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Behind The Scenes: MediaStorm Multimedia Workshop 2009

For seven days in June, eight professionals worked with producers at MediaStorm to document, edit and produce a multimedia project. The participants were split up into two teams, one led by Bob Sacha and the other by Eric Maierson. With a focus on hands-on training, the teams learned about workflow, collaboration and the importance of focus on narrative and visual storytelling. The participating professionals and MediaStorm staff reflect on what they took away from the workshop and what they hope to integrate into their everyday work.
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Now Showing: Eugene Richards - Fahey/Klein Gallery

Near Froid, Montana, June, 2007 | Eugene Richards

June 18 through July 25, 2009

The Fahey/Klein Gallery is pleased to present Eugene Richards: The Blue Room, in his first exhibition in Los Angeles. In the tradition of the influential American social documentary photographers Walker Evans, Robert Frank, William Eggleston, and Robert Adams, Richards shows us a view of the disappearing cultural landscape and exposes the desolate beauty of once inhabited places from the middle of America.

Vibe Magazine Closes - May Remain Online Only

Vibe magazine hit the deadpool today, but if Quincy Jones has his way, the music magazine he founded nearly two decades ago will thrive again—albeit online-only.

More here: Reuters.com

Gannett Cuts 1,400 Jobs

AP via Yahoo News reports: Gannett to cut 1,400 jobs as slump in advertising revenue continues
New York (AP) Newspaper publisher Gannett Co. plans to cut 1,400 jobs in the next few weeks, about 3 percent of the work force, as it faces a prolonged slump in advertising revenue.
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60's - 70's UPITN Footage Discovered In London Office

Hours of TV news film recorded by a US news agency (UPITN) in the 1960s and 70s has been discovered in an empty London office.
The material includes some famous names and some revealing glimpses of how we lived 40 years ago.
See the report : BBC.com

IPC Media Wins At PPA Awards

UK: IPC Media was the biggest-winning consumer publisher at Monday night's PPA Awards, walking away with wins for NME.COM, Nuts and woman&home, while Wallpaper* was highly commended.

Photographer Blog Launched: Adrian Weinbrecht

A PhotoArchiveNews.com reader wrote in yesterday pointing us to a friend's new blog launched by Adrian Weinbrecht one of Europe's top commercial photographers.

Watch him plan and shoot some challenging assignments here: http://www.adrianweinbrecht.com/blog/

Photojournalist Available : Pakistan

Faseeh Shams is a photojournalist who dropped us an email at photoarchivenews.com looking for assignments in Pakistan.

I am writing with the pure intention of being a part of your network as a correspondent / photojournalist in Pakistan. I live in the center of the city Lahore , Punjab., the next important city after the capital, politically. Below is the link of my photo website. www.faseehshams.com
I have worked extensively on different film productions for many international production houses, like, BBC World, Taken by Trees, Current TV, Bonne Pioche Productions. My photos have been published in Reuters as well as BBC.
Please do let me know if you need anyone working on any assignments / reporting’s that you prefer to be done in anywhere in Pakistan.
With high hopes and wishes,

Faseeh Shams

Call For Entries: Photo Levallois

The City of Levallois and EPSON France launch the second City of Levallois-EPSON Photographic Award, created to promote creation in contemporary photography on an international level. This Prize will be awarded as the result of a competition opened to any photographic sensibilities , and to any photographer less than 35 of age on 20, November, 2009. Nationality will not be a criterion. The award-winner and possible special mentions will also be granted the production of an exhibition of their work at l’Escale, Cultural Center of the City of Levallois, during the Photo Levallois festival, from November, 20 to December 24, 2009.

Dreamstime Launches New Photo-Review Tool: Stock Rank

Stock photo agency Dreamstime.com has introduced Stock Rank -a new “photo-review tool” to enable members to test their photo IQ in comparing and ranking images.

Banks To Take Control Of Incisive Media

FT.com reports: Banks to take control of Incisive Media

Banks are closing in on a deal to take control of Incisive Media, the UK business-to-business publisher, in a debt-for-equity swap that would leave its private equity owner Apax Partners with only a negligible stake.
Full article here: FT.com

WildPhotos - Registration Now Open

Delegate registration is now open for the UK’s premier nature photography symposium. WildPhotos is a unique opportunity to view and discuss the inspiring work of the world’s finest nature photographers.

