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CEPIC registered 200 participants for it’s London Congress 2012 through it’s Christmas ticket offer. That offer is now closed and they have now released the full Congress ticket registration which has ‘early bird’ deals on tickets. The CEPIC Congress 2012 will be held in London from Tuesday 15th to Friday…

Annabel O’Connor Fenton at the Bridgeman photo library has posted a lightbox on the library’s website showing their 100 most licensed images of 2011…

Photoshelter are out with a new guide: The Photographer’s Social Media Handbook They say: “The Photographer’s Social Media Handbook coaches you on social media best practices to enhance your marketing efforts and get you noticed by potential clients. Part I and Part II cover key tactics and strategies to take…

UK based photo agency Camera Press has a new partnership with EPA (European Pressphoto Agency). Camera Press told PhotoArchiveNews.com this morning: “We will be representing EPA for non newspaper sales in the UK, selecting key images from EPA’s extensive daily output, featuring material from their network of staff photographers worldwide…

The British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies – BAPLA – have warned it’s photo library members of some rogue activity by third parties offering deals across this years CEPIC Congress in London. PhotoArchiveNews.com has seen one of these bogus offers (which have also been sent to picture libraries in…

Tracks Images is a brand new music photo licensing agency. The library has an archive of thousands of rare and unseen images of artists and bands and related music memorabilia now available to all types of media for licensing purposes put together by Tracks Limited a leading specialist in Beatles…

Check out this quirky Mishmash music video The Snip by top London A/V producers Hexstatic The challenge is on. Getty Images are on the lookout for great video talent. Short story, video art, music video, ad or mini-documentary – mess with our high res video, stills and music to create…

from AboutTheImage.com As Getty Images finally absorbs iStockphoto (bought in 2006) into the Getty Images brand iStock creative staff say farewell and thanks on the forums: ‘For many months now the unification of Getty Images and iStock has been gaining speed. Learning from each other and streamlining our operations is…

Aidan Sullivan, vice president of photo assignments for Getty Images, will chair the 2012 World Press Photo Photo Contest jury . He takes over the task from David Friend who has been forced to pull out for medical reasons. Aidan Sullivan started his career as a staff photographer for a…

UK regional newspaper and magazine group Archant have released a website this week for reader generated news photos and video – iwitness24. They say: “Hi! Welcome to iwitness24, the easy way of sharing your stories, pictures and video with your local newspaper and website.” Paul Linford at regional journalism news…

Nature Picture Library have launched a new homepage. They say: “You will find our latest news and dramatic new pictures, as well as updates on conservation initiatives we are supporting. Throughout 2012 we will be donating 1% of our net sales revenue to vital conservation work.” Look out for their…

Watch Hello! Magazine editor Rosie Nixon at the Leveson Inquiry on the BBC “her magazine was offered photos of Prince William and his wife Catherine on a beach, but after checking how they had been taken, decided not to use them.” …and Lucie Cave at Heat Magazine on photos of…

New York based photo agency Trunk Archive is now representing the extensive works of Herb Ritts for exclusive worldwide image licensing. Herb Ritts began his photographic career in the late 1970’s and quickly gained a reputation as a master of photography. He was drawn to clean lines and strong forms.…

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo. A notice on the WordPress home page today states: ‘Many websites are blacked out today to protest proposed U.S. legislation that threatens internet freedom: the Stop Internet Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA).…

The Bridgeman art library and Mary Evans picture library have launched online diaries covering notable anniversaries with links to their image archives. Search and license here: Mary Evans Anniversaries 2012 – 2013 Bridgeman Anniversaries 2012…

GreenLight the media licensing, talent negotiation and rights representation consultancy service from Corbis has been selected to represent Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. GreenLight will manage advertising, promotion and merchandise for Legendary Civil Rights Activist and Leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This is the first time the organisation has…

From PAN contributor John Balean, TopFoto picture library. You should aware that the UK Government is planning to implement some changes relating to copyright and many of those are based on recommendations made in the Hargreaves Review. What you might not realise are some of the key issues that will…

NB: Offer finished Wednesday 18 Jan ‘In only 2 days the special CEPIC Congress 2012 Offer will expire. Don’t miss this unique opportunity which allows you to register three participants for the price of two until this Wednesday, 18th January.’ ‘If two participants register, the third will get a free…