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A London based picture researcher is searching for Photographer Paul Brierly. ‘Paul worked as a specialist scientific photographer for many years. As far as I recall, he was never represented by an agency but dealt with all requests himself.’ Details on our Press Photo History Project site now…

Uploading now – you can view and vote directly on the submitted images for UK music magazine NME Music Photography Awards. Here’s the link for the pro’s catagory…

Photo library Mirrorpix are online with a full selection of images highlighting the life of comedian Eric Sykes who died today aged 89. View and license them here…

A few business sites are reporting Getty Images owners Hellman & Friedman are expecting to sell the agency at $3.5 – $4 Billion • Reuters: H&F presses on with $4 bln Getty Images sale-sources • The Wall Street Journal: Getty Images Auction Draws Initial Bids of Around $4 Billion Related:…

Magnum Photos held their 65th anniversary celebration and general meeting in France last weekend and concluded by announcing three new photographers on their books, Bieke Depoorter, Jérome Sessini, and Zoe Strauss as nominees. Photographer Jacob Aue Sobol is now a full member, and Moises Saman has become an associate The…

UPDATE: July 4: Jerome Sessini is now a nominee at Magnum Photos. Posted 3 July: They say: We wish Jerome Sessini a fond farewell and the best of luck as he leaves Reportage. We wish Jerome every happiness and success for the future. His editor Patrick Di Nola said of…

Sebastian tweeted his representation: ‘I joined the core roster of Reportage by Getty… from today I´m a Represented Photographer in the agency!!!!!!’ View his work at Reportage here…

Brace yourself London photo agencies and photographers – get a scooter!…

X17 Exclusive Great footage by a photographer from celebrity photo agency X17 who gets asked to a room off the sidewalk by of actor Alec Baldwin – he then keeps the video camera rolling as Alec asks him about his job as a paparazzi…here…

UPDATED: June 29 PAN reader – photographer David Hoffman – has just updated us with this: “Hi Will – as well as the National Union of Journalists the embargo is supported by the British Photographic Council and the following member organisations have explicitly stated their own support for it:” •…

New PhotoArchiveNews.com subscriber Bianca Doering is a freelance picture researcher based in Munich: ‘Aim: to support international “makers” to find the “right” shots for their projects and also to help non – germans to gain access to material from german archives (for example from the Bundesfilmarchiv / German National Filmarchive).…

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UK based photojournalist Mark Seager is now at Reportage – view his latest shoot Made In England…

Institute, the ‘artist management company’ have launched a new website for the agency. It looks great and very ‘now’ with a continuous ‘blog/social’ look – the home page is packed with photo features from their represented photographers. Matt Shonfeld Executive Director at Institute told PhotoArchiveNews.com: “The new site embraces our…

UPDATED 17:48 UK: PhotoArchiveNews.com reader – pro photographer George Solomonides – is up and running with his Paya page and told us: “Hi Will, Thanks for today’s news. I’ve uploaded some of my Facebook albums to PAYA to see what it’s like. Seems pretty straight forward to use so let’s…

photo – Ronald Day at home with family – © Ron Haviv/VII New York based photo agency VII have announced a new long-term partnership with the Think Outside the Cell Foundation to produce documentary film and photography features that raise awareness about the experience of formerly incarcerated persons. VII photographers…

This just in from a Archive Producer at a independent UK TV production company: ‘I am specifically after Frankie Howerd comparing the Evening Standard Awards in 1961. Can you help? ( it was when Beyond the Fringe won the Award for Ned Sherrin Best Musical!)’ Replies to [email protected] – your…

They say: ‘”$ELLEBRITY” is a candid dialogue about the tone and texture of celebrity, past, present and future; an examination of our pop culture; and an honest look at the quality of our media consumption.’…