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above: A shot from Ian MacNicol’s portfolio shows Micheal Russell of USA diving to return a shot to Rafa Nadal on the centre court in the first round of Wimbledon Colorsport Images photographer Ian MacNicol has been shortlisted in the Nikon Sports Photographer of the Year category for the UK…

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“Connecting With…. ” Alex Hewitt – Writer Pictures Name: Alex Hewitt Agency name: Writer Pictures Position: Co-owner When did you start the agency? September 2004 when Graham Jepson and I had a conversation that went like this: Alex: ” I’ve had an idea that I wanted to ask you about…

CEPIC have just announced the Cepic Congress 2012 will take place at The Truman Brewery London. The Opening Reception of Congress will take place on Tuesday 15th May with Congress running from the 16th to the 18th May inclusive with the Annual Industry Party taking place on Friday 18th 2012.…

Book cover detail and Aasta with the first edition hot off the press! Aasta Børte’s new photo book celebrating the 10th wedding anniversary of Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway has just rolled off the presses. The project is wholly owned and supported by UK royal photo…

Clive Mason/Getty Images Sports Folio of the Year FIRST PRIZE 2011 If you are in London this weekend go and see the The Press Photographer’s Year for 2011 exhibition at the National Theatre on London’s South Bank which ends next weekend – PAN is visiting today Fifteen prizes have been…

click the ©Clive Barda/ArenaPAL/TopFoto image for more Andrew Lloyd Webber’s worldwide musical hit PHANTOM OF THE OPERA celebrates its 25th anniversary in London this October – click for a selection of stock images at the Topfoto archives…

Latest stock photo industry news from the USA on our site AboutTheImage.com: ✮ Dreamstime Launches ‘Infringement Reporter’ ✮ Splash Staff & Freelancers Meet Mr Shenk Read on here: AboutTheImage.com…

The latest photo archive finds and searches on the Press Photo History project: ✮ Update: Looking For: Holloway and Sons Bristol Read on here: PressPhotoHistory.com…

from the PR: BBC Worldwide and Exponent Private Equity (“Exponent”) have announce that they have signed a sale [£121m] and licensing agreement for the publication of titles currently published by BBC Magazines, BBC Worldwide’s consumer magazines business. Under the terms of the deal Exponent will acquire, in full, Radio Times…

Turi Munthe, founder of citizen journalism photo agency Demotix reports: “Some big news… Corbis, one of the world’s leading visual media providers, has invested in Demotix. What this means for us as a company, for our contributors, and for what Demotix stands for is – we feel – tremendous. Since…

click for the Corbis-AP slide show Corbis Images has announced a partnership with Associated Press that provides customers with over 10 million images covering an extensive range of breaking news, sports and entertainment, archival and creative images. The Associated Press, will make available thousands of breaking news, sports, and entertainment…

Online stock photography agency Fotolia has released a major update to their website. New features include: faceting of search results – a function to set price limits – improved navigation and usability… full details at: AboutTheImage.com…

Winnipeg Free Press.com reports: TORONTO – Arius3D Corp. (TSXV:LZR) said Friday it has agreed to buy stock photography still image provider Masterfile Corp. for $21.4 million in cash. Arius3D, which produces interactive three-dimensional images, said the addition of Masterfile will help it develop a distribution framework for its products. Full…

The Press Photo History Project (a PhotoArchiveNews.com initiative) is currently researching early press guides, if you have any please let us know they may be useful to our work. This is a working list of photo agencies and libraries operating and deceased- if your agency is not listed please let…

Latest stock and editorial photo industry jobs: ✮ Ardea – Full-time Administration and Systems ‘wizard’ ✮ Trunk Archive – ASSISTANT AGENT FOR PHOTOGRAPHY ✮ Gallery Stock – Account Executive ✮ Pacific Coast News – Calling celebrity photographers worldwide Click through to our Industry Ads page for details on these jobs.…

Gary Shenk, CEO of Corbis, will host a ‘registration-only’ event on September 1st during Professional Week at Visa pour l’Image Perpignan, France. During his presentation, titled “The Future of Media & New Frontiers in Photojournalism,” Shenk will address industry trends and insight about the company’s transforming media business. Register here…

‘ImageCollect aims to disrupt the celebrity photo market by applying the micro-stock business model’ – click search Celebrity stock photo agency ImageCollect.com now has more than one and a half million photos available for download at Celebrity photos. The library ranges from archival material, such as shots of a young…