Nat Mag: 'Jackson Special' Produced Over Weekend

On sale today: "Michael Jackson - Tribute to a Legend" was written and produced by Editor Michael Butcher and the team at Reveal magazine, the issue promises to be a valuable collector's item for Michael Jackson fans both in the UK and throughout the world.
The team from National Magazine Co in the UK swung into action following the announcement of Jackson's death and produced the stylish glossy photographic tribute issue over the weekend.
Only 200,000 copies of the magazine, which will cost £2.99, have been printed and will remain on sale for a month. The tribute issue, which will be distributed by Comag throughout the UK, has been produced in A4 format with a glossy 170gsm cover.

Solomango: Water Babies

Photo Giordano Cipriani click to view.

Latest photo story at Solomango: Water Babies.

Having already spent months in the womb suspended in liquid, new-born babies have a natural affinity with water. Start them young and the benefits of this early swimming reach far beyond the pool. German and Swedish research has shown that swimming babies have advanced motor development, social skills and intelligence compared to their non-swimming friends.....

Getty Images Announces 'Grants For Good' Winners

Getty Images has announced Stephen Ferry and Karen Kasmauski as the first recipients of its Grants for Good. Each photographer will be awarded $15,000 to develop compelling new imagery that will strengthen the communications and elevate the awareness of a non-profit they support.

Bruce McBroom Talks About The 'Fawcett' Shoot

Farrah Fawcett poster, 1976/Bruce McBroom / Everett

TIME reports: Fawcett Photographer Recalls an Iconic Shoot

....Like any photo shoot, we did a lot of different stuff. But it was just Farrah and myself. It was before the days where you had to have stylists and hair and makeup and background art directors and assistants. It was just me and Farrah and my Nikon, at the home she shared with Lee Majors, a house on Mulholland Drive overlooking Hollywood, with a beautiful view.....
Full report here: Time.com

Michael Jackson: a life through pictures

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GWI Contributor Exhibits at RHS

Garden World Images contributor Niki Simpson is exhibiting her digital botanical illustrations at the RHS Hyde Hall.
The exhibition opened on Tuesday 23rd June 2009 and will run until the end of October.
How to get there

Call For Tenders: BBC Photographic Library

Photograph Archive Digitisation and New Images Secure Website.

The BBC is inviting organisations to respond to our Request for Information (RFI), which outlines the strategy and service requirements of digitising our photographic library and making available new images to journalists via a secure website.

The closing date for responses is 3pm on 20th July 2009.

All details and documents here

Cannes Lions International 2009

The latest happenings, live from the Festival.
Including full-length seminars, interviews, master classes.
Keep up to date with the Festival here: www.canneslions.com

The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival is the world's only truly global meeting place for professionals in the communications industry who want to keep ahead of the curve. During seven days in June, thousands of delegates from 90 countries gather in Cannes to listen to speakers such as Sir Martin Sorrell, Bob Greenberg, Kofi Annan, Steve Ballmer, Biz Stone, Maurice Lévy, Bob Geldof, Mark Tutssel, Tham Khai Meng and hundreds of others, whilst around 250 jury menbers judge over 22,000 pieces of the most creative advertising from across the world. All the entries are available to view for delegates in exhibitions, kiosks and in screenings.

Re-Launch: Meet The Famous Photo Agency

In case you haven’t heard, we just launched our NEW MeetTheFamous.com Photo Agency!..... We have also enhanced your profile pages with real time reporting, so you can see when your photos sold, where your photos sold, and how much your photos sold for (so you don’t have to wait over 30 days to find out like at other agencies).....

Launch: International Media Institute Of India

The International Center for Journalists has announced the launch of the International Media Institute of India (IMII) in New Delhi, a non-profit educational center that will marry cutting-edge, hands-on journalism instruction with the highest international standards.

istockphoto launches New Search and New Collection

'A recent survey of more than 28,000 iStockphoto customers found that search and quality of collection are two of the top reasons for choosing iStock. Enter Best Match 2.0 and the Vetta™ Collection. The Best Match algorithm provides more relevant results and saves people time when searching. Seventy-eight percent of customers found it reduced search times — 20 percent of those said search times were reduced by more than 50 percent. Vetta is a collection of top-quality iStock images hand-selected for exquisite art direction and intelligently executed concepts'.

iStockphoto have announced projected revenues of $200 million for 2009

Job: Evening Photo Editor - WENN

Evening Photo Editor (Full Time)
Salary Negotiable

Due to continued expansion WENN have further vacancies for their busy London picture desk.
For more details on this and other jobs visit the Industry Ads page.

