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Shotshop, a boutique royalty free stock agency specialising in highly creative imagery has launched in the UK. The collection offers over 350,000 images covering inspirational conceptual shots, through to lifestyle, nature, food and drink, travel, business, sport and design tools. They say: ‘

Shotshop has a huge array of exclusive images…

Network Rail in the UK have launched a print store site – Network Rail Virtual Archive Store – through international photo print store experts Media Storehouse. Media Storehouse, a UK based photo print fulfilment company, have recently opened a dedicated print facility in the US and are soon to open…

The Press Association is now representing James Moy Photography and will have images from the F1 2012 season which starts in Melbourne, Australia this weekend. “We are delighted to be working with PA Images to provide an unrivalled supply of F1 and Motorsport related photography. We will have a team…

In January PAN reported photo agency Demotix were to share any website ad revenue with their contributing photographers stories – well they just paid out £100 to a photographer …Tom Barfield on the agency blog picks up the story: First ad revenue payout – one contributor earns over £100!…

Cassie Marsden would like to thank everyone for their letters and emails of condolence and support. Not only was Simon a unique talent but a wonderful husband and father. We miss him hugely. The Marsden Archive is open for business and we hope to continue as Simon would have wanted.…

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.…