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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…

IFPress reports: Paparazzi stake their space … but know their place. ….’Joe Sene, U.K. editor of Splash News paparazzi agency, figures British newspaper editors have learned to live by the rules. “It’s a commercial decision for the editors — not worth the risks,” he says of shots that could break…

Just a reminder if hackers were to turn their attention to the photo industry…… Sony has warned users of its PlayStation Network that their personal information, including credit card details, may have been stolen. Access to the network was suspended last Wednesday, but Sony has only now revealed details of…

click the image to view the ABC report on the Kodak exhibition Kodak is one of those instantly recognisable brand names all around the world. It dates back to 1888 when an inventor called George Eastman created the first camera for the mass market. But George Eastman was also the…

Elizabeth Taylor – Film: Suddemly Last Summer/ Photo: The Kobal Collection / Columbia UK based movie stills specialist photo library The Kobal Collection will feature again at this years’ The Cannes Film Festival. The library has partnered the Festival for over twenty years creating exhibitions and displays from it’s vast…

John Morris: “Cornell Capa took this portrait in front of the huge ‘contact sheet’ that greeted visitors to my Independent Picture Service at 15 West 47th Street, two floors below Magnum” John Morris, the London picture editor of Life magazine during the second world war, is auctioning prints from his…

click for the Panos Home Page UK photo agency Panos Pictures have dedicated their home page to photojournalist Tim Hetherington who died this week in Libya. The page links through to screen shots of how major media outlets reported his death.…

The Press Photo History Project 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 us know. (re)view…

Freelance British photojournalist Tim Hetherington and Getty Images photographer Chris Hondros were killed yesterday in the Libyan city of Misrata. Panos Pictures photographer Guy Martin and photographer Michael Christopher Brown were injured in the same incident. Detailed report this morning here: BBC.co.uk Tim was on assignment for Vanity Fair magazine…

Photo agency Splash News has entered into a content deal with Zig Zag Productions (UK) providing Zig Zag first option on select Splash-owned celebrity news and unusual human interest feature content for original series or documentary programming. Gary Morgan, CEO of Splash News told photoarchivenews.com: ‘Zig Zag is renowned for…

click to smile Watch the wedding entrance dance to top all wedding entrance dances. T-Mobile’s Royal Wedding Dance celebrates the marriage of William and Kate with the help of a host of royal look alikes and music from East 17! T-Mobile wishes William and Kate a long and happy marriage.…

click Hugo’s home page HRH Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton have selected Hugo Burnand to be their official photographer at their wedding on the 29th April reports Clarence House blog – www.officialroyalwedding2011.org…