christening. Today …and read the pre show interview with Gavin here…

You have seen the official wire agency photos now view what the ‘people’ are snapping – Clarence House the official London residence of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, and Princes William and Harry are now uploading Royal event photos to Instagram …and someone caught Royal photographer…

Photo agency VII are online with a new look website They say: ‘Since its inception in 2001, VII has been driven by the spirit of innovation through a tumultuous decade of history. Continuing its tradition, VII is proud to announce the launch of its new website which marks a pivotal…

Excellent work here by BAPLA and particularly to Paul Brown, MD at Mary Evans, who is representing BAPLA and the stock image industry as a Member of The Copyright Hub which launches a consultation pilot this week. The launch of the Copyright Hub is one of the outcomes of the…

PhotoArchiveNews.com reader Katherine Van Acker at photo library The Image Works dropped us this Dear Will, We are doing a little fun contest via our Facebook page. I wonder if you would be interested in adding it to you news briefs? I hope you are enjoying the beginning of summer.…

Downloading images and footage from Shutterstock will soon be available via a Dropbox account. Wyatt Jenkins, VP of Product at Shutterstock: “Our Dropbox integration will give you a frictionless way to store creative assets, sync them across all your devices, and effortlessly collaborate with colleagues on creative projects.” …more on…

Portfolio website company Photoshelter just launched Beam, ‘our brand-new platform delivering cutting-edge portfolio websites for pro photographers. These portfolios integrate with our online business tools, plus connect with third party platforms photographers use everyday like Instagram, Vimeo, WordPress and Tumblr.’ • Take a look here • Learn about Beam from…

News Exclusive… Premium stock photo agency Trunk Archive in New York have announced new shareholders. Matthew Moneypenney, CEO at Trunk, explained the new structure to PhotoArchiveNews.com: “Trunk Archive was started by, and had mostly been owned by a consortium of Danish investors. This group recently sold their shares to the…

These images in this week from PAN friends PA Images and FameFlynet both covering the lead up to the Royal birth – the media frenzy is only a matter of days away now! ↑ A collection of ladders stand outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London…

a PhotoArchiveNews.com industry news exclusive Joe Sené (above) who has nearly 20 years experience as a picture editor and agency manager at celebrity photo agency giants Big Pictures, Splash News and WENN is heading up Vantage News, a new London based celebrity news and photo agency, which launches today. Vantage…

This just in: James West (Alamy CEO) and Mike Fischer (Alamy Chairman) have invested in a smartphone video start up called Manything, an innovative new video recording service that uses smartphones and tablets as remote video cameras. Other investors on the board include Dan Germain, Head of Creative at Innocent…

Editorial photographers Rob Clinton Alex Coghe John Hornbeck Gabriele Lopez Theodor Panorios Michael Ernest Sweet and Jonathan Van Smit have got together to produce a magazine called ‘noise’ showcasing their recent work available to licence. They say ‘We are a collective focused on a project. We have not started with…

It’s on eBay! …for £5.99 – London Fleet street novelty entrance door mat 40 x 60…

Photographer Antonin Kratochvil represented by VII photo agency discusses photography & more with Vogue Italy as part of their Vogue Masters series here: ‘Antonin Kratochvil one of the first to introduce an authorial aesthetics in photojournalism’…

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,…