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Luminance 2012 – ‘a very different photography event’ from photographers website platform creators PhotoShelter – have announced a line up of interesting speakers… more on About The Image now…

Florida based photo agency SuperStock have a new CEO. Alan Bailey will assume the role of CEO and departing CEO, Lanny Ziering will take over the position of Chairman of RGB Ventures, the parent company of SuperStock. Full details and photo on About The Image now…

please note this destination is NOT Confirmed….so don’t go booking any hotels yet! The results are in – as a above – possibly Barcelona then…based on a recent survey (below 19 June article) – 444 people answered the survey which also showed these results: According to respondants, – Best Congress…

‘Photographer & image producer Miguel Navarro shows us how he uses technology, such as CGI, to create images and how these were integrated in his ‘Connections’ image project, shot in New York and created in his London studio using CGI and retouching.’…

Staff at London [Greenwich] based photo library Mary Evans were in the office and tweeting at 6:45am this morning, the first normal working day since the start of the London Olympics – above, click it to view the Lark!…

The UK National Archives have released hundreds of Americas photos from the Colonial Office collection online. The images are from the Commonwealth Office – Colonial Office’s – Photographic Collection and include some of the earliest known photographic depictions of Canada dating back to the 1850s. Some of the images have…

They say: To enable Handwrite, visit www.google.com on your smartphone or tablet, click ‘Settings,’ found at the bottom of the page, and then enable Handwrite. This feature is currently available in 27 languages.’ Enjoy!…

Updated: deadline date EXTENDED to midnight Sunday 29th July Updated 19 July: UK Picture Editors’ Guild Olympic Awards – Extra Competition ‘In addition this year there will be the chance to shine in the Picture Editors’ Guild Olympic Photography Awards to run as a one-off addition to our celebrated Annual…

Congratulations to Shutterstock CEO Jon Oringer named Ernest & Young NY Tech Entrepreneur of the Year – Technology. Details June 19: Shutterstock Reaches 20m Images – As CEO Nominated For Award Royalty Free stock photo library Shutterstock has reached it’s 20 millionth image – here it is…and to top their…

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Update: 23 July They made it three! not front covers [see article below June 26] , but ” We didn’t make it a hat-trick of front covers but we did get 3 opening spreads in August’s Sunday Times Travel Mag” – above 26 June Supreme travel stock photo agency 4Corners…

full story at AboutTheImage.com now…

PhotoArchiveNews.com reader, Associated Press photographer Lefteris Pitarakis, sent me this note last night: Hello Will, how are you This is Lefteris Pitarakis, I’m a photographer with AP based here in London, we never met in person, I had been following your website for a long time… We just published this…

Fujifilm Professional has revealed that production of a number of its films is to cease. The affected films are Fujichrome Velvia 100F in 35mm, 120 and 4×5 formats and Velvia 50 in 4×5 and 8×10. The last shipment of these films will arrive into the UK in December 2012. Gabriel…

Photo: Internet photoshop pranksters at PlanetHiltron turn Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie into ‘ordinary people’ World celebrity news and photo agency WENN are now representing viral virtuoso Planet Hiltron. Planet Hiltron – the professional name of graphic genius Danny Evans – creates celebrity images with a twist. They say: He…