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Edinburgh, Scotland based non-fiction publishing house Mainstream will close it’s office by 31 December this year with the loss of up to 10 jobs. Mainstream was founded 1978 and announced an ‘exciting new publishing partnership with the Random House Group in 2005.’ they say: The company, which has built its…

Robert Downey Jr. at American Cinematheque’s 2011 Award Show Honoring Robert Downey Jr. Photo by Eric Charbonneau/WireImage Entertainment photographer Eric Charbonneau has signed with Invision the multimedia entertainment agency jointly owned by The Associated Press and some of the world’s leading entertainment photographers. They say: “Eric brings a wealth of…

Updated: here are the photos – from the PAN Blackberry camera ©PhotoArchiveNews.com PAN reader Nick Millen (suit) of Canon demonstrating some serious gear – and the Canon camera ice sculpture shaping up Pan reader: Picture researcher Charlotte Lippmann, nice camera! …and with husband Mike, European Manager Miller Fluid Heads Europe…

Click it ↑ – Photo by Willy Rizzo/Paris Match via Getty Images – ‘ Willy Rizzo shoots Sophia Loren. Période 1955-1960- Sophia LOREN, actrice Italienne et le photiographe Willy RIZZO: celle-ci pose assise, vêtue d’une fourrure blanche et parée d’un collier de perles, buste dénudé.’ Celebrity portrait photographer Will Rizzo…

Editorial and creative contact markting lists agency File FX are online this week with a brand new website. Marketing email features include: – ‘You can now design, test, deliver, track and analyse your email marketing efforts from the comfort of your File Fx account.’ – ‘Easy layout editor or choose…

Photoshop Touch is now available in a version specifically built for phones – Following up on the popular tablet version. They say: ‘Much like the tablet version, Photoshop Touch on the phone has core Photoshop features like layers, advanced selections tools, adjustments and filters. We also packed in features exclusive…

BBC news magazine reports: ‘People who tweeted photos allegedly of child killer Jon Venables are being charged with contempt of court. It’s the latest in a long line of cases that suggest that ordinary social media users need to have a grasp of media law.’ Full report by Brian Wheeler…

Rankin, the photographer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young. Sun 3 Mar 2013 11:15 BBC Radio 4…

Reporters Without Borders has reported the death of Olivier Voisin a 35 year old French freelance photographer in Syria. …’Voisin sustained serious head and arm injuries from an exploding shell on 21 February while covering the operations of a katiba (armed opposition group) near the northern city of Idlib…. Full…

enjoyed this simple marketing effort: – Click each them ↑ for personal image selections from the staff at akg-images UK David Price-Hughes, akg-images MD in the UK, dropped PAN an email this week with a press release about photographer Jean-Louis Nou rejoining the library, whilst that is great news and…

Christina Beamish has joined royalty free photo agency First Light in Toronto as Senior Account Specialist. They say: Christina is a seasoned veteran in the stock photography industry, and has spent the last decade as an independent photo researcher and permissions editor for a variety of clients. Prior to that,…

click it ↑ Great example of how to use Twitter for image marketing by boutique stock photo library Gallery Stock – PAN had them down for gorgeous shots for advertising campaigns …never really had them down for summits in the collection! Here’s the Tweet: Gallery Stock ‏@Gallery_Stock Need some inspiration?…

Last week PAN reader photographer David Levenson released his photozines via the specialist ‘short run’ artists book publisher Café Royal. This week PAN reader photographer Homer Sykes’ images are in print! …here: Blitz Kids, Skins & Sliver Spoons Homer, I hope I can secure a signed copy at your table…

Delhi based photo agency, InPA (Indian Photo Agency) are following and uploading the latest press setups for UK PM Mr Cameron’s visit – here: InPa…

The international jury of the 56th annual World Press Photo Contest has selected a picture by Paul Hansen of the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter as the World Press Photo of the Year 2012. Images and details of other selected photographers…

Ⅶ: Alexandra Boulat • Ashley Gilbertson • Ron Haviv • Ed Kashi • Gary Knight • Antonin Kratochvil • Christopher Morris • Seamus Murphy • Franco Pagetti Editorial photo agency Ⅶ has produced a concise photo feature packed special newsletter linking to photography, stories behind the pictures, exhibitions and publications…

Charles Swan – © Chris Frazer Smith Photography and media law expert Charles Swan at UK based solicitors Swan Turton has dropped PAN a link to his latest article on the Guardian Media Network – Charles told PAN: “It’s quite a big one for photographers from the European Court of…