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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…

First posted: 17 August 2011: PAN reader, UK based picture researcher, is trying to track down the Michael Holford Collection , ‘He was a photographer of fine art and object d’arts based in Essex’ – contact [email protected] or call 07802 437827 if you know where this collection is – thanks.…

Staff at UK based photo library Topfoto are featured in a BBC Screening this Saturday BBC2 21.00: a new documentary on the artistic legacy of Ken Russell. They say: “..and if you watch closely you may be able to spot some of his photographs as the BBC spent a day…

Photo news wire agency Demotix have a couple of announcements this morning, firstly they have launched an iPhone App (above left) They say: ‘While a lot of reporters currently upload breaking news from Wi-Fi hotspots and internet cafes near where they’re shooting, the app will now let them cover the…

Continuing our coverage and support of the BBPA’s (British Press Photographers’s Association) request to join the Leveson Inquiry we spotted the London Evening Standard has given the request space here: In the air: Snappers want a say at Leveson The BBPA first launched their request in December 2011 Press Photographers…