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Sheila Corr (Picture Editor at History Today) reports on her in-magazine blog, Pictures or Conversations, “on a one-day event organised this week to showcase the collections of independent picture libraries such as the Werner Forman Archive.” Read her report here: Werner Forman Archive at fotofringe…

Stock photo agency Alamy have launched a German website: www.alamy.de They say: “The company has spent six months translating all aspects of the customer experience at Alamy into German, with regular visits to German speaking customers to get feedback as the project progressed.” Alamy has recruited a German speaking customer…

The iStockalypse event in London went very well a couple of weeks ago. Photoarchivenews.com was invited to join the creativity for a day – popped in for an hour – and ended up staying for three! – following a team of iStock contributors, Alistair Shankie (above left) and Holger Mette,…

After being contacted by a few Photoarchivenews.com readers saying they had made use of recent last Photoshelter Free marketing aid – What Buyers Want from Photographers– here’s the next installment from the photo website provider: Email Marketing for Photographers. Feedback please to [email protected].…

Alan Smith, Managing Partner, TopFoto, and CEPIC President 1997-2009 said: “12 years of working with the Cepic Congress has taught me to appreciate the effort that goes into having a show that seems an effortless success. Will Carleton of PhotoArchiveNews.com as Media Partner got the word out early and kept…

DROP BY TABLE H2/7, visit Garden World Images for a chance to win: 2 x Tickets to RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show on Sat 9th July 11 “The world’s largest flower show Hampton Court Palace Flower Show is the ultimate experience for passionate gardeners and those looking to start…

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This just in from celebrity photo agency WENN: WENN, the multi-national entertainment news and photo group, has concluded an exclusive worldwide arrangement with TwitPic to represent images posted by celebrities on Twitter. Twitpic is the largest and most popular image sharing service on Twitter and is used by hundreds of…

Photo Cuisine say: “Visit us at FotoFringe on Wednesday 11 May, 2011 for a chance to win dinner for two at the worldwide acclaimed Hibiscus restaurant in London. Simply stop in to see us at table 4 in the St Pancras room and leave your business card, and a dining…

Photo library FLPA – ‘world class nature imagery’ – will be offering visitors to their table at fotofringe London a chance to win a wonderful weekend break in Suffolk. They say: “Jean and Jenny will be on Table 1A at FotoFringe London in the Battlesbridge Room, Kings Place, near Kings…

chose your subject and click through for the library Specialist stock photo resource GAP Photos & GAP Interiors are also giving you the chance to win an iPad2 at fotofringe London – Wednesday this week. Just drop by their table in the St Pancras room to enter. FotoFringe London Wednesday…

click the knickerbocker glories for The Retrograph Collection selection London based Mary Evans Picture Library have announce representation of a fabulously vibrant archive of commercial and graphic design pieces from the early to mid-20th century. The Retrograph Collection numbers nearly 2000 images and is brimming with retro chic, interesting typography…

Join Lebrecht Music & Arts in celebrating the launch of our new fine art collection at Fotofringe – a specialist archive for art and artists at www.art-images.co.uk Everyone who visits our table (Hall 2, table 10) and leaves their business card will be eligible to be included in the draw…

UK based photo library Specialist Stock will be launching it’s Premium Green Collection on Wednesday at the FotoFringe event. They Say: “The Premium Green Collection is edited from 20 world renowned collections that we represent with 1.6 million pictures on-line. The portfolio showcases the best of the 10,000 still images…

ITV Studios Global Entertainment, owner of Britain’s most prestigious classic feature film collection, has appointed The Kobal Collection, the leading film photo archive in private ownership, as a worldwide representative of its extensive archive of film stills. The ITVSGE catalogue comprises over 1,500 titles from many of the key film…

Stock photo agency Skyscan is now representing The Westair Aerial Archive a collection over 250,000 aerial photos of the UK captured since 1968 by Simon White and his father before him. The company was based in Weston-super-Mare and has extensive coverage of the west and south-west of England, but there…

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