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aljazeera.com have a great article on their Features page covering a group of photojournalists operating and reporting from Afghanistan. ….Hossaini is one of a handful of young, talented Afghan photographers who, despite scarce funding, have gained international prominence with the encouragement of exceptional mentors. These photographers are now showing their…

BBC reports: Google has reached a deal with a publishing group to allow the scanning and publishing of books online – ending a six-year legal battle. A court ruled in 2009 that the search company was in breach of copyright infringement after it digitised a number of French books… read…

Creative and editorial picture buyers database specialists File FX are celebrating 25 years in business with the launch of new and extended creative databases. The databases are: • USA databases featuring Advertising Agencies, Design, Book & Magazine Editorial as well as the Corporate Sector. Select up to 18,000 companies with…

The Getty Images’ team showcase the innovative technology the agency will be using to capture the London 2012 Olympic Games, including 3D, 360 and robotic cameras.…

iStockalypse has landed in Berlin for three days of stocky stuff. The iStockalypse was born in early 2005, as an official multi-day iStockphoto photography event. Several times a year, contributing artists and photographers from the international iStock community come together to collaborate, share knowledge, and exchange tricks of the stock…

Photo agency Cleva Media have launched Issue 6 of their online magazine SEEN Sport Magazine It’s free to view and packed full of stunning independent sports photography and original articles, the latest edition of the magazine content not seen in the mainstream media including: • Saul “Canelo” Alvarez – The…

Congratulations to Photographer Mark Leech, Managing director of UK based independent photo agency Offside Sports Photography, has won the Barclays Photographer of the 20 Seasons award. More than 50 of the best professional football photographers submitted hundreds of pictures from all seasons of the Premier League and the judges decided…

Portraits of Queen Elizabeth II supplied by UK based photo agency Camera Press were used on four separate covers for the same issue of TV listings magazine TV Times to celebrate the Jubilee.…

Based in Rome, Italy Colaimages has launched online offering more than 5,000 B&W photographs from the 1900 to 1980 available to license. After 2 years of preparation, Colaimages.com is eventually online. “It is a new website specifically thought for image professionals”, announces Marco Colazingari, coordinator of the project. The library…

Youth Culture photo agency PYMCA has teamed up with Lomography for the Jubilee celebrations to exhibit some classic imagery from London in the 1960s and 70s. Centred around Soho and Carnaby St, the exhibition showcases Mods and Psychedelics at the height of the swinging sixties and the lasting influence they…

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The Press Association have published their first eBook – above screens- The book celebrates the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and includes 250 images from the Press Association (PA) images and includes 15 image galleries. Tony Watson, Managing Director, Press Association commented: “PA has been charting the key moments, people and events…

The BBC have put together a short visual snap shot of the Queen over the last 60 years using mostly press photos – click above or here: BBC.co.uk Thanks to PAN reader Andy G for flagging this one up…

photos above – Topfoto – click each for more info & to license For the Eden Valley Summer Festival, the negative collections of TopFoto have been combed for rare photographs of Sir Winston Churchill, the Queen’s first Prime Minister and the Eden Valley’s most famous resident. Opened Thursday 31 May…

In June 2012, London’s most celebrated venues (Museum of London, British Library, British Museum, Tate Modern, the V&A and more…) will play host to a world-class, city-wide celebration of photography as the London Festival of Photography returns for its second year. Encompassing street, documentary and conceptual photography, the festival includes…

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Shutterstock Images have announced a new image discovery tool: Shutterstock Instant. They say: ‘The interface re-imagines the traditional keyword search experience, and combines speed and simplicity to deliver a visual experience optimized for creative inspiration’… ‘Inspired by the Shutterstock for iPad app, Instant displays images in a beautiful, interlocking mosaic…

Great Sex Pistols photo gallery from the Mirrorpix photo archive on the newspapers website today. View the gallery here: Never mind the Jubilee, here’s the Sex Pistols! Picture special from the archive…