Evening News Shot On the New iPhone

CBS4 reports: New iPhone Good Enough For The Evening News

....Somewhere between 6 and 7 a.m., I started snapping photos for CBS4.com and, once I got my iPhone 3G S, planned on shooting some video and short interviews....

Watch "CBS4 Producer Shoots Story On New iPhone 3G S"

Camera Press Signs Mark Bond

Celebrity and beauty photographer Mark Bond has joined London based photo agency Camera Press. His recent shoots include comedy man of the moment Michael McIntyre, Alesha Dixon and Katharine Jenkins.

Launched: New Web Documentary Award

FRANCE 24, the international news television channel and RFI, the international news radio station, are launching the first Web Documentary Award at the 21st Visa pour l’Image festival.
The FRANCE 24-RFI Award will honour the web documentary that sets itself apart from the other entries in terms of choice of subject, originality and innovative use of new multimedia tools.

Full details can be downloaded at FRANCE24.com and RFI.fr

PAN 60second Interview: Glenn Parker - Photolibrary Group

:: Exclusive::

Name: Glenn Parker
Company: Photolibrary Group
Position: CEO

.....How are your sales figures at Photolibrary compared to this time last year?
We are up around 25% year to date which is pleasing. Most areas are experiencing growth so thankfully I dont need to single out any particular region.

Click here to read the full Glenn Parker interview

Kodak Retires Kodachrome Film

Eastman Kodak Company announced today that it will retire KODACHROME Color Film this year, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon.

Sales of KODACHROME Film, which became the world’s first commercially successful color film in 1935, have declined dramatically in recent years as photographers turned to newer KODAK Films or to the digital imaging technologies that Kodak pioneered. Today, KODACHROME Film represents just a fraction of one percent of Kodak’s total sales of still-picture films.

Jade Picture Book From Matrix Photos

'Jade - Remember me this Way' - click book cover to buy

MatrixPhotos has published a picture book of Jade Goody. Two partners at the London based agency, Danny Hayward and Simon Bridger were close friends with Jade for many years and spent the last seven years following her around the world, photographing her every move. Almost every Jade exclusive you have seen came from them. The book was put together with her consent, when she knew she was going to die. She helped to choose the pictures and she wrote a letter to her two boys which is the forward to the book.

Sadly she died before the book went to print so she did not get to see it, but she did see the proofs and liked it very much. The book is called 'Jade - Remember me this Way' and at Jade's request all profits go to Marie Curie Cancer Care.
The book was serialised by The Sun for three consecutive days the week it came out and was published by HandE Publishing in Epping. Now, six weeks after hitting the shelves it has sold over 10,000 copies and is well on it's way to becoming a best seller.

Classic Einstein Photo Sells For $74,000

UPI reports: Einstein photograph sold for $74,000

An auctioneer in Amherst, N.H., says he sold a famed photograph of theoretical physicist Albert Einstein for $74,324.
Auctioneer Bobby Livingston said the autographed 1951 photo of Einstein wagging his tongue was sold online via RRAuction.com and the sale marked the highest price paid for an Einstein photo in history, The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger reported Saturday. (The original photo was taken by then-United Press International photographer Arthur Sasse)

Full report here: UPI.com

Lickerish Signs Nicole Nodland

Sienna Miller

London based photo agency Lickerish are now the exclusive syndication agency for photographer Nicole Nodland.

Nicole started her career as a personal photographer to Prince: working with him and his band traveling the world for two years shooting album covers, press, and documenting Prince’s life. She has been able to photograph some of her heroes such as Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles and George Clinton.

Nicole Nodland has recently shot ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ star Freida Pinto and continues to capture the enchanting character of all her subjects.

Go See: The Unknowns

The Unknowns: Images from a Bygone Era
Work by Various Unknown Photographers
June 12–July 26
404 River Street, Troy, NY

This is an extensive collection of vintage images from the 1800s, including people in a variety of settings from professional portraits to amateur captures of family outings. All are unique, poignant, foreign yet familiar and all are Unknown.

