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UPDATE: competition deadline until midnight on Thursday 21st April The British Press Photographers’ Association have announce that The Press Photographer’s Year is now accepting entries for the 2011 competition at www.theppy.com and the deadline is midnight on Sunday 17th April. Professional photographers can enter up to 80 images across the…

Haymarket Network, which was recently appointed by LOCOG to produce the official programmes for the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in 2012, has announced that it has also been chosen to design and produce the souvenir Official Programme published to mark the marriage of Prince William with Miss Catherine Middleton.…

Darren Long has been named to the post of Video Integration Manager for The Associated Press, a new position. ‘As Video Integration Manager, Long will play a vital role in this process by helping the AP transform its international video production processes to ensure our journalists around the world are…

South African natural history TV Productions company Aquavision has hired producer, director and writer, Steve Eder to oversee the company’s development and production operations. One of the founders of National Geographic Explorer, Steve went on to produce, direct and write a series of Emmy award-winning projects including Infinite Voyage, Lost…

They say: “From April 26 to May 6, London becomes a vibrant backdrop for iStockphoto photographers from around the world to practice their art en masse. iStockers will show off their talents at iStockphoto’s exclusive shooting event, the London iStockalypse, and the World Photography Festival, of which iStockphoto is a…

The Press Photo History Project solves another ‘lost’ image copyright: Andy Williams sent PPHP this email: “Your website was very helpful in enabling us to track down the copyright holder of the image”. – full details of how we posted the image and who owns Planet here: Press Photo History…

Royal footage Photolibrary Group has extended its exclusive distribution agreement with VisitBritain, Britain’s national tourism agency, to include access to its ‘extraordinary’ collection of film footage. They say: “We are now able to offer film drawn from the Britain on View library originally commissioned for VisitBritain’s own marketing campaigns over…

With a front cover image on the The New York Times Magazine click the cover to view photographer Franco Pagetti’s full photo essay: Libya: Dreaming of a Revolution at VII…

click through the image to view Jon’s south side images at NOOR Photo agency Noor Images has announced that photographer Jon Lowenstein has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in the field of Photography to allow him to pursue his long term project on the South Side of Chicago, USA. For…

The Associated Press has signed a landmark distribution deal with the Press Association which will see PA’s UK video news footage integrated into AP’s extensive video archive. The agreement will dramatically extend the reach of PA’s video footage beyond the UK, and will significantly bolster the UK news element of…

Smiths News, Britain’s biggest newspaper and magazine wholesaler which was the distribution arm of WH Smith before its 2006 demerger, said The Royal Wedding will provide a welcome boost to magazine sales. They also anticipate that football’s European Championships and the London Olympics – both in 2012 – will generate…

As a Royal Photographer Getty Images’ Chris Jackson is one of the few who has had his eye constantly focused on Kate Middleton’s rapid transformation from an undergraduate to a Princess in waiting. Read his story at stylelist.com…

BBC Picture Editor Phil Coomes on his BBC Blog reports: Drowning in pictures. At the BBC we can receive more than 8,000 pictures from the news wire agencies each day. Add to that the photographs sent in by our readers, pictures sent on spec from freelance photographers and independent photo…

Brad Elterman on his world tour promoting his book, “Like It Was Yesterday” has landed in Paris – more here: About The Image…

Direct, ‘The largest photographic lighting and camera rental facility in the UK’ have announced their latest creative lighting course. Direct has got together with award winning photographer and filmmaker Andy Whale to create this specialised workshop, to teach and inspire creative lighting and to help discover just why lighting is…

BAPLA – The British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies – is now providing it’s members with a new IP legal service giving them free telephone advice through specialist UK legal experts Finers Stephens Innocent. They say: “BAPLA has also negotiated with FSI a discount for any members wishing to…

The French Association des Femmes Journalistes (AFJ) and Canon France have launched the Canon Female Photojournalist Award. They say “This Award, with support of Le Figaro Magazine, is handed out every year during the Visa pour l’Image – Perpignan Festival in France. It is granted by Canon France and supports…

The UK’s largest art and design graduate talent exhibition Free Range returns to East London’s Old Truman Brewery in June for an eight-week free showcase of new British art and design talent. Now in its eleventh year, Free Range has established itself as the authoritative identifier and supporter of tomorrow’s…