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Love this news just in – Elbie Lebrecht who sold her photo library business Lebrecht Music and Arts to Bridgeman Images in the summer of 2018 is now entertaining movie roles in Hollywood!Elbie appears in the film adaptation of her husband Norman Lebrecht’s book, The Song of Names – now…

Photo agency EyeEm has launched an initiative this week which offers adland creatives a lifeline during pandemic. EyeEm partnered WPP’s end-to-end Creative Commerce agency Geometry to support and empower the global creative industry adversely affected by the global Covide-19 pandemic. The new initiative titled #UpForCollab is a free-to-use platform open to the…

Congratulations to Michael Gottschalk this week on his appointment as new Head of Content at the dpa subsidiary picture alliance. The 39-year-old photo journalist and picture editor is responsible for the analysis, further development and implementation of the Frankfurt agency’s content strategy. Michaels experience as a photographer will be important…

Sad news in this morning. News photographer James Gray died on Saturday 7 November 2020. He was 81 years old and was living in Brandon Suffolk.‘Jimmy’ started his photo life at Keystone photo agency on Fleet Street and then staff at the Daily Mail as Royal photographer before going freelance.At…

What would ‘life’ be without photos? – bag one on the 14th here…

Almost there on this search – a few more names to go – let me know if you have not already sent images – thanks! This is a paid-for image search request on PAN from an advertising agency looking for images and illustrations to license as listed below. Scans, links…

The Imperial War Museum in the UK is embarking on five-year digitisation project to preserve Cold War era collections This unique selection of rarely-seen footage from the IWM film archive shows military operations and off-duty scenes from Aden, now part of Yemen. In 2020 IWM initiated Digital Futures, a five year…

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PAN spotted this great shoot story by music and arts photo library ArenaPal with one of their represented photographers – Sheila Burnett – which we are able to re run for you here: Sheila Burnett on photographing 80’s rock presenter Paula Yates: It’s 1982, I’m a freelance photographer but still…

On 14 November the V&A’s Raphael Court, home to the Raphael Cartoons will reopen following a nine month referb. As a result – the museum has made gigapixel and 3D photography of the cartoons which show incredible detail available now to license.…

Tate Images are online with a brand new mobile-ready website, the first major overhaul of the commercial image licensing site in 14 years. They say: ‘Our home page now allows clients to browse Tate’s extensive collection through lightboxes, or keyword/subject themes.  Clients can browse a selection of the artwork collection, as well as…

California based brand monetization agency Evolution have been appointed the licensing and brand management agency for the LIFE brand and The LIFE Picture Collection in North America, Australia and New Zealand. LIFE owner Meredith Corporation say: ‘Accelerating the next step in monetizing and managing these iconic assets, Evolution will actively…

Congratulations this week to Reelin’ In The Years Productions who have won FOCAL’s 2020 Footage Library Of The Year award. They say: ‘We have been in this business for nearly three decades, and while we have won numerous awards for various projects, this one is very special because it speaks to…

Here’s what you need to know: Shutterstock Third Quarter 2020 highlights compared to Third Quarter 2019: Key Operating Metrics Financial Highlights Commenting on the Company’s performance, Stan Pavlovsky, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, said, “Shutterstock had a tremendous third quarter and I am pleased with the acceleration in revenue growth and…

Consultation description The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the government agency responsible for ensuring that the IP framework enables businesses and individuals to protect and enforce their IP rights. The IPO develops policies to ensure that the IP enforcement legal framework is up-to-date and fit for purpose. This framework can be described as the tools which can be…

I caught up recently with long-term PAN reader Douglas McCarthy who is currently Collections Engagement Manager at Europeana and Editor of Open GLAM Medium.  Douglas started his career in the image world at Mary Evans Picture Library in 2001, before joining the Picture Desk Ltd and then working as Rights…