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Smiths News, Britain’s biggest newspaper and magazine wholesaler which was the distribution arm of WH Smith before its 2006 demerger, said The Royal Wedding will provide a welcome boost to magazine sales. They also anticipate that football’s European Championships and the London Olympics – both in 2012 – will generate…

As a Royal Photographer Getty Images’ Chris Jackson is one of the few who has had his eye constantly focused on Kate Middleton’s rapid transformation from an undergraduate to a Princess in waiting. Read his story at stylelist.com…

BBC Picture Editor Phil Coomes on his BBC Blog reports: Drowning in pictures. At the BBC we can receive more than 8,000 pictures from the news wire agencies each day. Add to that the photographs sent in by our readers, pictures sent on spec from freelance photographers and independent photo…

Brad Elterman on his world tour promoting his book, “Like It Was Yesterday” has landed in Paris – more here: About The Image…

Direct, ‘The largest photographic lighting and camera rental facility in the UK’ have announced their latest creative lighting course. Direct has got together with award winning photographer and filmmaker Andy Whale to create this specialised workshop, to teach and inspire creative lighting and to help discover just why lighting is…

BAPLA – The British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies – is now providing it’s members with a new IP legal service giving them free telephone advice through specialist UK legal experts Finers Stephens Innocent. They say: “BAPLA has also negotiated with FSI a discount for any members wishing to…

The French Association des Femmes Journalistes (AFJ) and Canon France have launched the Canon Female Photojournalist Award. They say “This Award, with support of Le Figaro Magazine, is handed out every year during the Visa pour l’Image – Perpignan Festival in France. It is granted by Canon France and supports…

The UK’s largest art and design graduate talent exhibition Free Range returns to East London’s Old Truman Brewery in June for an eight-week free showcase of new British art and design talent. Now in its eleventh year, Free Range has established itself as the authoritative identifier and supporter of tomorrow’s…

Eulogy, the world’s first ‘death magazine’ is set to re-launch with a new website, masthead and strap-line. Eulogymagazine.co.uk will be a forum for charities, support networks, and organisations that do the valuable work of helping people cope with bereavement and those facing death through terminal illness. The site will assist…

The third annual Month of Photography Los Angeles MOPLA held its kick-off event on Saturday, April 2nd at Pier 59 Studios West, adjacent to Bergamot Station. Over the course of a three-hour period, over 1200 guests enjoyed printed exhibitions and projections, great music and libations. The featured photographers were Marjorie…

Anh Stack has joined photo agency Aurora Photos as Assignment Director on Aurora Select. From Selects’s New York City offices, Stack will oversee all assignment opportunities. Anh told Photoarchivenews.com, ‘Representing such a unique roster of photographers who have exceptional vision and story telling skills for magazine and commercial clients is…

UK based home-interest stock image library – Elizabeth Whiting & Associates – EWA – have launched a ’60’s & 70’s Styles’ collection of interior images – click the logo above to view a selection of the images or give them a call.…

CEPIC (Coordination of European Picture Agencies Stock, Press and Heritage) has announced it’s ‘first’ Gold sponsor – Microsoft. From an email release to CEPIC members seen by a photoarchivenews.com it’s not clear whether Microsoft are sponsoring CEPIC or the CEPIC Conference – we are guessing both. More if we get…

Ren&eacute Burri, known around the world for his photograph of Che Guevara, is being given – on his 78th birthday – the Swiss Press Photo Lifetime Achievement Award…reports swissinfo.ch…

Michael Middleton and Carole Middleton – Photo Pool/Anwar Hussein Collection/WENN.com The Middleton family have written to the Press Complaints Commission to remind UK newspaper editors code of practice after some members of the family were pursued by agency photographers this week. A St James’s Palace spokesperson said: “No formal PCC…

Photolibrary.com Chirman Tim Moore speaks with Dynamic Export magazine about the growth of the agency. ‘Competing with the likes of Bill Gates’ Corbis and privately owned Getty Images, Moore has concentrated on differentiation to gain market share. He looks for specialty brands with niche photography. ‘That allows us to walk…

Reports suggest the news agency New Zealand Press Association may close. nzherald.co.nz reports: Staff were called to a meeting late this afternoon where it was announced the organisation is under review. full article here: nzherald.co.nz UPDATE – New Zealand Press Association has closed with the loss of 44 jobs… more…

Ex Fleet Street Photographer – Neville Marriner gets in touch with the PPHP Press Photo History Project Where was that shot?, Mark Rowe, the author of a cricket book The Victory Tests, would love to know where the photo on his book’s cover was taken. The answer is now online:…