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This photo was bought to our attention by photo library Mary Evans they say: ..’Just posted a photo on our homepage of Alfonso XIII from the Bystander of 25th September 1912. Simple photo of him talking to an unidentified woman with a photographer holding a box camera in the background.…

New York stock photo library Citizen Stock have launched a new royalty-free collection of over 10,000 images offering art buyers a premium library of photographs documenting real people and their emotions. Full report on our US stock photo news site AboutTheImage.com…

David Beckham leaves the field injured. Gear: Canon 400mm f2.8 lens on a Canon EOS ID mk IV body British Photographer Jason Mitchell is following David Beckham’s career at the US football team LA Galaxy. Jason is based Los Angeles and runs photo agency Headlinephoto He is available for assignment.…

Updated article Tom posted these shots via Twitter just before he opened his show last night saying ‘It’s kick off for Perceived Patterns, the wine is out and we’re ready to show!! – according to later Twitter posts from those who attended the evening was a good one! Tom has…

French paparazzo photographer Pascal Rostain has suggested the photographer who took the topless shots of the Duchess of Cambridge last week could be British. In an interview with Metro France he said:…’the irony of is that the photographer who took these pictures is an Englishman who lives in the south…

Linnea Woolfson has joined Invision, AP’s joint commercial entertainment photography company, as Assignment Manager. Launched in June 2012 – we broke it May – , Invision covers world entertainment news and celebrities. Woolfson joins Invision from Getty Images where she spent the last seven years as the Global Assignment Editor…

Corbis celebrates the 80th anniversary of its ”Lunch atop a Skyscraper” photograph today. The photo agency have put together a microsite providing the story behind the image additional images from the Corbis archives. Taken on September 20, 1932, the shot captures the true spirit of New York in the 1930s.…

Visual researcher, copyright clearance specialist Elizabeth Klinck is running a workshop at: DOC Toronto Oct 18, 2012 | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Documentary researchers, writers, directors and producers of all levels are invited to learn the latest on how to obtain stock footage, stills and recorded music, while reducing…

‘An inside look into Xavius (@thexavius), arguably the most influential Instagram artist in the world.’ by Olde Payphone …it’s a spoof 😉…

Following the recent publication of the papped Princess we asked five celebrity photo agency owners for their thoughts on the gear used to snap the princess – was it a private or fair game situation, and would they have taken them on to syndicate? Three declined to comment – two…

PACA have teamed up with PACA, ASMP, and CCC to jointly explore the development of a new, global, collective licensing model for unlicensed web usages. ‘We feel this project has tremendous potential for all licensors of visual media, and will have a transformative impact on our industry.’ The new idea…

Microstock photo agency Depositphotos will not accept payment by SMS anymore, since this method has proved to be unprofitable. they say: From the moment Depositphotos was founded, its goal was to provide its clients with the widest range of payment methods possible. Therefore, the company introduced its innovative pay-by-SMS functionality.…

The photo department of the Press Association Press Association Images moved into their new office suite over the weekend, MD at PA Photos sent PhotoArchiveNews.com the photos below with this note: ‘Hi Will, Hope you are well. As promised your scoop on our new offices in Pearl House in the…

above: Photographer and co-owner of specialist photo library Arctic Photo Bryan Alexander has been spotted offering his services as a male model for the latest Rohan clothing company catalogue whilst on a stock shoot in Siberia. An anonymous note arrived with the clipping at the PhotoArchiveNews.com office yesterday read: ‘Bryan…

click it to view Henry Horenstein: Honky Tonk From aCurator – the full-screen magazine photo feature site: “Some say the 1970s were the last great decade of country music – between the pomade, plaid jackets, and goofy hillbilly jokes of the 1950s and the more polished ‘Urban Cowboy’ sound of…

above: Watch the grants announcement made at Visa pour l’Image this month Getty Images awarded $80,000 in grants supporting the work of four international photojournalists. Bharat Choudhary, Kosuke Okahara, Paolo Marchetti and Sebastian Liste each received $20,000 prizes and editorial support as winners of the 2012 Getty Grants for Editorial…

The BBC is reporting from the Paris court where Will and Kate are trying to close down usage of those now famous topless shots….’He [Royal lawyer] said the royal couple could not have known they were being photographed, adding it would only have been possible to see the couple with…