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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:…

Searching For: Joe Illingworth and photographer Herbert Dewhirst Looking For: Holloway and Sons Bristol Searching For: ‘Tomorrow’s News’ agency London www.pressphotohistory.com www.pressphotohistory.com…

Video platform and footage licensing services agency Thought Equity Motion, Inc., has announced that it is working with Discovery Communications to unlock the value of its video archive. Thought Equity will be providing digitization, delivery, and ‘smart content’ metadata services for its new footage licensing business, Discovery Access. ‘This platform…

The Guardian won newspaper of the year at The Press Awards last night in London. Photography prizes went to: Photographer of the Year Winner: Matt Cardy, Getty Images Sports Photographer of the Year: Winner: Mark Pain, Mail on Sunday Highly Commended: John Giles, Press Association Full Winners List…

SKY News presenter Anna Botting has returned from presenting live coverage of the Japanese tsunami to present the most prestigious event in the newspaper industry’s calendar. She will host The Press Awards today and the ceremony will be broadcast live over the internet and via Twitter (@pressawardsuk) The Press Awards…

RM or RF? Can you tell the difference? Photo agency Aurora Photos have added royalty free images to their collection. To mark the event they are giving you a chance to win an iPad – ‘Guess at least 3 out of 5 pairs correctly and be entered to win an…

UK newspapers Daily Sport and Sunday Sport have gone into administration and stopped publication. ‘If no buyer is found, the Sport will be the first UK national newspaper to close since the demise of News International’s Today in November 1995’ report BBC News…

click to view images, NB you will have to register before you can browse… Specialist sports photo agency Colorsport Images Ltd can now offer picture desks 300,000 images – online. Colorsport Chief Executive James Pinniger told Photoarchivenews.com this morning: “In the two years I have been here, the library team…

This week photoarchivenews.com initiative The Press Photo History Project has helped the production team of a Terence Rattigan documentary on BBC Four find the correct copyright holders for images they wanted to use in the programme…… read the details and check if your photos are up for a fee! –…

Following ‘Marketing the Monarchy’ is a second documentary on American prime time TV this evening, Chasing The Royals by Award-winning Canadian filmmaker John Curtin featuring the Royal Family and it’s ‘relationship’ with the press. ‘The goings-on in the House of Windsor has been Britain’s most popular soap opera for years.…

UK based stock photo site Alamy reports it added two million images over the last four months taking the overall image’s offered to twenty three million….get searching!…