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– European picture agency organisation CEPIC has joined forces with standards body IPTC to produce the CEPIC/IPTC Metadata Handbook – CEPIC have launched a Vimeo page with the help of Turpix featuring short introduction films including and intro from CEPIC President Christina Vaughan, Cepic Executive Director Sylvie Fodor and sponsor…

The New York Times Art Blog reports: ‘Yale Opens Its Image Vault Online for Free’ …So far, 250,000 images are available; it will take years until the entire collection is online. Yale is taking the unusual step of imposing no limits on the use of the images and is not…

The New York Times reports: The family of Anton Hammerl, a South African photojournalist who has been missing in Libya since early last month, said late Thursday that they think he died after being shot on April 5 in the desert. NYTimes.com Photo agency Africa Media Media who represent Anton…

UK photo stock photo library Wildcard Images have announced they are exclusive distributors for a new creative collection from Dutch photo agency “Hollandse Hoogte” They say:”The Hollandse Hoogte creative collection has been specifically compiled to offer a wide range of material that provides both a contemporary and nostalgic feel to…

International Garden Photographer of the Year – Colin Roberts Sea Thrift Flowers What the judges said: “This image struck me immediately – the depth of field is superb, leading the eye from the beautifully backlit flowers in the foreground all the way to the sea on the horizon, giving a…

The Pride Photo Award is an international photo contest for top quality photography on sexual and gender diversity. Call for entries ends on June 30th. Categories and entry details here: PridePhotoAward.org…

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 [email protected].…

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…