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The New York Times ‘Bits’ blog reports how rare celeb photos taken by a members of the public via Instagram are becoming popular with magazine editors. ‘Earlier this week, a rare and new photo of the pop star Beyoncé and her daughter, Blue Ivy, quickly spread around the Internet, on…

….’With the complete shift to digital we see comparatively little of the researchers who use our images and nowadays even a phone call is rare, so used are we to emailing and ordering online. Which is why it’s so exciting to be attending fotofringe in London for the third year…

Sarah McDonald, Curator at the [Getty Images] Hulton Archive, has posted an article on the Getty Images blog about the first staff photographers at Picture Post magazine. ‘When, in 1934, Stefan Lorant was asked to revamp Weekly Illustrated along the lines of pictorial magazines he’d edited in Germany he had…

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Congratulations to photographer Andrew Boyers at photo agency Action Images who won “Sports Picture of the Year” category at the 2012 Sports Journalists’ Association (SJA) British Sports Journalism Awards this week. The winning image, above, is a shot of South Korea’s Woojin Hwang being dismounted from his horse Shearwater Oscar…

An announcement from Rex Features: Tony Kyriacou started at Rex as an office junior in the mid 90’s. He was offered a staff photographer’s job after smuggling himself into a Spice Girls party at the Oxo Tower, armed with a point and shoot and leaving with his first exclusive set…

Staff at the Getty Images Sydney office got together & ’embraced their most craziest dance moves’ to give you the Harlem Shake Um …Ten out of Ten people! Send your agency Harlem Shake videos to [email protected] The last time Getty Images staff produced a video was in 2010 – PAN…

Alamy are online this morning with a great looking new website – the agency’s CEO James West explained all in a blog post yesterday: ‘As you know if you read this blog we have been working on lots of stuff lately to make buying from Alamy a better experience for…

Stocksy, ‘a digital licensing co-op’ launches today. Founded by Bruce Livingstone, the man who bought the stock photo industry iStockphoto (which he sold to Getty Images in 2006), the platform offers a new concept for contributing photographers: ‘An online marketplace owned collectively by its photographer-members and dedicated to paying them…

The COO of Getty Images, Nick Evans-Lombe, is to leave the agency on 31 March. This just in from Getty Images…. Statement from Getty Images Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Klein “Getty Images Chief Operating Officer Nick Evans-Lombe, who has played a significant leadership role in the growth and…

Developing story …French photo agency Sipa which has been in bankruptcy since December 2012 is to be taken over by UK based photo agency giant Rex Features and Belgium based photo agency Isopix…PAN understands three parties bid for the agency a few weeks ago with the winners being decided by…

Above – The book cover & Images from the library Luci Gosling, Business Development Manager at UK photo library Mary Evans, has completed her latest book ‘Debutantes and the London Season’ with all images from the Mary Evans collection The book focuses on ‘the Season’, a round of social events…

Great Fotofringe London marketing effort here from UK based horticultural/botanical rights-managed images agency Garden World Images /GWI •Send your Fotofringe invites to [email protected] •Visit Fotofringe London 24 April…

Spotted an interesting collection selection here cars in lifestyle from Vienna based boutique photo agency Anzenberger Agency.…

The Granger Collection photo library in New York have put together a photo gallery of images from their collection showing the ‘planet’s most magnificent landscapes throughout time.’ Celebrated every year on April 22, Earth Day is a time to reflect on the beauty of Mother Nature and to promote the…

US based stock photo, footage and music licensing agency Global ImageWorks has announced its licensing representation of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, comprising more than 45,000 music and sound recordings created worldwide, from the1930s to the present. “Smithsonian Folkways is a valuable resource for many different types of productions,” says Cathy Carapella,…

Global social issues photo agency Panos Pictures are moving to a new permanent offfice in April. They say: ‘The space still needs some minor interior refurbishments but please make a note of our new details which are valid from 21 March 2013’ The new address: Panos Pictures Unit K, Reliance…

↑ click the Pop Art for the flip through showcase A great ‘different’ photo promo here from London based art licensing agency MGL. The say: ‘As Pop Art makes a come back this year, MGL would like to showcase are own collection from John Mac and John Reilly available for…