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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…

all photos © Paul Brown Paul Brown, Managing Director at Mary Evans Picture Library, sent PAN these images following up an email we sent him last week …. wondered where you got to Paul! “Hi Will, Sorry for the delay I got stuck in Venice when they closed the airport…

NI Syndication, the photo agency for photo content at the The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun newspapers, has launched Profile – a brand new standalone website dedicated exclusively to studio portraits. They say: ‘Powerful imagery isn’t solely reserved for news stories. We believe high–end portraiture is worth showcasing…

Mel Gibson is pictured in Los Angeles, California © Michel Comte Collection/www.matrixstudios.co.uk English supermodel Naomi Campbell is pictured in Paris, France © Michel Comte Collection/www.matrixstudios.co.uk London-based celebrity portraiture library Matrix Studios – part of the Matrix Media Group – has been chosen to represent the archive of legendary Swiss photographer…

PAN reader and Press Photo History Project contributor photographer David Levenson has a couple of new photo ‘zines out, infact one has sold out already! – Here’s more from David… © Dave Hartley “Hi Will, Cafe Royal Books, run by Craig Atkinson, asked if I would like to do some…

• What is the size of the global picture trade? • How do picture agencies reach their markets? • What are appropriate business models? Where are the new markets? Last year PAN linked to the CEPIC, PACA and the Heidelberg Research Group on the Global Stock Image Market, ‘the first-ever global survey…

Chris Brown Totals His Black Porsche in Car Accident © Insight News & Features, Inc…

The White House News Photographers Association announced that freelance photographer Patrick Smith has been named “Photographer of the Year” and Brooks Kraft won “Political Photo of the Year” in the 2013 ‘The Eyes of History™’ contest judging at the National Geographic Society in Washington. “I am happy, humbled, and proud,…

This video demonstrates PixelTone, a research prototype app that uses voice-control and touch to control photo editing operations. PixelTone is a collaboration between researchers at Adobe Research and University of Michigan, and will be presented at the ACM CHI (Computer-Human Interaction) conference this May in Paris.…

Stock photographer Sean Locke reports on his blog: ‘Let’s get the important news out of the way first. On Friday, February 8th, I was given notice by Getty Images that they were terminating our “relationship” and my account at iStockphoto would be closed in 30 days. Well, that was a…

above Truman Capote, Portofino, 1955 by Giancolombo | right Ernest Hemingway, Streza, 1948 by Giancolombo Photographer Giancolombo pictured in 1952 UK based photo agency Writer Pictures have secured the licensing rights to the archives of Italian photographer Giancolombo. The say: ‘Not only does the 1940s and 50s come back to…

‘Short on celebrities, long on afterglow, these seemingly empty public spaces were in fact occupied just moments ago by famous people going about their daily lives—Betty White, Harrison Ford, Laura Dern, Christian Bale, Billy Crystal and more… Painstakingly culled from Antoine Wilson’s ongoing “Slow Paparazzo” project’ (https://theywerejusthere.tumblr.com), each photo is…

The latest Royals-on-hols photo set appear to have been shot by a member of the public who snapped the Duchess of Cambridge on holiday with Will’s on the Caribbean island of Mustique. The images of Kate on a beach wearing a bikini are to be published by Chi magazine in…

click ↑ to view the LNP PR portrait portfolio – and Mr Cameron ↑ for the photo call portfolio London’s youngest and busiest independent press photo agency London News Pictures (LNP) are expanding again with the launch of a dedicated Public Relations Photography service LNPPR They say: ‘We provide a…