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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:…

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…