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click to view the new site Infradox, ‘mission critical web solutions for photo libraries’, from web technology company Xpertise ICT BV have a new website. MD at Xpertise ICT BV, Martin Wilmsen, told photoarchivenews.com: “We’ve been developing and hosting solutions for picture libraries on our Infradox software for well over…

click for the BBC’s Salford slideshow The University of Salford is launching a photo archive of the city with an exhibition documenting 50 years of the archive’s history. The photographs included in the exhibition offer a glimpse into the changing social and economic landscape of Salford. Salford in Pictures, F14…

photo: Iraqi journalist Sabah al-Bazee. Reuters/Files Reuters reports: The freelancer who worked for Reuters was among at least 20 people killed on Tuesday when gunmen attacked a local government building in Tikrit, the hometown of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Sabah al-Bazee, 30, who had contributed to Reuters in Iraq…

Framepool, a footage collection run by filmmakers, opens their call for entries for the 2011 Framepool/ LBB/ FireFlies Challenge. This successful short-film competition is aimed at directors from all over the world, who want to present their films to a highly prominent jury – whilst supporting a good cause at…

FotoFringe London exhibitor Camera Press are looking forward to the ‘person to person network event’ on May 11 inviting designers, publishers and picture researchers with an invite directly from their home page contact Steve Hodgson – s.hodgson@camerapress – to book your slot with Camera Press and get to learn the…

click the PG cover to see subscription details Press Gazette Editor Dominic Ponsford introduces the latest issue: Editors Blog…

Battlebridge Room Terrace – Photo credit: Kings Place Publishers, designers, art directors, creatives, picture editors and researchers, and professional picture buyers of all kinds are invited to enjoy free entry to meet 43 key image suppliers on 11 May at the FotoFringe London – Drop in or make appointments, or…

UK based, ‘socially responsible image agency’ Majority World has announced that it has secured vital new start up investment from Stichting DOEN in the Netherlands as well as from two of its founder directors. As a result of this vote of confidence, the agency can now embark on its ambitious…

Veer offer ‘Extended Customer Protection Plan’, providing customers with up to $250,000(USD) coverage for 100 Veer Credits The Extended Customer Protection Plan gives customers added peace of mind that they are legally protected from claims of infringement of intellectual property from the copyright holder of the image, from models within…

UK based photo library StockPhotography.co.uk has added 3,000 new British celebrity shots to its image offering including British actors, musicians, TV and sporting personalities.…

James Arnold, RHS Licensing Manager: ‘As a charity, the RHS is dedicated to inspiring millions of people to garden, and this competition is a true celebration of the beauty of gardens, their plants and their wildlife. ‘We’re looking for photographs which leap from the page, and are not only well-composed,…

Getty Images staff photographer Joe Raedle and two two correspondents from AFP have been released – watch them released on this AP You Tube video report…

Cockpit View from VC10 Tanker Aircraft as it Takes off to Support Enforcement of the No Fly Zone over Libya – click image for more at Defense Images on Flickr For all images and general licensing details visit Defense Images Database, an official Ministry of Defence website holds thousands of…

The Photoarchivenews.com office spotted this yesterday on a forum: ‘I have recently been left a large collection of original aircraft photos in a will. They are a mixture of colour prints and slides, numbering several thousand, and dating from about 1980-ish to last year; mostly UK, but some in the…

London based Science Photo Library, has agreed a licensing agreement with digital educational content collection Global Grid for Learning (GGfL). GGfL, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cambridge University Press, aims to connect teachers and students at all stages in education to single sources of digital multimedia content from multiple providers.…

Hollywood base celebrity photo agency X17 have updated their website – they say, “With an average of more than 350,000 viewers/day, X17online is recognized as a leader in celebrity news and the ultimate source for the latest, most exclusive photos and videos from world of entertainment”.…

cnet News reports: Adding another chapter to a long, drawn-out legal saga, a New York federal district court has rejected the controversial settlement in a class-action suit brought against Google Books by the Authors Guild, a publishing industry trade group. full report here: news.cnet.com…

Celebrity stills and video photo agency Splash has partnered with Flingo. The partnership will bring Splash’s celebrity and entertainment video news service, Splash News TV, to television audiences worldwide through Flingo’s Connected TV publishing suite. Packaged video content from Splash News will be updated each daily initially to over 3…