“During this time, photography was born and growing rapidly. Like our digital age of today, new processes and vast improvements on technique and equipment were being discovered every few years. Through this exhibition we observe the transformation of photography and the ways in which people were using the camera. The Photography Center is paying homage to our current processes of photography through these examples of its beginnings.”

Oddball Film + Video Acquires 40's - 50's Footage

Oddball Film+Video, a leading provider of offbeat and unusual stock footage, has recently acquired a collection of eclectic films from the 1940’s and 1950’s featuring kooky burlesque dancers, automobile manufacturing films, silent comedies and cartoons, and 1940s “juke box” musical Soundies. We also acquired rare footage of the 1939 New York World’s Fair.

GlamourKey Launches Flagship Site

GlamourKey.com is a first-of-its-kind website offering high-definition royalty free stock footage of beautiful models in front of a perfectly keyed background or in other words with no background. These clips offer a blank slate ready for endless ideas and creativity. A perfect palette offered by a team of cinematographers and models using advanced digital motion imaging and the latest in green-screen technology.

“What makes us different is our style,” says Jon Schellenger, Vice President of Production. “We’re the first in the world to shoot pre-keyed glamour. It’s a one-of-a-kind tool box to make your production easier and more economical.”

Keywording Short Video Clips

Short videos for stock and web use are a growing source of income for image libraries - just make sure your clients can find the clips easily.

...5. Think about what technical keywords you'll need such as "cut away" or "slow motion".....

Full report: Kewording Central: Searchable Video - A Great Source Of New Revenue

Photographers Wanted: UK

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Signs of recovery in the UK economy combined with our continued quality, reputation and competitive prices has created additional demand for photographers in and around the Following areas: Leeds, Bradford, Lincoln, Nottingham, Sheffield, Kent, Bournemouth and Dorset

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Now Showing: Reportage Festival - Atri

An international festival on reportage at Atri.
The City of Atri (Italy), in association with the Abruzzo Regional Administration, is holding an international festival on the importance and development of reportage in the history of information and on journalistic determination in the field: Reportage. Pictures, words, stories

New Site: Image Quest Marine

UK based stock photo library Image Quest Marine has launched its new website dedicated to delivering users the stunning aquatic photographs they want, when they want them.

Managing Director of Image Quest Marine, Chris Parks says: “We are very excited about this launch. Our new website has been designed with the needs of the user foremost. There are new tools and features allowing clients to find, order, or download all their marine images totally online. We feel sure our existing and new customers alike will enjoy using the website, which is backed up by the fast, helpful and knowledgeable services of the Image Quest team.”

Vario Images Now On Twitter

You can now follow agency news and creative image trends from German photo agency Vario Images on microblogging site Twitter. Here - http://twitter.com/varioimages

Diary Date: Visa pour l'image - Perpignan

People: Tim Harris Moves To Nature Picture Library

Tim Harris

Nature Picture Library and Bluegreen Pictures are pleased to announce that Tim Harris has joined their team from 1st June 2009 as Sales and Marketing Manager. Tim previously managed the NHPA nature and wildlife collection and headed book sales at Photoshot, and has more than 25 years experience in the picture industry. He is also a current member of the BAPLA Executive Committee.

Global Image Works Represents Iconic TV Show

Stock footage company, Global ImageWorks, has been appointed the exclusive worldwide clip licensing representative of the iconic television show, Soul Train on behalf of Direct Holdings Americas Inc. The deal includes the clip licensing of over 1100 weekly Soul Train Episodes, 20+ Soul Train Award Shows , and all the Specials and Anniversary Shows . Best remembered for its indelible cultural impact, Soul Train (1971-2006) is also one of the most successful shows ever created, holding the record for the longest, first-run, nationally syndicated television show ever.
Click Soul Train to view collection clips and more details

StockShop Add RF - Meets Fixed Price Demands

StockShop, an independent stock photography agency based in Boston, have added 5000 royalty-free (RF) images to its website.

“While we remain committed to StockShop’s 100% exclusive rights-managed model released images, adding the RF collection allows us to meet the growing demand for fixed price licenses,” said Maggie Fellner Hunt, StockShop’s founder and president. “Our goal was to enhance our offerings and allow clients to find the best image for their needs. When price and convenience are paramount, RF is the answer.”

