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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is renaming its flagship Photographs Collection The Robert Elwall Photographs Collection in memory of its late curator. Robert Elwall who passed away in March 2012 was a champion of architectural photography for over 30 years. Robert enjoyed a distinguished career as a curator,…

News and photo agency Reuters has announced the release of The Wider Image App. The app brings Reuters photography and information to life through an entirely new interactive experience. Launching with more than 100 stories by Reuters photographers across the world and is now available as a free iPad download…

The PR in full: London, United Kingdom – Getty Images, a global creator and distributor of still imagery, video and multimedia products today announced the completion of its acquisition by The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG), in a transaction valued at approximately $3.3 billion. With the completion of the transaction, The…

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Updated 24 October 2012: Images from the memorial service to celebrate the life of Horst Faas, AP double Pulitzer prize winning photographer and photo editor at St Bride’s Church in Fleet Street in central London, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. All Photos: AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis Clare King remembering her father Horst…

Before he wowed us in Watchmen, he modeled for stock photos… 133,000 of them….. 😉 From collegehumor.com thanks to photographer Phil for flagging this one up…

The Big Pictures office door Clerkenwell, London. THe guardian.co.uk reports this morning : ….’Darryn Lyons, the self-styled Mr Paparazzi, has acquired the assets to his celebrity photo agency, Big Pictures, which was put into administration after running into financial difficulties… …He has emerged as a shareholder in BPGG Limited which…

UPDATED: 9 Nov ‘Axiom Photographic Agency Limited ceased trading on September 20, 2012, and was subsequently placed into Voluntary Liquidation at a meeting of the shareholders on October 23, 2012 due to its inability to meet its obligations to creditors. The Liquidator subsequently accepted an offer presented by Design Pics…

The 21st October will mark Sir Georg Solti’s centenary. One of the most influential conductors of the 20th Century, Hungarian born Solti appeared with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt and London before taking up the post of music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1967 – a position he…

Stock photo agency Shutterstock surprised the market yesterday raising keen interest in it’s shares. Reuters reports: ‘Shutterstock Inc soared 34 percent in its market debut, valuing the company at more than 436 million pounds, as investors bet on strong demand for the company’s stock images from multimedia customers, especially online.’….…

Photo library The Image Works are online with a new photo selection – ‘Day of the Dead’. Day of the Dead is a holiday that focuses on remembering friends and family members who have died. It is particularly celebrated in Mexico, where it is a national holiday. Click on the…

©Phil Coomes/BBC PhotoArchiveNews.com reader BBC online picture editor Phil Coomes tweeted this photo yesterday – we asked Phil if we could use it as it shows the new BBC Newsroom at Broadcasting House – behind Senator John McCain 😉 Follow Phil: @philcoomes…

Press photographer and owner of photo agency London News Pictures (LNP) Stephen Simpson has just finished covering the UK political conferences and posted his favourite pics on his blog – here: Political Conferences 2012…

New York based historical image library The Granger Collection has launched a tablet-friendly version of its website, that allows picture professionals to view and navigate the collection more easily on tablet computers. The refined layout and features of the fully functional tablet-friendly site, including larger buttons and links, have been…