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Brand new stock photo agency Stocksy have put out their latest ‘Assignment’ call for stock photos – they say: “We’ve been rounding up all of your special moments with Mom, but… we’d love to see more! So begins Assignment: Mother. Upload your images to Stocksy with the keyword “mother”, or…

Over sixty photo agencies will be exhibiting at this years German stock photo industry event PICTADay run by the BVPA. The event is on 4/18/2013 from 10:00 – 18:00 at Panorama Deck at Emporio Tower, Dammtorwall 15, 20355 Hamburg. Full details here BVPA – Federation of Press photo agencies and…

2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners • Associated Press photographers have been awarded the agency’s 51st Pulitzer Prize in the Breaking News Photography category. • Agence France-Presse freelance photographer Javier Manzano has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize in the Feature Photography category. The award to AP was made on the strength of…

Budding stock photo industry author Luci Gosling, Business Development Manager at Mary Evans photo library, is behind a new photo blog from the library called Picturing the Great War. The blog is dedicated to telling the stories of the First World War which are being uncovered on a daily basis…

Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library will be giving away a signed copy of “Musical Portraits: Photographs and Reflections by Jan Persson” to one lucky winner at Fotofringe London on 24th April The book celebrates Jan Persson’s unique and high quality jazz and rock photographs from American jazz greats Louis…

“We have 2 / 3 desks available to rent in our 4th floor shared office space. Ideal for start-up businesses or freelancers. You will be sharing the space with a photo library. Ready and available to move in straight away. Available on a rolling monthly basis” You will be able…

Barry Pickthall, MD at UK based photo library PPL Photo Agency, told PhotoArchiveNews.com this week, “We have discovered 3,000 ‘lost’ photographs taken at the start and finish of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston’s first solo non-stop round the world circumnavigation in 1968/9.” The pictures cover Knox-Johnston’s entry in the Sunday Times Golden…

Performing arts image library ArenaPAL are online with a brand new website Biddy Hayward from the library told PhotoArchiveNews.com this morning “It’s a very exciting time for ArenaPAL – as we continue to expand our content, our intuitive new search engine provides a perfect showcase in speed and accessibility for…

Magnum Editions have released ‘Undercover Spitalfields‘ a new publication by Peter Marlow. The book, commissioned by Ballymore Group, includes Marlow’s detailed studies of Spitalfields’ beautiful architecture, including the old market, the lovingly refurbished French Huguenot houses, Christ Church Spitalfields and the infamous Victorian pub ‘The Ten Bells’, notorious haunt of…

British Museum Images are now licensing a selection of images from the from the exhibition ‘Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum’ The images are of artifacts found at Pompeii and Herculaneum preserved under ash, ‘their rediscovery providing an unparalleled glimpse into the daily life of the Roman Empire.’ The…

Great selection of new photo work from photographers at Getty Images Global Assignment brand “Give us the brief, and we’ll make it happen, whether you require traditional stills, video, 3D, or 360 degree photography.” Get the experience here!…

The French Association des Femmes Journalistes (AFJ) and Canon France are launching, with Images Evidence, the thirteenth competition of the Canon Female Photojournalist Award granted by the Association des femmes Journalistes (AFJ). This Award, with support of Le Figaro Magazine, is handed out every year during the Visa pour l’Image…

Great image gallery marketing from UK based Robert Harding Picture Library! ↑ Hit the search button to view and license wonderful travel photo stock from their collection. Spotted this via their @RH_WorldImagery Twitter feed…

This just in from the agency: NEW YORK, April 10, 2013— VII Photo Agency announced today that CEO Stephen Mayes is resigning, effective May 30. International Director Nick Papadopoulos will serve as VII’s interim CEO until a successor to Mayes is named. “It’s very tough to leave this great, talented…

With the ever increasing speed of photo content demand picture editors struggle to find the time to leave their desk and visit photo agency and picture library offices – so PhotoArchiveNews.com is bringing them to you! If you have ever wondered where the millions of photos and footage clips we…

Getty Images has announced the appointment of Tara M. Comonte as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at the agency. They say: ‘Ms. Comonte has more than a decade of experience delivering outstanding business performance in fast-paced, results-focused, international organizations. Since 2010, Ms. Comonte has served as Global CFO of McCann Worldgroup,…

↑ Pictured: L to R – Gary Morgan, SNTV sales Jess Townsend and UK sales head Dave Elllis Splash News is celebrating its tenth visit to the TV market MIPTV in Cannes by announcing it’s web video show now boasts more than one billion streams a year. Full report on…

Zodiak Rights, the international division of Zodiak Media, announced that it is expanding its business by launching a brand new archive division, Zodiak Clips. Zodiak Clips is an on-line clips exploitation initiative which aims to monetize short form content from across the group as well as third parties. Full details…