Bridgeman Represents the Clark Collection

UK based photo library Bridgeman are now representing The Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute Collection.
The Clark houses one of the largest collections of impressionist works within the United States. The Clarks also had an affinity for 19th century American painting; John Singer Sargent, Frederic Remington and Winslow Homer figure prominently within the collection. Bridgeman has access to a significant assortment of Renaissance to 19th century European and American painting and sculpture, prints and English silver. Over 200 images are now available online.
See a selection here

Site Update: Heritage Images

Heritage Images have launched their 'improved and new look site, which is aesthetically more appealing and offers the end user a more user-friendly experience. Purchasing and researching from the Heritage Images website is considerably simpler and trouble-free'.

Rex Features Lands Exclusive BB 10 Rights

Big Brother 10: Channel 4 awards Rex Features exclusive distribution rights for still images.

Channel 4 has designated Rex Features as the official photo agency for all still images from the Big Brother show. The latest series, which started last week is being broadcast every evening and is expected to last 13 weeks.

IPC: Key Publishing Changes

IPC Ignite has announced key changes to its team that strengthen and realign the publishing responsibilities across the men's lifestyle and music portfolio.

Faith Hill is appointed publisher of music titles NME and Uncut reporting to publishing director Paul Cheal.
James Thrower is appointed associate publisher of the Mousebreaker casual gaming portfolio, and will remain associate publisher of men's monthly Loaded, reporting to publishing director Jo Smalley.

Autocar India Gains On The Competition

India’s latest readership survey (IRS R1) shows that Haymarket magazine Autocar India readership has risen by 13 per cent, compared to a 21 per cent drop in reader numbers for Overdrive, its main competitor.
Reader numbers for Autocar India now stand at 199,000, nearly three times that of Overdrive’s, whose latest reader numbers total 71,000.

Watch: Tonight - The Death Of Kiss And Tell

Tonight's Panorama show on BBC 1 at 8.30pm, will examine 'The Death of Kiss and Tell" looking at the battle lines being drawn between those pushing for laws to boost a person's right to privacy and those in the media fighting to tell the truth.

Celebrities and public figures alike are turning to privacy laws to suppress stories and photographs that show them in a bad light. But it is not only kiss and tell stories that are under threat, and editors fear serious investigative journalism could be jeopardised; Panorama investigates this growing trend.

Jason Hawkes Photo Lands Front Cover Of UK Wired Mag

The triple gatefold front cover

When the creative team at Wired Magazine were looking for a striking cover image they contacted ariel stock photographer Jason Hawkes. Jason told photoarchivenews.com, “ I showed them a selection of night aerial views of London, and the team loved one shot in particular, I then put them in touch with GMJ London to give the image a futuristic feel. The end shot was used as a triple gatefold. It looked fantastic and the client was delighted."

Guardian Cuts 80 Jobs From Commercial Divisions

The Guardian.co.uk reports: Guardian News & Media to cut 80 commercial roles, with 32 redundancies

.....The main departments affected include advertising; marketing; the production, distribution and sales team; and Guardian Professional, the business-to-business division of GNM.....

....GNM, which also publishes MediaGuardian.co.uk, announced last month that it would cut about 50 editorial staff by the end of the year as part of a plan to reduce editorial costs by £10m.....

Full report here: guardian.co.uk

Keedup Launches Micro Keywording Standard

A micro keywording standard, aimed at delivering the most important keywords at low cost, has been launched by New Zealand-based keywording company Keedup.

The new standard of up to 15 keywords includes technical, literal, thematic and conceptual keywords, and is aimed at companies and photographers on a budget, or large archives where the cost of full keywording would be prohibitive.
Keedup CEO, Kevin Townsend, said that in developing the standard it had become apparent that as the number of words is reduced, the importance of each increased dramatically.
“A lot can be achieved with relatively small numbers of words, but only if they are chosen carefully."

Family Snap Makes A Billboard

A couple from the United States got a shock when they learned their family photo was being used, unauthorised, on an advertising poster in Prague.
As free picture offerings are becoming more common the line between legal and illegal usage is getting blurred. In a similar infringement in 2007, Virgin was sued for failing to get model release for an image sourced from Flickr.

