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Friday 2.30pm: FotoFringe London has just had it’s first major Twitter mention from the good people at Press Gazette – thanks Dom.…

The archive team at Getty Images have put together a great video with staff at the famous photo agency Gamma Rapho. The video contains a tour of the Gamma offices and a full overview of the history and content in France’s leading historical archive. Getty Images’ new Gamma – Keystone…

The Art Archive and The Kobal Collection is looking for an International Account Executive. Full details of this job are now on the Industry Ads page…

“My usual camera bag is pretty huge, and really heavy. So for the past few weeks I’ve swapped it for a Nokia N8. Is it possible to shoot aerial views all over the UK on a cameraphone?” Aerial stock and commission photographer Jason Hawkes has sent us a link to…

Guess who? He gained a job at News of the World after a chance meeting with Rupert Murdoch. Two years later, he left to take a position with the Daily Mail, for whom he provided coverage of the Bosnian War. He often appears on radio and television programmes to speak…

FotoFringe London exhibitor Science and Society picture library are talking about the event on their news pages now: www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/news…

American garden photographer Stacy Bass is now being represented by Garden World Images. View the images…

AP reports: The Associated Press and Obey Clothing settle copyright infringement suit. The Associated Press and Obey Clothing, an apparel company and exclusive licensee of Shepard Fairey, have agreed to settle their high-profile copyright infringement lawsuit over Obey Clothing’s sale and distribution of apparel and other merchandise bearing the image…

Due to demand, stock photo event FotoFringe London has announced that a second major Hall at Kings Place has been booked to meet demand. The 21 picture libraries participating in fotofringe London at the stunning new Kings Space cultural centre are being joined by a further 20 agencies including AKG-Images,…

Getty Images will soon be offering the ‘interiors’ collection from UK photo library Gap Photos. Gap already provide botanical images to Getty, which will be re-branded as GAP Gardens.…

MEDIA EVENT AND FUNDRAISER Thursday 24 March 2011 at 7.30pm an exclusive screening of the stunning 60 minute ITV documentary Man to Manta, complete with an introduction from the show’s presenter, Martin Clunes (Doc Martin, Reggie Perrin, Men Behaving Badly), at London’s prestigious May Fair Hotel. The event organisers are…

UK IPC: Women’s monthly title Essentials has announced the appointment of Kate Mowatt as publisher. Most recently a publisher for Canada Wide Media in Vancouver, Kate has a strong publishing background. Her experience includes work for BBC Worldwide and she was previously launch publisher of Sunday Times Travel. UK Special-interest…

The Press Photo History project offers : – Image ownership tracing through our photo industry network – Photo collection valuation including probate valuations. – Photographic collection sales and acquisitions. – Photo collection editing, scanning and keywording. – Sourcing commercial partners for your images. – Online picture library systems for commercial…

The latest issue of Montage, a quarterly magazine from the UK Picture Researchers Association is out. This issue contains some interesting stock photo industry articles and Page 20 & 21 features an interview with me – Will Carleton…! Get your copy and learn more about the PRA here: Montage Magazine…

click the home page shot to explore the library UK based photo library fotoLIBRA now offers 500000 images covering a vast range of subjects. Owner Gwyn Headly explains his excitement on learning they had reached the Half Million mark: “WOW!!……When fotoLibra was just a glint in my eye in 2002,…

BREAKING……Hot on the purchase of celebrity photo agencies LFI and Idols, Photoshot have today bought interiors lifestyle photo library Red Cover. Red Cover went into administration a few weeks ago….. Charles Taylor, MD at Photoshot, contacted PhotoArchiveNews.com via mobile from his base in New York…. he’s having a busy week…

Royalty Free photo resource 123rf has opened a UK sales office. They say: ‘Following the success of offering ‘more for a lot less’ in other territories 123RF will now provide the UK market with a local service, fast response times, good advice and great offers. 123RF is intensifying its efforts…

The Star (Toronto) reports: Life magazine ‘duped’ over Eva Braun’s private photos …..’We’ve had them here since 1947,’ Edward McCarter, head of still photography at the archives, told the Star on Thursday. ‘Anyone could see them for free.’… Life magazine unveiled 30 pictures of Adolf Hitler’s mistress and wife ‘brought…