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BBC news magazine reports: ‘People who tweeted photos allegedly of child killer Jon Venables are being charged with contempt of court. It’s the latest in a long line of cases that suggest that ordinary social media users need to have a grasp of media law.’ Full report by Brian Wheeler…

Rankin, the photographer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young. Sun 3 Mar 2013 11:15 BBC Radio 4…

Reporters Without Borders has reported the death of Olivier Voisin a 35 year old French freelance photographer in Syria. …’Voisin sustained serious head and arm injuries from an exploding shell on 21 February while covering the operations of a katiba (armed opposition group) near the northern city of Idlib…. Full…

enjoyed this simple marketing effort: – Click each them ↑ for personal image selections from the staff at akg-images UK David Price-Hughes, akg-images MD in the UK, dropped PAN an email this week with a press release about photographer Jean-Louis Nou rejoining the library, whilst that is great news and…

Christina Beamish has joined royalty free photo agency First Light in Toronto as Senior Account Specialist. They say: Christina is a seasoned veteran in the stock photography industry, and has spent the last decade as an independent photo researcher and permissions editor for a variety of clients. Prior to that,…

click it ↑ Great example of how to use Twitter for image marketing by boutique stock photo library Gallery Stock – PAN had them down for gorgeous shots for advertising campaigns …never really had them down for summits in the collection! Here’s the Tweet: Gallery Stock ‏@Gallery_Stock Need some inspiration?…

Last week PAN reader photographer David Levenson released his photozines via the specialist ‘short run’ artists book publisher Café Royal. This week PAN reader photographer Homer Sykes’ images are in print! …here: Blitz Kids, Skins & Sliver Spoons Homer, I hope I can secure a signed copy at your table…

Delhi based photo agency, InPA (Indian Photo Agency) are following and uploading the latest press setups for UK PM Mr Cameron’s visit – here: InPa…

The international jury of the 56th annual World Press Photo Contest has selected a picture by Paul Hansen of the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter as the World Press Photo of the Year 2012. Images and details of other selected photographers…

Ⅶ: Alexandra Boulat • Ashley Gilbertson • Ron Haviv • Ed Kashi • Gary Knight • Antonin Kratochvil • Christopher Morris • Seamus Murphy • Franco Pagetti Editorial photo agency Ⅶ has produced a concise photo feature packed special newsletter linking to photography, stories behind the pictures, exhibitions and publications…

Charles Swan – © Chris Frazer Smith Photography and media law expert Charles Swan at UK based solicitors Swan Turton has dropped PAN a link to his latest article on the Guardian Media Network – Charles told PAN: “It’s quite a big one for photographers from the European Court of…

all photos © Paul Brown Paul Brown, Managing Director at Mary Evans Picture Library, sent PAN these images following up an email we sent him last week …. wondered where you got to Paul! “Hi Will, Sorry for the delay I got stuck in Venice when they closed the airport…

NI Syndication, the photo agency for photo content at the The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun newspapers, has launched Profile – a brand new standalone website dedicated exclusively to studio portraits. They say: ‘Powerful imagery isn’t solely reserved for news stories. We believe high–end portraiture is worth showcasing…

Mel Gibson is pictured in Los Angeles, California © Michel Comte Collection/www.matrixstudios.co.uk English supermodel Naomi Campbell is pictured in Paris, France © Michel Comte Collection/www.matrixstudios.co.uk London-based celebrity portraiture library Matrix Studios – part of the Matrix Media Group – has been chosen to represent the archive of legendary Swiss photographer…

PAN reader and Press Photo History Project contributor photographer David Levenson has a couple of new photo ‘zines out, infact one has sold out already! – Here’s more from David… © Dave Hartley “Hi Will, Cafe Royal Books, run by Craig Atkinson, asked if I would like to do some…

• What is the size of the global picture trade? • How do picture agencies reach their markets? • What are appropriate business models? Where are the new markets? Last year PAN linked to the CEPIC, PACA and the Heidelberg Research Group on the Global Stock Image Market, ‘the first-ever global survey…

Chris Brown Totals His Black Porsche in Car Accident © Insight News & Features, Inc…