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PAN subscriber and fotofringe 2012 exhibitor photographer Homer Sykes tells PAN: “I am part of a talk called The Great British Public – next Monday June 25th at the London Festival of Photography. Homer Sykes will be talking about his British Archive, and showing work from 1967 to the present.…

28 November will see the world premiere of The Hobbit (trailer). Opening in New Zealand, the film will then officially be on release from 14 December. The film will be a massive event, in large part due to Tolkien’s unassailable position as one of the greatest writers in the English…

Two new news articles on our American stock industry news site AboutTheImage.com Click the article screen shot to visit…

Spotted speaking at the Cannes Lions creative festival a new mobile stock photo request App called Pixxers is now available. They say: ‘Pixxers is the first mobile platform for crowd-sourcing photos in realtime via a global community. Need a photo? Pixxers offers a really disruptive solution: “Stop Searching. Start wishing!…

The Cannes Lions Festival is open and running for this week – ‘Each year, more than 9000 members of the global creative communications industries come together to be inspired and educated at Cannes Lions.’ You can follow regularly via their live TV feed and photo updates and an App…

Two new postings on our American stock photo industry news site today – Click on each to visit the article –…

One of the worlds most successful stock photographers Yuri Arcurs has created his own portal for customers to buy stock photography – PeopleImages.com They say: Gone are the days of low commission sales and limited exposure. Yuri Arcurs has created his own stock image platform, PeopleImages.com, to enhance services offered…

Photojournalist Andrea Bruce will be honored at the Chris Hondros Fund Benefit and Silent Auction as the winner of the inaugural Getty Images & Chris Hondros Fund Award with an award of $20,000 to pursue her documentary photography, which brings to light shared human experiences. Finalist Dominic Bracco II, will…

UPDATE 20 June: after going viral for a couple of days and clocking up over 4m hits this blog is back up and running…Good! When creativity gets blocked!… A young photojournalist who reviews her school dinners by uploading a photo of each meal then reviewing it on her blog –…

Photo agency Institute have released a new photo set for licensing: Inside YouTube. Shot by contributing photographer Gerd Ludwig they say: No stuffy reception desk greets you at the entrance of YouTube’s headquarters in San Bruno, California. Instead, you are more likely to run into a playful, young, multi-ethnic crowd…

Photo search and delivery platform my-picturemaxx is now providing content from photo agencies Splash and Magnum to their vast German picture buying network. Magnum is new to the platform, Splash joined in 2007. Content from both photo agencies are also available to my-picturemaxx users in UK & USA territories. Tom…

In a statement on the Getty Images Reportage blog Aidan Sullivan – Vice President Photo Assignment, writes: – I write to announce that Eugene Richards will be leaving Reportage and Getty Images forthwith. All of us at Reportage have been both honoured and privileged to work with Gene these past…

Foap is a new web service that enables iphone users to sell photos via an app. The company is licensing images at $10 – a ‘campaign price’ – and splits revenues 50/50 with the user. The 50% is then returned through the app, via PayPal integration. “We want to attract…

Guardian.co.uk reports: ‘The parent company of the Press Association reported a surge of 85% in pre-tax profits last year, prompting a 27% pay boost for chief executive Clive Marshall to over £800,000 and the first dividend for shareholders in four years’….read on here: guardian.co.uk…

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Young Photographers’ Alliance (YPA) has opened up a call to entry to apply for their 2012 Mentoring Programme. The Mentoring Programme links young photographers with leading photographers and picture editors/ art buyers, teaching them how to work to a brief while honing their technical skills and their creative approach. Deadline:…