Click here to read more about the Prague infringement at bbc.co.uk

Click here to read about the Virgin infringement at smh.com.au

Specialist Stock Fill The Guardian Newspaper

For the second time in the last few months Specialist Stock has filled the centre page spread in the Guardian newspaper. Yesterday’s shot (above) was of a downtown pigeon! Specialist Stock is a comprehensive collection of still pictures and motion footage libraries covering wildlife, global cultures and the environment.

Ami Barwell - New Photos

Ami Barwell: Rock 'n' Roll Photographer - Website update - New photos - Collaborations.
www.musicphotographer.co.uk

Framepool Awards Best Shooting Quality At FIMAC

Framepool , the footage collection run by filmmakers, will present its own trophy at the FIMAC, Festival International des Médias Audiovisuels Corporate du Creusot. The “Prix Spécial Framepool” will acclaim the quality of shots within corporate films.
The ceremony will take place on June 19th at Creusot in Burgundy at the Alto congress centre.
The Festival International des Médias Audiovisuels Corporate (International Festival of Corporate Audiovisual Medias) is highly acknowledged for honouring the creative achievements in the production of business and industrial films. It is the only French festival which is entirely dedicated to the celebration of films, videos, DVD’s and interactive programs produced for corporate communication purposes.

Glyndebourne Through The Years From Arenapal

A rake's progress: Guy Gravett Collection / ArenaPAL

Glyndebourne is celebrating its' 75th birthday this year.

Performing arts photo agency Arenapal is providing an exclusive opportunity to view over 55 years of photographic coverage from official house photographers Guy Gravett and Mike Hoban. With unrivalled access to over 200,000 scanned images these two archives provide a unique photographic history of this internationally renowned opera house.

NMM Picture Library Opens Online Print Shop

The National Maritime Museum has launched a new prints website at nmmprints.com

The new ordering service presents the Museum's finest images, from detailed maps to magnificent photographs, in themed collections, making selection quick and easy.

Pap Agency Buzz Foto Targets Bloggers

Los Angeles based paparazzi photo agency, Buzz Foto has set its sights on the blogger market through their new Media Grid "It is an incredibly untapped market" declares co founder Henry Flores. "We service a handful of bloggers presently, but they are just the tip of the iceberg".

Corbis Represents Retna

Corbis and Retna (U.S.) have announced a new agreement to make Retna’s celebrity and entertainment photography available through Corbis.

With the new partnership, Corbis is in the process of adding 250,000 images from the Retna archive and will be adding thousands more of the freshest images every week from Retna’s comprehensive red carpet and breaking news entertainment coverage.

PAN 60second Interview: Larry Lawson - Rex features

Name: Larry Lawson
Company: Rex Features
Position: Director of Sales and Marketing

.... When did you last pick up a camera?
CEPIC conference to catch Barack Obama in Dresden - did he go...did anyone see him?!....

Click here to read the full Larry Lawson interview

Veer Marketplace: Open For Submissions

Veer® Marketplace, a new low-priced image resource on veer.com. Photographers and illustrators from anywhere in the world can now create accounts and begin submitting their work to Veer Marketplace

Schwarzenegger Terminates School Textbooks

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to save money by cutting out what he calls "heavy" and "antiquated" books that cost the state nearly £218m last year. He believes California's tech-savvy youngsters will quickly adapt to learning online. "Today, our kids get their information from the internet, downloaded onto their iPods, and in Twitter feeds to their cell phones," he said. "So why are California's public school students still forced to lug around antiquated, heavy, expensive textbooks?"

From the beginning of the next school year in August, maths and science students in the state's high schools will have access to selected online texts. Schwarzenegger stresses the new technology will better prepare students because it can be updated and will not become out of date.

Read more at sky news

Picaboo Raises $1m

reuters reports: Picaboo —which lets people put together printed photo albums and cards from their digital photo collections—has raised $1 million, according to a regulatory filing.

here: reuters.com

Launched: iphone 3G S

The iPhone 3G S features video recording, Voice Control, up to 32GB of storage, and more, here: apple

Launch: True Slant

“News is more than what happens.”
So said Jock Whitney, publisher of the New York Herald Tribune. He believed in voices, and so do we. Insights, perspectives and the story inside the story.

True/Slant is an original content news network tailored to both the “Entrepreneurial Journalist” and marketers who want a more effective way to engage with digital audiences. Contributors, consumers and marketers each have a voice on True/Slant.

