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Cannes Lions Covered Via TV & Photo Feeds

The Cannes Lions Festival is open and running for this week – ‘Each year, more than 9000 members of the global creative communications industries come together to be inspired and educated at Cannes Lions.’ You can follow regularly via their live TV feed and photo updates and an App…

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Top Selling Stock Photographer Launches Own Photo Library

One of the worlds most successful stock photographers Yuri Arcurs has created his own portal for customers to buy stock photography – PeopleImages.com They say: Gone are the days of low commission sales and limited exposure. Yuri Arcurs has created his own stock image platform, PeopleImages.com, to enhance services offered…

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First Chris Hondros Fund Award – Photojournalist Andrea Bruce

Photojournalist Andrea Bruce will be honored at the Chris Hondros Fund Benefit and Silent Auction as the winner of the inaugural Getty Images & Chris Hondros Fund Award with an award of $20,000 to pursue her documentary photography, which brings to light shared human experiences. Finalist Dominic Bracco II, will…

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Budding Photojournalist Banned From Photo Reporting At School

UPDATE 20 June: after going viral for a couple of days and clocking up over 4m hits this blog is back up and running…Good! When creativity gets blocked!… A young photojournalist who reviews her school dinners by uploading a photo of each meal then reviewing it on her blog –…

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New Photo Set: Inside YouTube

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…

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Photographer Eugene Richards Departs Getty Images

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…

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Launched: iPhone On Demand Photo Resource & Photo Library

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…

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PA Group Up 85% On Profits – ‘A Good Year For News’

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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Call To Entry: YPA 2012 Mentoring Programme

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:…

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Clipcanvas Adds Customisable Royalty Free Music Stock

Royalty-free stock footage agency Clipcanvas are now offering customisable royalty free production music alongside their 325,000 royalty-free stock video clips.The offering starts off with nearly 4,000 music tracks from royalty free music and music soundtrack solutions agency SmartSound. They say; The offering starts off with nearly 4,000 music tracks –…

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The Afghan Photojournalists

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…

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Google Agrees Scanning ‘Opt In’ For French Book Publishers

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…

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File FX Launches New Photo Buyers Contact Databases – Europe/N.America

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…