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500px are calling it Splash …’Select a color and size for your brush. Then, Splash paint on the canvas and see matching photos appear in your search results. Keep adding colors to see your results change, and adjust the category filter to see different images.’…

Launched in Beta in 2014 photo library Picfair have just launched for real with an updated to their website now offering three million contributors images. They say: “Since the day we launched just over two years ago, we’ve been working obsessively to reach photographers in every corner of the globe.…

The Mega Agency – launched via PAN in February – have made three new hires this week Paul Tetley, David Leigh and Karlo Pastrovic. Tetley, previously VP Global News and Entertainment at Corbis, will be Mega’s Chief Operations Officer (COO). Tetley first worked for Splash, and then Corbis, for 14…

Getty Images are ramping up their push to embrace the ‘consumer’ viewers of their content with the appointment this week of Steve Grimes to the newly created role of Managing Editor & Senior Vice President of Consumer Media. They say: “Steve will have editorial oversight of Getty Images’ new consumer…

Chris and Peter Whittle (above) who’s late father Brian founded UK based news agency Cavendish Press have launched their own agency this morning called Atlantic Images – a new transatlantic picture agency operating in the UK, USA and Canada. Chris Whittle told PAN: “Atlantic Images will work directly with high-profile individuals,…

Here at PAN we love our in-agency photos – arriving this week was a shot from Kent based photo agency Topfoto featuring the smile of Topfoto Partner and fotofringe London organiser Flora Nedelcu …modelling the 5th edition of the New European newspaper. Send your agency pics to [email protected]…

Sponsored by Splash As we look to upgrade our technology, Splash wants to ensure it works for our Contributors so we have put together a short survey to help us continue on the right path. This survey should take no longer than 5 minutes of your time but will help…

California based premium stock photo agency Erickson Stock has released half of its assignment quality image collection to a new royalty free pricing model today. They say: Formerly all rights-managed, this high-end collection of imagery has been long held by graphic designers and artists as the finest photography for stock…

UPDATED 9 Sept: Dear friends, Please join us on Monday for the fifth edition of Photo Scratch! Join us to see some brilliant work in progress photography projects, discuss and feed back, and have a catch up. Monday 12th September 6-9pm at Hotel Elephant Spare Street ( map here )…

Photo agencies Visual Press Agency and Starface in France have been acquired by veteran photographer Paul Marnef who is Managing Director and co-owner of Sipa Press (France) and CEO and co-founder of Isopix (Belgium). The former owners at Visual and Starface will be staying on to run their agency.…

On trend for the ‘summer’ PAN newsletter sponsor – Essex UK based quality horticultural/botanical photo library Garden World Images are online with a brand new website.…

London based photo agency Photoshot appear to be upping their game in the celebrity photo arena by merging with Look Press in Spain this week. Photoshot recently acquired US photo agency Pacific Coast News and tied up a licensing deal with London based Famous Pictures. All this ahead of what…

Bridgeman Images in London are now representing the estate of artist John Miller (1931-2002) for copyright, reproduction and licensing. Born in London, the artist studied and worked as an architect before relocating to West Cornwall in 1958 to become a full time painter. Working from his studio with its magnificent…

News UK Archives have teamed up with The Times, Sunday Times and Southwark Cathedral to put an exhibition of the Southwark area. ‘An exciting new exhibition, showcasing photographs from The Times and The Sunday Times archive, opens this weekend in Southwark Cathedral.’ ‘Times Past’ features images of the Southwark area…