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California based photo agency Zuma Press is now supplying Alamy’s live news feed with a daily upload of images from its global network of 3,000 photojournalists. UK based Alamy will also represent up to 1 million images from the Zuma photo archives. Scott Mc Kiernan commented: “ZUMA is excited to…

‘More than 120 people came from over 23 countries to participate in this year’s photography boot camp taking place in the center of Cape Town, South Africa!’ More on the run up to this event at AboutTheImage.com…

photo: Rupert Murdoch London 27th January 1986 AP / TopFoto Murdoch launches another UK paper to go with The Sun and The Times. BBC.co.uk reports: Rupert Murdoch has told staff at the Sun he will launch new weekend tabloid, the Sun on Sunday, “very soon”. The News Corporation boss also…

• Video: Scott Mc Kiernan Presents – 5 Years of DOUBLEtruck Magazine: Scott Mc Kiernan owner at Zuma Press Presents – 5 Years of DOUBLEtruck Magazine here • Deposit Photos Hits 6m Images – Reports Growth in Editorial Images Demand: Florida based Depositphotos Stock Photo Agency has added another million…

UK tabloid newspaper The Sun has launched a new smartphone app. The app includes a ‘Sun Scan’ tool which allows readers of the paper to scan and access further details of a printed feature.…

PAN reader photographer Eric Kruszewski writes: Hi Will, I immersed myself in the Cuban culture and captured an intimate glimpse into their lives. I created a video from the imagery and wish to share it with you. Cuba: Discovering Its People and Culture Conveys imagery from a 9-day expedition throughout…

Dominic Ponsford, Editor of Press Gazette in the UK, reports: Ruling allows press to charge online news aggregators. The Copyright Tribunal has upheld the right of the British newspaper industry to charge those who aggregate online content and then sell it on to third parties. In the short-term it means…

In time for London Fashion Week 17-21st February PAN listed photo agency Catwalk Capture is now uploading to the IDS photo platform.…

guardian.co.uk reports: ‘The number of people subscribing to the digital version of the Times newspaper rose by 7.5% between September and January, to just under 120,000. There was also a 35% hike in the number of people reading the paper on the iPad over the four-month period, with an average…

Update: 17 Feb: PAN asked Corbis for pricing details on the subscription packages – here is their reply: ‘To answer your question from yesterday, Corbis’ multi-tiered subscription offering is designed to allow customers to get the right content package at the right price, satisfying their content needs while meeting their…

Content from Paris based photo agency donkeysoho is now being represented exclusively by boutique creative image agency plainpicture. donkeysoho was founded as a photographer collective and is relatively unknown outside France. plainpicture say ‘The artistic images from donkeysoho show snapshots and personal glimpses into seemingly familiar everyday life situations. The…

SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP Photographer: Eddie Keogh Dates: 23-26 of May 2012 Place: Studio Nicolas Spinosa, Barcelona eyesinprogress.com…

Feb 10th: Supreme aerial photographer and stock photo agency owner Jason Hawkes has been shooting stock photos 1500ft above London today – He just uploaded this shot of dog walkers out early this morning…. looking forward to seeing the full edit on the site soon Jason! UPDATED 15 Feb –…

Contact marketing list experts Bikini Lists are offering free searches across their massive picture buying contacts database. The search facility available through the Bikini Lists Facebook page allows you to search company sectors within the database by keyword ( Design, Advertising + + ) you then get the full company…

London based photo library Mary Evans have made available a rare and unusual photograph (above) of ill-fated passenger liner, RMS Titanic he photograph shows the ship alongside its sister vessel, RMS Olympic, in the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland in March 1912. The Olympic, on the right of…

UK based photo library Lebrecht Music & Arts have created bespoke anniversary collages designed by their in-house graphic artists for the major music and literary anniversaries of 2012. Literary figures include: Lewis Carrol, JM Barrie, Charles Dickens, and Arthur Schnitzler. Music anniversaries include: Claude Debussy, Jules Massenet, Carl Orff, Maurice…

Photographic agent John Hillelson owner of the John Hillelson Agency died Monday 13th February in hospital. John was the London Agent for photo agency Magnum from 1958 until 1987 when Magnum opened a London office. He worked closely the agency’s founding members and remained in close contact with them until…