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Always good to brush up on detail affecting images in your photo library … MOD copyright information, how to obtain licensing permission, use of MOD names, logos and insignia on items offered for sale (merchandise).HERE…

If you work in a picture library …you know it’s all about the pictures …publishing …and a little design work. Which is exactly what the staff at London based Mary Evans Picture Library presented to their Head of Sales & Research Luci Gosling in the form of a birthday card,…

View an update on the UK Government IP Office blog re the whole GDPR ‘thing’. ….’If a person commissions a photograph of themselves for private purposes, they have the right to control how that image is used under copyright law.’‘As a photographer, you probably want to share your work widely…

Offside Sports photo agency photographer Charlotte Wilson and AMA Sports Photo agency photographer Molly Darlington are shooting the FIFA Women’s World Cup in France covering their journey on a blog – follow what it takes to cover the tournament HERE…

Stock illustrations agency Ikon Images are online with a brand new website this week take a look. They say: ‘With over 300 of the worlds best illustrators and artists being represented, Ikon Images have now developed a website worthy of this impressive collection of images. Along with a crisp new…

Guest post here from Storm Stock MD Martin Lisius Microstock – the dark side of image licensing There are often two sides to an industry. The side the customer sees, and the “inside” that industry people see. This article is about the inside of the stock image industry. In the…

Today Rex Features has rebranded to Shutterstock Editorial …take a look Shutterstock say: ‘The global rebranding process today is primarily cosmetic focused (updated logo, email and website copy) and will have a minimal effect on the day-to-day workflow of our customers, contributors and partners. Our team is committed to growing…

BETA launched in 2015 the Shutterstock Editor tool is now helping over 5 million creatives, designers, and marketers speed up their design workflow. …and the photo agency just added multi-page presentation templates ‘designed to help ignite creativity for engaging slideshows’.…

PAN reader Anna Stevens, Producer at London based editorial photo agency Panos Pictures, writes: “Hi Will, I’m producing a workshop for Panos for NGO staff on assigning photography” Panos’ industry workshops are aimed at communications, digital and media professionals wanting to explore the methods, opportunities and challenges of working with…

Authentic Brands Group (ABG), a global brand development, marketing and entertainment company, has announced the purchased of intellectual property of Sports Illustrated from Meredith Corporation. ABG assumes the marketing, business development and licensing functions for the Sports Illustrated intellectual property and brand, while the print magazine and SI.com will maintain…

This exhibition brings together for the first time, over sixty original prints by renowned émigré photographers Gerti Deutsch and Kurt Hutton, together with Bert Hardy and Haywood Magee, revealing Picture Post magazine’s stories of refugees and immigrants to Britain from the 1930s to the 1950s.  Images focus on the Kindertransport and…

Vanity Fair started life as Dress & Vanity Fair, a men’s style magazine, published by Condé Montrose Nast in 1913 – This week the magazine’s complete archive is online. • Access details: ‘For the first month, access to our archive will be free – create an account here. After June 30,…

Freelance documentary photographer Susan Meiselas, a member of Magnum Photos since 1976, has been awarded the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2019. Meiselas was deemed to have made a consistently outstanding contribution to photography, influencing the way that audiences encounter and understand the form and exemplifying a commitment and personal…

Congratulations to Joseph Volpe who joins Motorsport Images this week as Account Manager for the Americas. Based in New York, Joseph will be tasked with opening up new business opportunities for Motorsport Images with editorial and commercial clients. They say: ‘Joseph comes to us with a depth of business development…

A nifty contributor update here from Shutterstock – uploading vectors to the platform will now be much easier as the system automatically creates a JPG preview for all your vectors …meaning you no longer have to submit a JPG when you upload.…

Australia based design and publishing platform Canva has acquired free stock photo libraries Pexels and Pixabay, and launched of Photos Unlimited, a new “Netflix-style” subscription model for more affordable paid stock photography. Melanie Perkins, CEO and cofounder at Canva said that with the rise of design literacy, people needed more…

Celebrity photo agency Splash News in the UK has apologised and paid damages to the Duke of Sussex (Prince Harry) over images they shot of his home in the Cotswolds. Splash owners RCapital have given PAN this statement:“Splash has always recognised that this situation represents an error of judgement and…

Scroll down for an update on the evening and our chosen photo project PAN friend photojournalist Cinzia D’Ambrosi has asked me to choose a photo documentary to feature on PAN from her newly organised Photojournalism Hub nights programme. The first event is on 21 May 2019 at Elephant West in…