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This shot by Action Images photographer John Sibley won the “Sports Picture of the Year” category at the Sports Journalists’ Association (SJA) British Sports Journalism Awards on Monday night. The image is a shot of Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes stretching in an attempt to prevent the ball from crossing…

Photographers at UK independent sports photo agency Colorsport have received recognition on the shortlists of the annual Sports Journalists’ Association British Sports Photography Awards held on Monday night. Colorsport say: “Ian MacNicol is up in the Sports Portfolio category, while Andrew Cowie is on the list for the coveted Sports…

Encyclopaedia Britannica say: ‘Change: It’s Okay. Really.’ ‘For 244 years, the thick volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica have stood on the shelves of homes, libraries, and businesses everywhere, a source of enlightenment as well as comfort to their owners and users around the world. They’ve always been there. Year after…

UK based stock illustration agency Meiklejohn Graphics Licensing – MGL – are now representing artist Jacek Yerka. They say: ‘Born into an artistic family Polish painter, Jacek Yerka, combines technical accuracy with surrealist subjects ranging from odd-beasts to whimsical landscapes and architecture. His intriguing work has been exhibited in many…

UK based architectural photo agency View Pictures have several new additions to their growing collection of one-off British houses and interiors. One is The Round Tower above, an unusual conversion of a Grade II listed building in Gloucestershire photographed by View photographer Edmund Sumner. The tower was first designed as…

PAN advertiser and fotofringe London sponsor Bikini Lists are now offering BikiniAsia 2012 – instant access to oodles of new stock image buyers in Japan, China, India, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Singapore and more.. PAN caught up with BikiniLists MD Ross MacRae on Friday to find out more: PAN: How…

This in from celebrity photo agency WENN… **Exclusive** Sly Steven Tyler has found a new way to let the paparazzi know he’s watching them watching him – he has started posing with a camera phone snapshot of the snapper. The rocking American Idol judge caught a WENN photographer during a…

Photo: David Ofield photographed by Richard Bond David Ofield Picture Editor of the London Evening Standard is the new chairman of judges for the annual UK Picture Editors’ Guild Awards. The Awards are established as a premier event celebrating the best of British photo-journalism in association with some of the…

The Press Association, has appointed Milica Lamb (above) as its new Picture Editor. In her new role Lamb will oversee and direct PA’s substantial photographic output on a day-to-day basis, as well as around major events – including the London 2012 Olympics for which PA is Host National News Agency.…

Live Auction: 24 March 2012 – Professional Photo Archive: Carl Simon, Düsseldorf, c. 1910-20 Approx. 23,000 glass slides (9,5 x 8,5 cm and 8,5 x 8,5 cm) with 2 original projectors, accessories, 15 lenses and many scripts, glass slides for the most part hand-painted. Here some motifs: Rome, The Montblanc,…

Full multimedia stock photo platform Pond5 are now offering a search of 1 million stock video clips. The millionth stock video, entitled Hong Kong Night Heavy Traffic, is a timelapse shot uploaded by Hong Kong-based artist Pui Yuen Ng. To celebrate, Pond5 will be paying its artists 100% royalties for…

from Lewis Whyld on Vimeo. UK based photojournalist Lewis Whyld has uploaded a walk through the photo editing facilities on the new iPad.…

New Zealand based Becky Masters offers a full picture research service to international clients covering: Creative researching for a single cover image to the management and research of lists containing thousands of images, copyright clearance, shoot coordination, project management of large image sourcing projects. Becky is the latest picture researcher…

Celebrity photo agency WENN has just appointed Joe Sene to the role of Group Head of Photo Content & Sales. Joe will be responsible for all aspects of WENN’s photo division working closely with WENN CEO Lloyd Beiny who told PhotoArchiveNews.com: “I am very pleased to welcome Joe to WENN…

Corbis has just launched GreenLight Music, the music industry’s first online sync licensing solution for popular music. Launching with the support of four major music companies, the new service offers a simple, one stop solution for creative and marketing professionals to secure usage rights to iconic music for a broad…

PAN EXCLUSIVE! Elbie Lebrecht owner at UK based music & arts picture library Lebrecht sent PAN this shot of her and her husband Norman at Union Station, Los Angeles last week. The crutches? – a broken bone in her foot – Elbie told PAN on the 8th January “I am…

New York based portrait, lifestyle and beauty photo agency August have announced a partnership with modds, a photography agency dedicated to the production and distribution of celebrity portraits, in France. modds roster of photographers includes: Jerome Bonnet, Ludovic Careme, Vincent Ferrane, Roberto Frankenberg, Samuel Kirszenbaum, Antoine Le Grand, Vincent Lignier,…

UK stock photo library FLPA are online with a gallery of some of the rights managed images they have sold today – HERE…