News and blog network True Slant launches today: www.trueslant.com

Crowdsourcing Explained

Mediabistro reports: Crowdsourcing for Fun and Profit.
Crowds are known for many things: wisdom, madness, overhauling the market for stock photography. WIRED editor and author Jeff Howe touched on these traits and many more in his presentation at the Mediabistro Circus.

..... Howe pointed to commercial photography, a market that has been transformed in recent years by microstock agencies, as "the canary in the coal mine."

Watch and Read here: mediabistro.com

Exhibition: "Our World at War"

A new exhibit featuring the work of five award-winning photojournalists in eight war-torn and ravaged countries.

"Our World at War: Photojournalism Beyond the Front Lines," includes 40 photos taken in Afghanistan, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Georgia, Haiti, Lebanon, Liberia and the Philippines. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sent photographers to those countries to document how war and armed violence have affected people’s lives.

At the Newseum June 5 - Sept 7, 2009. Washington, DC.

FotoS.A. To Represent Corbis In Russia

Corbis has made a new agreement with FotoS.A. to exclusively represent Corbis' rights managed images, royalty free images and footage in Russia. The partnership took effect on 1 June 2009.

Established in 2004, FotoS.A. came out of Sports Photo Agency (SPA) which launched in 2002 and served the largest group of daily, weekly and monthly sports publications in Russia. Today FotoS.A. represents prominent Russian photographs and their collections and provides images and content to the advertising and media industries in Russia.

Image Source Launches 'Cross-Media Pack'

Image Source launched a new product category called 'Cross-Media Pack' at the CEPIC Congress in Dresden. Responding to the growing use of footage, the 'Cross-Media Pack' offers customers the ability to purchase matched high-end stills and motion using the same models, styling and location all under one royalty free licence.

Bikini Lists Launch Email2.0

UK based contacts list broker BikiniLists have launched the latest version of their web based email marketing service bikiniEmail2.0
Giving you more effective ways to get results with art buyers.
Developed specifically for creative promotions with a great new feature... bikiniNotes©... Add your own private notes to your"clicks" & "opens" reports and keep track of past & future activity'.

CEPIC Congress: New President Announced

Christina Vaughan – Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Image Source, has been officially elected as the new president of CEPIC.

CEPIC, the Coordination of European Picture Agencies Press Stock Heritage, announced the result of the official committee members’ vote at their annual congress in Dresden.

Elected:
President: Christina Vaughan, BAPLA, UK
Vice-President: Klaus Plaumann, BVPA, Germany
Treasurer: Dominique Delouis, SNAPIG, France

The newly elected committee is:

Lola Mate, AEAPAF, Spain
Els van Rest, NLimage, Holland
Barbro Kaufmann, SBF, Sweden
Paul Brown, BAPLA, UK

Now Magazine: Every Section To Be Driven By Celebrity

Now, the celebrity news and fashion weekly from IPC, unveil a new make-over, with a sophisticated redesign and extensive new content. Celebrity news will be the driving force behind every section from fashion and interviews to real life and lifestyle. The new look will be supported by a £1.5million marketing investment and the appointment of creative agency Quiet Storm.

Dennis Publishing: International Licensing Deal For Monkey

Dennis Publishing, together with NetPublications International, announce an international licensing deal that will see Monkey, the free digital weekly men’s lifestyle title, launch in a number of new territories.

The deal will see Denmark-based digital magazines specialist NetPublications launch Monkey in Sweden, Denmark and Norway by the end of 2009. Also included in the agreement is the license to publish iGizmo and iMotor in these countries – all of which are planned for 2009.

BNP Poster Uses Stock Photos - of Italians

Daily Telegraph reports: 'British pensioners' on BNP election leaflet are actually Italian models - An elderly couple pictured on BNP election leaflets endorsing the party's anti-immigration views are actually Italian models, it can be disclosed.

....But far from depicting proud BNP supporters, the images are actually stock photos from online picture libraries that have been used by dozens of websites to promote everything from painkillers to caravans.
On the leaflet, the elderly couple are quoted complaining that hard-working Britons are being "pushed to the back of the queue by bogus asylum seekers"...

....But last night Italian photographer Luca Di Filippo confirmed that the people in the photo were actually his parents, who had only ever visited this country as tourists and do not share the views of the BNP...

