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The 23rd International Festival of Photojournalism – Visa Pour L’Image will this year run: August 27th to September 11th of 2011. Full details of the events and where to stay: visapourlimage.com…

The UK Intellectual Property office has released A review of Intellectual Property and Growth An independent report by Ian Hargreaves The Review makes 10 recommendations designed to ensure that the UK has an IP framework best suited to supporting innovation and promoting economic growth in the digital age. Recommendations include:…

Photo agencies – brush down a few early Beatles negs and bag $100,000! here: Photos of Beatles’ 1st US concert to be auctioned…

In a repeat of the inaugural presentation gala evening, the BBC broadcaster Kate Silverton will again host the Awards ceremony at the historic Honourable Artillery Company headquarters in the City of London this September. A PICTURE OF SUCCESS – UK EDITORS’ AWARDS BUILD ON TRIUMPHANT START The highly-acclaimed UK Picture…

fotofringe London 2012 has been confirmed with details to be announced ‘soon’. Check the FotoFringe London website now for updates and a full range of visitor feedback and to express your interest in exhibiting.…

“I got a job as a freelance for The Jazz News. I faked myself credentials and I got myself a press card. Was this honest? Who cares. I broke the rules because it was a lot more exciting than following them. The establishment move the goal posts to suit themselves.…

556 delegates, 323 companies, 41 countries and 5 continents present. Largest showing from: UK 65, Germany 50, USA 33 Coordination of European Picture Agencies Stock, Press and Heritage. Annual Congress Cepic Congress 18 May – 21May Instanbul…

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 will@photoarchivenews.com.…

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…