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‘An exhibition by one of Britain’s most decorated press photographers, Mike Maloney (OBE) runs from 27th September until 10th October 2014 at Guildhall Studio, 5 Guildhall Street, Lincoln LN1 1TT. View the images Frank Sinatra never wanted you to see! Limited edition prints will be available to purchase from the…

↑ Two smiling girls (aided by an old man) play skipping on a deserted Manchester street, strewn with toys and little children. An evocative view of 60s England with terraced housing, close-knit communities, the local corner shop and not a car in sight! Photograph by Shirley Baker 1968 – click…

Maya Alleruzzo (AP Photo) Maya Alleruzzo, a photographer who has covered wars in Iraq and Afghanistan during a 12-year stint in the region, has been named regional photo editor for the Middle East by The Associated Press. Alleruzzo, 44, joined AP as a staff photographer in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2007.…

Photo supplied Getty Images, has signed a deal with the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) to create a bespoke digital archive system for the QOC’s heritage assets. The system will host videos, tapes, DVDs, photos and documents dating back from 1979. As part of the deal, Getty Images ‘will also share…

↑ Justin Foulkes image from a year around the British Isles A great stock photo feature idea here from 4Corners Images photo library. ‘The Highlands or the Isle of Wight, to Tintern in Wales or Seaford in Kent, photographer Justin Foulkes always comes home with a good shoot.’ Here’s a…

This in from the picture researchers at UK photo library Topfoto : ‘Will, FYI just came across this, don’t suppose there are any pictures it produced hanging around.’ • Filename: EU054570_montage.jpg ← click to license. • Caption: World’s largest process camera for colour work runs on rail track. Occupies two rooms,…

Mary Evans picture library have uploaded a brand new batch of license-ready images from their representation of the Medici Society. They say: ‘It’s an eclectic mix with everything from stunning pencil drawings of lions and giraffes by contemporary artist Julie Small to 18th and 19th century views of London.’…

Anyway … here’s the link…

Photo: Charles Dharapak by Ted Anthony, AP’s director of Asia-Pacific news – AP supplied Charles Dharapak, a veteran photographer who has spent the past decade chronicling the activities and travels of U.S. presidents and American political campaigns, has been named Asia-Pacific regional photo editor for The Associated Press. Dharapak, 43,…

‘Photography has the power to fascinate, inspire, and even change the way we see and understand the world around us. Today, we’re excited to introduce the first annual Flickr 20under20 – an initiative that celebrates 20 of the world’s most extraordinary young photographers on Flickr.’ View the photography here…

Leftris just sent this photo in… Photo: Associated Press photographer Lefteris Pitarakis covering clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian demonstrators near the West Bank city of Hebron. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) The Photography Oxford festival runs for the next three weeks and features a number of Press photo events. Truth &…

click it ↑ and use the history slider to find the Photographers and Photographs They say: ‘Photogrammar is a web-based platform for organizing, searching, and visualizing the 170,000 photographs from 1935 to 1945 created by the United States Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information (FSA-OWI). NB: most images…

• Heritage Open Days: W.W. Winter Photographers Winter House, 45 Midland Road, Derby, Derbyshire. • Thursday 11 September – Saturday 13 September ‘There has been a photography studio in Midland Road, Derby since at least 1857. This was owned by Monsieur Emmanuel Nicholas Charles who employed our founder, Walter William…

Updated Fri 19 Sept: the video of the event just dropped in …watch ↓…