Full article here: www.telegraph.co.uk

thanks JH

Getty Images' Roxanne Motamedi Promoted

Getty Images has tasked Roxanne Motamedi with expanding the company’s entertainment business with her promotion to vice president of entertainment for North America. She is responsible for all North American-based entertainment divisions (Getty Images, WireImage, Film Magic and Getty Images/WireImage Video) and worldwide activities, including assignments, distribution and production.

Alamy Launches Free Find A Photographer Service

Alamy is to launch a free service to allow picture buyers to directly contact photographers for commissions and assignments. Alamy Find a Photographer uses an interface based on Google maps to provide up to the minute contact details and locations for photographers who sign up to the service.

Alamy Find a Photographer will be trialled first with a small number of customers before being launched as a free service. Alamy is inviting all photographers who meet the criteria to join.

CEPIC Congress: World Assignment Launched

World Assignment is now open to all image professionals : image buyers (editorial, corporate and advertising) and image producers (stock, press agencies, collectives and media photographers).
The service allows picture buyers to search, view portfolios, and contact photographers agent or representative direct for assignments requests..

Official launch tomorrow 4 June at the CEPIC Congress - if you are there visit Pierre and Sandra at booth number 69.

CEPIC Congress: Capture's 'GreenLight' Introduced

The CEPIC Conference 2009 starts today in Dresden where Capture, a leading UK developer of integrated image management systems, will be unveiling their new pre-flight utility Greenlight to the European market.

Following on from Greenlight's successful launch in the US at the PACA Syposium in April and in the UK at the BAPLA PBF in May, Capture will be at table 82 at CEPIC promoting the key features of this useful tool that led one pleased user to say: “It’s like spell-checking my images!”

Corbis: Updated Website & New Collections

Corbis have updated their website with a more customer-friendly interface and launched five new rights-managed photography collections.

With a dark background to help view imagery, more intuitive categorisation of images and a number of simplifications to the search functionality, lightbox and checkout process, the enhancements aim to make finding and licensing images from the Corbis web site easier and more convenient for customers.

Reflex Stock: New Website

Reflex Stock, the international stock photography company, launches its new look website aimed to improve customers' online experience.

CEO, Dwyer O'Neill is delighted with the developments "The site overhaul represents not only a new design, but also a new way that Reflex can support all its creative customers – with enhanced searching facilities and improved image details pages.”

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Mr Paparazzi Covers Big Brother

Big Pictures celebrity photo blog Mr Paparazzi will be covering the 10th series of reality TV show Big Brother.
'However, unpredictable it might, there is one thing for sure, if you’re sat at home watching the new contestants entering the house on Thursday night and you hear yourself saying, “Oh my God I know him/her/it*!” (*delete where applicable) then you could make oodles of cash from selling your old pictures, videos or stories.'
MrPaparazzi's BigBrother10Channel

Times Picture Exclusive - Footballer Shoots Celebrations

photo: Bradley Ormesher/The Times

Picture exclusive: Chelsea's FA Cup Final win by Michael Essien.
The Chelsea midfielder took some impromptu pictures of his side's FA Cup final winning celebrations with Bradley Ormesher's camera. Here the Times photographer recalls the moment player turned snapper.

Slideshow and report: timesonline.com

Bridgeman : Gangsters

75 years since the shooting of Bonnie and Clyde and in anticipation of blockbuster film Public Enemies starting Johnny Depp as John Dillinger, we take a closer look at the notorious gangsters from the 1930s era.
'Public Enemy'

Keedup Launches New Celebrity Keywording Vocabulary

A vocabulary developed to boost sales of celebrity images using stock keywording techniques will be available from next week from New Zealand-based Keedup Ltd.

Keedup’s CEO Kevin Townsend said the new vocabulary was developed by examining searches received from celebrity magazines, and by looking at the sorts of stories the entertainment media are interested in.

ITN Source Launches New Classics Collection

ITN Source has launched the New Classics collection giving producers a unique and fresh perspective of historic events caught on camera between 1896 and 1970. Featuring 10,000 hours of fully digitised content, the collection includes new and rarely seen footage unearthed from old newsreels offering a new take on iconic moments gone by.

Available to customers globally, New Classics covers people places and events that shaped the world we live in. The collection includes clips of royal families from around the globe; social, political and religious leaders; and iconic stars from the silver screen, music fashion and sport. It also covers pivotal moments in global conflicts, the world and advancements in technology and science.