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New at INF UK: Ben Lane and Vicky Dearman Fast growing celebrity photo agency INF (Insight News & Features) have announced two new appointments to their UK team. Ben Lane, formerly the Press Association’s head of entertainment sales, is the new INF UK Bureau Chief. Ben will be assisted by…

A vacancy has arisen for an Assignment Editor at WENN. Previous experience working as an Assignment Editor or diary manager in a photo agency would certainly be advantageous but is not a pre-requisite. Full details of this job and others visit the Industry Ads page…

UK based, photo agency MAJORITY WORLD has announced the appointment of Chris Barwick as Business Development Director. Chris previously held senior roles with Getty Images and Corbis. Most recently with Magnum Photos, he headed up the London office as Director of Sales with responsibility for all products and services. Majority…

Beatlemania in Paris: Galerie Photo12 1st – 30th July 2011 Galerie Photo12 et Galerie Basia Embiricos 14, rue des Jardins Saint-Paul 75004 Paris ‘The exhibition previously opened in the Netherlands in December 2010 and exclusively features 100 images from the Mirror archives – each one hand-picked to appeal to print…

For the second consecutive year, FRANCE 24 and RFI are organizing the Web Documentary Award within the framework of the photojournalism festival ?Visa pour l?Image – Perpignan? ‘The award honours a web documentary that sets itself apart from other enteries in terms of choice of subject, originality and innovative use…

click it for the new ‘Smart Search’ Royalty Free photo supplier Depositphotos now provide a keyword predictor search tool. They say: “Smart Search will complete the word by itself, display the variants and such word combinations you probably never dreamt of! Enter a text in English, and the search will…

Next January marks the second anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, leaving more than 180,000 homes destroyed and 1.5 million people homeless. While the regions directly impacted by the earthquake have been supported through the UN and various global relief efforts, how are other regions of Haiti faring…

The first Online Media Awards event took place last night – ‘There is no more exciting development in the world of media than online news and information. The biggies are out there of course: the BBC, NYTimes and the IndiaTimes. With great resource and imagination, you would think they are…

JBG Photo Inc has merged with New York based premium photographer agency Trunk Archive. An email announcement was sent to picture buyers in the UK over night. The JBG website and links all forward to the Trunk Archive site.…

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From left to right: Barbro Kaufmann, Klaus Plaumann, Christina Vaughan, Pieter Doorman, Alfonso Gutierrez, Stefan Wittwer – image from CEPIC The officers, CEPIC President Christina Vaughan, Vice-President Klaus Plaumann and Treasurer Dominque Delouis have been reconfirmed in their positions. Barbro Kaufmann, owner and managing director of Pix Offer in Sweden…

From Smarta.com : The internationally renowned paparazzo on the recession and why technology could mean the end of the exclusive. In this video Lyons speaks of how the recession has affected his company, through redundancies and downsizing business models, as well as the advantages and challenges of the international market.…

The production teams of Middle East photo agency arabianEye and production company Bareface have joined together to form a new company called Magnet. arabianEye and Corbis will continue to operate as a photo library combining middle eastern and international content for the Mena region. Bareface, which previously operated under seven…

The Telegraph reports: Garsington Opera: Behind the Getty gates ….’I love opera,’ he says matter-of-factly. ‘I’d been to Garsington twice, and thought it was incredibly beautiful and so well done, and, when I heard that they were looking for a new home through a friend of mine, I thought it…

The British Library has launched it’s new Images Online e-commerce website making available the unique archives of the UK’s national library at www.imagesonline.bl.uk The new system, developed by UK based digital asset management software developer Capture Ltd, comprises a fully-featured web-based back-office system that integrates seamlessly with the front-end, streamlining…

Photos: Hegarty Antiques ‘Recently discovered interesting collection of early slide photographs to be sold at Hegarty’s’ : details here: hegartyantiques.com…

At a press conference Monday Google announced a few enhancements to it’s search facilities, one of them across Images. Google say: “Whether you type, speak or upload a photo, once you’ve indicated what you’re looking for the next step in your search is to sift through the results and pick…