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The Federation of Commercial Audiovisual Libraries International – FOCAL – has postponed this year’s international awards due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The 2020 London gala evening ceremony, booked for 18th June, has been put back to the Autumn.…

As The National Archives offices at Kew are closed they have freed up digital downloads of records. Details: Registered users will be able to order and download up to ten items at a time, to a maximum of 50 items over 30 days. The limits are there to try and…

Positive photo usage here by Motorsport Images, part of the Motorsport Network, who donated this fabulous signed print of Sir Stirling Moss to the Bonhams NHS charity ‘Blue’ auction. The auction which ran online 8-29 April raised over £400,000 for the NHS charities Urgent Covid-19 Appeal. The auctioneer stated that…

In an open letter titled ‘Associated Media Publishing: the end of an era’ the South African publishing giant has announced that the company will cease trading on May 1. In the letter they say: AMP published Cosmopolitan, House & Leisure. Good Housekeeping and Women on Wheels. The company launched in…

UK based photographer and Global Warming Images photo agency owner Ash Cooper is attempting to raise £1M for a national memorial for Covid Victim – visit his fundraising page here…

Shutterstock in the UK will be running the ITV stills photo distribution for another three years – again under an exclusive arrangement.…

The Getty Images’ Reportage Grant this year includes eight $5,000 to be a warded to photojournalists working to safely capture COVID-19 stories worldwide.They say: ‘Understanding that COVID-19 and the resulting travel restrictions have presented photographers worldwide with immense obstacles as to how and where they work, as well as opportunities to convey the wide-ranging impact of the pandemic and also inform…

Photographers and reporters have been very important in reporting and recording this historic time! Reuters have put together a great video showing them at work – above They say: Thank you to the journalists around the world who bring us the news about the COVID-19 pandemic.…

There is a new girl at Backgrid photo agency in the UK! Really great to report the safe and perfect arrival of baby Isla Valentine Taylor to Sophie and James Taylor yesterday – 22 April. Congratulations! PAN assumes Granddad David Taylor, the owner at Backgrid, will be calling a Zoom…

David Ellis, Sales Director of The Mega Agency in the UK, has been using his lockdown time wisely in between photo sales. David who is an accomplished triathlete has been recording a daily fitness routine and today is Day 31! PAN spotted the agency signage proudly embracing the home-gym wall!…

A PAN reader spotted this so we took a look – Website company WIX is looking for photo and video content.Their latest brief is Friends & Family – ‘We’re looking for photos & videos of family life: couples, parents, grandparents and children of all genders, ages, religions and ethnicities.’ ‘Please note…

With the seriousness of the COVID-19 virus showing no sign of completely letting up anytime soon press photographers need to work and they need to stay safe. Photo agency ABACAPRESS boss Jean-Michel has ordered his agency’s branded protection telling PAN: “Testing the new ABACAPRESS mask – anti Covid on the…

UPDATE: New JC owner as JC Trust approves sale to consortium The Jewish Chronicle Trust Ltd is charged with “maintaining and enhancing the standards and integrity of the ‘Jewish Chronicle’ newspaper”, and its editorial independence. This week, the Trust has supported a liquidation process whereby the ownership of the JC would be…

Cutcaster, an ‘online marketplace for high-quality, royalty-free stock photography, illustrations, and vector graphics’, is closing. Founder John Griffin posted this notice on the agency site:‘We started Cutcaster nearly 12 years ago to help connect photo buyers and sellers, and it has been an honor to see the marketplace grow over…

PAN EXCLUSIVE This is an interesting move by celebrity photo agency Atlantic Images who launched on PAN in 2016 they are going the free images route with their content citing traditional usage and the decline in decent photo prices as the reason to try this new business model housed at…

Presentation/Panel Discussion: Photographing Infrastructure, 11AM Tuesday 21 April 2020 If you missed it – here’s another chance to view this great project put together by photographer Luke O’Donovan for his Zoomed In – a new virtual festival running all this week celebrating photography and architecture. VIEW photo library photographers present…

Susan Elizabeth (Sue) Davies (née Adey), 14 April 1933 – 18 April 2020 TPG is deeply saddened to announce that Sue Davies OBE, its founding director, has died aged 87on Sat 18 April. Sue founded The Photographers’ Gallery in London’s Covent Garden in 1971 as the first public space dedicated to…