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Getty Images ‘Got it’! Getty Images has announced that it has ‘entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sydney-based photo agency Photolibrary’. They say:” The acquisition will benefit existing and potential customers, by making even more high quality and relevant imagery easily accessible to customers all over the world”…..Glenn Parker,…

Shot for the BBC, a 1.15 Giga Pixel Panorama of the Royal Wedding (GigaPan) look who we spotted whilst searching the press pack on the hi-def photo – Big Pictures photo agency owner Darryn Lyons! The BBC commissioned Spherical Images to photograph this highly challenging, huge, panorama of the royal…

Angela Bayes, of the now closed Aspect Agency in London, is seeking French photographer, Pierre Jannet and Austrian photographer Helmut Gritscher. She has files of their colour film that she wishes to return to them. In London contact Angela at: (44) 207-736-1998. Otherwise contact Brian Seed, USA: [email protected]…

7am: Sky News in the UK ran a still photo from a Pakistan news agency allegedly showing the swollen and bloody face of the dead Osama Bin Laden but have withdrawn it from air due to viewer complaints. – The BBC have refused to show the image. 7.30am: – A…

Photo agency Demotix has uploaded a shot of Celebrity Pictures photo agency owner Mr Lyons crossing the Mall on the day of the Royal Wedding in full British attire.…

Another News Int pay-wall UK newspaper, The Times, also features a free Royal Wedding photo galleryon it’s home page with a good mix of image usage representing both pool, wire and independent photo agencies – all well credited.…

News International’s UK Sunday newspaper News Of The World, usually locked up behind a pay-wall, has run free access Royal Wedding photo galleries. Most of the images in their ‘We choose the best snaps of the day’ gallery appear to be pool pictures but without credits it’s hard to be…

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Yellow Advertiser is running an interview with the Sun’s Royal photographer Arthur Edwards. WHAT WAS YOUR PATH TO THE SUN? I started off doing shifts and was offered a full-time job on January 22nd, 1975. And then I got asked to see what Prince Charles was doing……… ARE YOU NERVOUS…

Reports coming in to PhotoArchiveNews.com suggest photo agency Alamy is planning to offer stock footage by September this year.…

LA based celebrity photo agency Splash landed six front page photos in UK national newspapers on the eve of the Royal Wedding. Photographer Nick Houghton’s shot Kate talking on the phone made four covers.…

Global ImageWorks’ stormchaser was just outside Tuscaloosa, Alabama when the devastating tornadoes hit. GIW’s footage captures the vast wreckage that hit the area and includes exclusive eye witness accounts. One interview is with the driver of the overturned UPS truck seen in the picture. Another is with a woman who…

click the camera for The Pictorial review Kevin Lloyd, photographer and author of photo blog The Pictorial has sent PhotoArchiveNews a link to his review of the Fuji X100 camera.…

Getty Images has acquired online image tracking company PicScout UPDATE: Technology site Israel21.com is reporting Getty Pays $20 million For PicScout They say: “This acquisition will build and grow upon Getty Images’ existing range of products and services, enabling Getty Images to amplify its digital content licensing expertise and leverage…

Ad Week reports: The mother of a 6-year-old girl whose photo appeared on an anti-abortion billboard targeting African Americans is suing the ad company that created the campaign, claiming it violated the terms her contract……. The photo was purchased by Heroic Media from the photo agency Getty Images with the…

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Guy Martin being transported: Photos Darrin Zammit Lupi Guy gives thumbs up during the move: Photos Darrin Zammit Lupi further photos are available on the Reuters wire Press photographer Darrin Zammit Lupi a staff photographer with the Malta Times sent us these photos of photojournalist Guy Martin arriving in Malta…

Photoshelter, ‘portfolio websites, sales and marketing tools for photographers’, has released What Buyers Want from Photographers, a 40 page e-book packed with survey results and insights from image buyers, photo editors, and other creatives who hire photographers and license photography. The new guide is provided for free in partnership with…