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Over the last twenty years the daily news photo feed from the european pressphoto agency (epa) has been distributed exclusively by dpa and then Shutterstock. That’s all changing. epa has launched Jan 15) it’s international news photo and video service directly in Germany.They say: ‘The German news market, one of…

We wish more photo agencies would put this info out – especially the editorial agencies …let me know if your agency is sharing usage data – [email protected] EyeEm say: When it comes to commercial images, 2020 was all about people and their lives. Our image buyers have been searching for…

Historic England has released a new batch of digitised images from the John Laing Photographic Collection they look after. The 21-month digital archiving was project supported by the John Laing Charitable Trust. Take a look. • Collection Details: John Laing was a company that profoundly shaped post-war Britain. It constructed…

The fantastic photo collection work continues at celebrity photo archive specialist MediaPunch who this week announced they are now digitising and representing the celebrity photo collection of Hollywood photographer Ralph Dominguez. This exclusive 10-year deal will see the agency digitise celebrity content from Ralph’s thirty year photo career which started…

Here at PAN we are always looking at the reverse of brand packaging when we are out and about – just checking where a stock photo came from. Often we find the biggest brands license imagery from an independent specialist subject photo library rather than the ‘bigs’.One reason, and the…

Shutterstock Founder and current Executive Chairman Jon Oringer has moved from New York City to Miami, Florida to start helping other entrepreneurs build their businesses. He is doing this with the help of a team of partners and a brand new company called Pareto Holdings.The move and new business even…

This is a paid for search request from a UK business looking to use images for social media and customer mail shots. If you hold the copyright or can suggest who may please email [email protected] and I’ll put you in touch with the business. PAN reader Laura Ronchi sent us…

Here’s a well thought out website from the estate of editorial photographer Edward Quinn – the new site features his photography while celebrating his busy career. The home page features direct sections to Quinn’s photography important to the estate all backed up with very clear navigation options. Great work!Edward Quinn…

This is a great opportunity for a photographer to help increase awareness of dementia and concentrate on a serious body of work. Gina Martin – 21 years on the National Geographic imaging team – founded the Bob and Diane Fund in memory of her parents in 2016 …Our goal is…

…ABACA PRESS in France – cute lot ! Thanks for all your HNY messages – let’s hope it’s a better one!…

Good news over at the The Daily Herald – a British newspaper running from 1911 – 1964 – it looks like they are upping the digital activity around the fantastic press photo archive. PAN spotted an advert for a Junior Photographer at the archive which states: ‘The National Science and…

In a new partnership U.S based photo agency Redux Pictures will now be licensing images from global news platform BuzzFeed. The images – mainly portrait portfolio’s by BuzzFeed News photographers – feature politicians, actors and other people of note who have visited the news studio for interviews.…

A new architectural and lifestyle photographer assignment platform called Ovan has launched and they are open for photographer, filmmaker, and drone pilot applications. They say: ‘Ovan’s goal is to transform the property and real estate industries by providing clients photo, video, and aerial content throughout their project’s development, from feasibility…

The British Pathé YouTube channel now boasts a new 20,000 newsreel archive uploaded from Reuters news agency. The content, (never before seen on YouTube and free to view) sourced from the Reuters Video Archive, is made up of the innovative cinema newsreel series Gaumont Graphic (1910 – 1932), Empire News Bulletin…

18 December 2020: Splash News and Picture Agency which actually went into administration earlier this year, just closed a privacy court case …by agreeing they will ‘not take unauthorised photographs of the family of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’. The photo in question showed Meghan walking in Canada carrying…

Copyright tracing and Photo research services Are you looking to clear a copyright on a photo and all you have to go on is the agency stamp on the back of a print? ….and a google search is not bringing up the current contact details ? Many photo agencies have…