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From the Reuters news agency – Photographers – blog: ‘In recent months floods and heavy rain have affected many different parts of the world, from Australia where an area the size of France and Germany combined was under water to the devastating landslides in Brazil that killed over 500 people.…

‘Previously, ITN Source’s sales operation of archive footage to Latin America was managed out of its US and UK offices.’ ITN SOURCE has announced a partnership with Latin American photo agency Other Images in a deal which will enable clients in the region access to the entire range of ITN…

A notice on the home page of photo agency ClusterShot announces it’s closure: ‘A little over two years ago we launched ClusterShot. We very openly called it an experiment. It was not only a technical experiment but an experiment for our company’s cultural and economic models. The experiment is coming…

RIA Novosti are running a continuous photo feed from the Domodedovo Airport Bombing via their photo sydication site visualrian.com…

PAN reader Cheryl Yates of Newspix in Australia writes: “In Australia we have lost a much admired industry co-worker. Dion Stead passed away quietly at the family home in Lisarow Australia on 29 December, 2010. Well know in the industry for his business acumen, photo research skills and sense of…

Terry Smith who owned UK based photo agency -Universal Pictorial Press Agency (UPPA)- until its sale to Photoshot in 2002 has died aged 74. He died on Monday 17 January 2011 after a short illness. UPPA was founded in 1929 by Terry’s father (Hector) and Terry worked within the agency…

Easy way to see how GazoPa works is to click a sample image on top page. Click ‘stock photo’ tab on search results page. Stock photos that are similar to sample images would be displayed They say: “Are you struggling to find a good stock photo? GazoPa provides you an…

IPC Media: Wallpaper*, the international design, fashion and lifestyle magazine, is launching a new iPad app. The app, in association with Herm’s, entitled Case Studies, is free to download and launches with images curated by Wallpaper’s architecture, art, design, interiors, lifestyle and fashion teams. With a new photograph or video…

Sumatran Rhinoceros – Click on the picture to view new images by Mark Carwardine ‘Once widespread throughout Asia in such numbers that it was considered a pest, the Sumatran rhino is now one of the most critically endangered large mammals on the planet, with fewer then 200 individuals remaining in…

Chris Johnson writes an obit for Charles at ClickLiverpool.com The death of Charles Owens marks the end of an era, with the passing of a man who was truly a legend in his own lifetime. Charles was one of the most highly respected and distinguished members of a very exclusive…

RSB reports: French photographer dies from injury sustained on day of Ben Ali’s departure Reporters Without Borders has learned that Lucas Mebrouk Dolega, a young French photographer working for the European Press Photo Agency (EPA), died in Tunis’ Rabta hospital from the head injury he sustained when the police are…

World Press Photo has announce its first contest for multimedia productions in visual journalism. The contest is divided into two sections, for linear and for interactive multimedia. The winners will be announced during the Awards Days at the beginning of May 2011. The winning multimedia productions will be published on…

Digital asset management software company Capture are offering BAPLA & CEPIC members space in its ‘state-of-the-art hosting environment’. Capture Managing Director Abbie Enock said: ‘Hosting image libraries with their high storage capacities – and managing to back it all up and handle large volumes of uploading and downloading and giant…

The ‘new’ Photos.com has been…….. ‘developed for value-conscious small business owners, marketers, graphic designers, web designers and other creative professionals……….Single images are priced as reasonably as $1.99 and image packs in quantities of 5, 10, 25 or 50 are priced from less than $1 per image. Subscriptions start as low…

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click to visit ITV Player to view the episode Mary Nightingale charts the rise of super-injunctions, asking whether they protect privacy or limit press freedom. Featuring an interview with Max Mosley.…

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Sarah Quinn heads up INF Australia Hot on the tail of setting up their London office last year fast growing celebrity photo agency Insight News & Features (INF) have announced they are opening an office in Sydney for direct business in the Australian and New Zealand photo markets. Heading up…