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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…

A PPHP reader has asked: Please could you let me know who owns the London Daily News photographic archive? UPDATE – FOUND: Answer from Chris at News Int photo archives on the PressPhotoHistory project.…

Photographer Eoin Mundow, owner at independent sports photo agency Cleva Media, {and ‘sometimes’ photoarchivenews.com pro sports photo reporter} sent in this report: “On Friday 11th Feb I traveled to Barcelona as I was intrigued to find out more about their youth academy. I had read various articles about La Masia…

BBC reports: Google donates to Mandela archive ‘Google is to donate $1.25m (&pound770,000) to a project that aims to create an archive of Nelson Mandela’s life. The Nelson Mandela Foundation Centre of Memory is digitising photographs, letters and other documents relating to the former South African president…..more here…

click the headline to see the images UK newspaper website Mail Online has today published a set of images confiscated by the U.S army in 1945 and recently unearthed at the U.S National Archives collection showing the private life of the Fuhrer’s long-time companion Eva Braun.…

A local blogger gives a us a ‘local’ guided tour of Bucklebury: the little Berkshire village where Kate Middleton’s family lives. ….’I must have looked like a Daily Mail photographer in my long wool coat and sunglasses. I felt like quite the stalker, with my Nikon camera trained on his…

This shot by Getty Images photographer Laurence Griffiths earned him the 2010 SJA Sports Photographer of the Year Award – click the photo for detail A very happy Laurence Griffiths with his award photo by: Steve Rowe Full awards details here: SJA Awards evening report…

Photo agency Profimedia is representing Corbis in Slovenia. Profimedia currently already represents Corbis in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.…

Kobi Kalmanovitz is as a freelance photographer based in Hertzliya, Israel specialising in editorial portrait photography. He has over 30 years experience with the press media and is available for work worldwide. View his portfolio and contact details: https://kobikalmanovitz.com Or call Kobi directly – Tel: 972-9-955-4251…

A new exhibition including rare and previously unseen photographs of children by British photographer Norman Parkinson (1913 – 1990) ‘The Age of Innocence’ runs from 8 April – 3 July 2011 at: Dimbola Lodge Museum, Terrace Lane, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight. Tel: 01983 756814 Curated by Norman Parkinson archivist…

Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos at the Michael Hoppen Gallery 12 April – 28 May…

click for the Photo Med home page and watch the Martin Parr intro The 1st Mediterranean Photography Festival – Sanary-sur-Mer From 27th May to 19th June 2011 Guests of Honor: Martin Parr Artistic Director: Jean-Luc Monterosso, Director of the Maison Europ&eacuteenne de la Photographie (Paris)…