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4 Oct: Spotted this morning on twitpic – ‘Mirrorpixies’ Mel and Lucy (from photo library MirrorPix) preparing tables ahead of the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards last night.  – what’s with the headset Mel?! UPDATE: 6 Oct: Mel wrote in:” The headset is to communicate with the upstairs office…

Reuters photographers talk about shooting the Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand by Tim Wimborne – Reuters Chief Photographer – Australia and New Zealand Tim is Reuters picture editor at the Rugby World Cup.…

‘Steve Jobs passes away at 56’ – Photo agency Newscom have prepared a image-ready gallery of the Apple co-founder throughout his career. This gallery is updating automatically every few minutes as press images report reaction to the news around the world – click the gallery selection above to visit ‘Steve…

Photo shows one of photographer Tjaart van Staden images used on the front cover of a recent Bradt Guide This in from Gwyn Headley at UK based photo agency fotoLibra. Hello Will, Sad news: one of our top photographers [Tjaart van Staden] has died in a microlight plane crash in…

There is still time to get an ‘early-bird’ booking for PACA’s (Picture Archive Council of America)  16th International Conference takes place in New York, October 21-23, 2011. More and full details on our US stock industry news site:  AboutTheImage.com…

An image (above) from UK based independent photo agency Photoshot (credited: Fotogramma/Photoshot/Newscom) was the only photo agency featured outside the ‘Pool’ photos used in a Bloomberg report early this morning covering the Amanda Knox acquittal  – above is the photo – click here for the Bloomberg article…

Corporate photographer Lionel Derimais is back in Europe after 6 years in China and available for photographic work.  “Business portraits, reportage photography (indoor and outdoor) and architecture for annual reports and magazines are the fields I usually cover”. Details and portfolio’s here…

from the AP notice put out to AP retirees and sent to us by an Ex AP man and PAN reader: AP retiree Myron Belkin says a memorial service is set for Oct. 6 for London darkroom staffer Stan Grain. Belkind, a former assistant chief of bureau and bureau chief…

The Young Photographers Alliance – ypa –  has announced it’s third annual Scholarship Award Ceremony & Benefit Auction being held at Calumet (New York) on Wednesday October 19th, 2011. Event tickets and details here: ypa…

Photographer Paolo Woods has joined photo agency INSTITUTE – Paolo Woods ran a laboratory and a photo gallery in Florence, Italy, before dedicating himself to documentary photography. He is devoted to long-term projects that blend photography with investigative journalism….. full details on Paolo and links to his photo features at…

UK based travel photo library 4Corners secured the front cover of this month’s Wanderlust magazine with a shot by contributing photographer Manfred Bortoli of a guy taking the plunge off Gozo.…

Food photo agency StockFood has launched living4meida a new picture agency specialising in home and living. The new premium collection focuses on rights-managed images as well as feature articles. Features include up to 50 individual images and comprehensive texts, and are available for exclusive licensing. The say: ‘The new agency will…

CEPIC and EVA will be discussing tracking ‘Orphan Works’ through the ARROW Project search network on the 12 oct, 5.30pm – 6pm in Hall 4.2 P457, Hot Spot Professional & Scientific Information, Frankfurt Bookfair. Details…

1 Oct: A new photo collective – Fractures Photo – has launched based in Barcelona, Spain. Looks like three photographers but not much more info at the moment, hopefully they will send us a few details about the venture. Here: https://www.fracturesphoto.com/ UPDATE 3rd Oct: Photographer William Sands from Fractures Photo sent…

VII Photo Agency has announced the revised roster of photographers represented by the agency: Lynsey Addario, Jocelyn Bain Hogg, Marcus Bleasdale, Stefano De Luigi, Venetia Dearden, Jessica Dimmock, Adam Ferguson, Ashley Gilbertson, Ron Haviv, Ed Kashi, Gary Knight, Antonin Kratochvil, Joachim Ladefoged, Davide Monteleone, Christopher Morris, Seamus Murphy, Maciek Nabrdalik, Franco…

A PhotoArchiveNews.com reader, picture researcher Carola Strohoff of K&R Media, is searching for the owner of the two images above. The JPG’s are labeled ‘Steven Spielberg.Jaw.jpg’, the top image has a reference number 467 045-2, it looks like a shot of a copy print. If you own these pictures or know…

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