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Rex Features ITV Archives

Rex Features has become ITV’s exclusive syndication partner for their photographic archives which include all its 11 regional channels, and also the ATV archive.
To celebrate, they have produced a magazine titled 'I Love TV' which displays the breadth and depth of the ITV archives.

Photos by ITV / Rex Features

To receive a copy of 'I Love TV' email ilovetv@rexfeatures.com

ITV has always been proud of its great partnerships: Ant and Dec, Morse and Lewis, Jack and Vera.

Now ITV plc is entering into a great partnership of its own with Rex Features, Britain’s leading independent photographic press agency and picture library. ITV plc holds 11 of the 15 regional Channel 3 licences: Carlton, Central, Granada, LWT, Meridian, Yorkshire, Tyne Tees, Anglia, HTV, Westcountry and Border. Rex Features has become ITV’s exclusive syndication partner for the photographic archives from these 11 regions, and also the ATV archive.

To cement the relationship, ITV and Rex have collaborated to produce a magazine titled 'I Love TV' which displays the breadth and depth of the ITV archive from Chris Tarrant on Tiswas to Billie Piper starring in Mansfield Park.

Thriving Archives Launches US Footage Buyer Survey

US based Thriving Archives has launched the Footage Buyer Survey - Non-Fiction USA, an independent market research study to find out the things that matter most to footage buyers.

Open to those in the USA who have obtained footage within the last three years, the survey should take about 15 minutes to complete. Participants will receive discount footage coupons. A link to the survey can be found at www.thrivingarchives.com

The Footage Buyer Survey is open to documentary filmmakers, producers of non-fiction television programming, footage researchers and other members of the non-fiction film & video production community in the United States who have licensed or obtained footage within the last three years. Respondents who fully complete the Footage Buyer Survey will receive three discount footage coupons, each from a major footage supplier.

"The Footage Buyer Survey is designed to help footage providers understand what footage customers care about, what they don't, and who is doing the best job in meeting their needs," said Thriving Archives founder David Seevers. "By participating in this study, respondents will provide the critical feedback footage suppliers need to better serve the footage buying community."

Built around an online questionnaire consisting of 45 mostly multiple-choice questions, the Footage Buyer Survey explores the importance of specific footage industry practices, services and features; examines how the leading companies in the industry are performing relative to these key practices, services and features; and determines levels of customer satisfaction.For the purposes of this study, "footage" includes premium stock footage, news footage, archival footage, sport footage, or any other type of third party motion content.

Construction Photography - Upgraded Site

Image management experts The Data Archive have completed an overhaul of the Construction Photography website.
The site now boasts a range of new features and the latest in customer enhancements.

After months of hard work in the development stages followed by rigorous testing and fine tuning, their new website is ready to give customers a better on-line shopping experience. Constructionphotography.com was taken down over the weekend of 29th and 30th March for the new website to be updated, and is now fully functional.

New features include: new lightbox 'drag and drop' functionality (pictured below), two-speed lightbox scrolling, hover-over image previews, RF CD Store, ‘My Past Searches’ feature, improved search functionality, new contributors’ information and a whole new look. The back end admin features a slick, fast and comprehensive workflow. “I wish I had access to these features when I was working at Getty Images” explained Owen Jones, Library Manager. “It is an incredibly powerful system which includes clever sales tools, real time customer sales management, customer relationship management, search logs, contact database, metadata workflow, keywording platform, photographers management, sales report and invoicing... well it does everything to enable us to grow faster and run the business in the most efficient way”.

"I am really pleased with our new website", enthused Jean-Francois Cardella, Managing Director of Construction Photography. "What pleases me more is the enhanced experience our customers can expect. We are a specialist library with a niche market yet we provide an industry-leading on-line experience combined with personable customer service. I am really delighted and excited by our cutting-edge product."

Also pleased to see launch day was Senior Developer Dafydd Owen, who has been working with his team on the new site for several months. "It's been hard work", gasped Dafydd, "but I hope users will see it was worth it. There were a few nerves on launch day - although you can do all the testing in the world there is nothing like 'going live'. It feels pretty good to see the finished article up and running and get highest ranking on Google just after a week launch! The phone hasn’t stop ringing last week with people wanted a demo which shows our new Digital Assets Management product has a bright future"

The software is developed and maintained by The Data Archive. For a demo Call on + 44 (0) 20 7 820 6201

www.thedataarchive.com

www.constructionphotography.com

Francis Frith - The New Site

Clovelly, Post Office, transfer of mail 1936 (Devon)

The Francis Frith Collection contains about 365,000 vintage images, taken by the company photographers between 1860 and 1970, of nearly 7,000 cities, towns and villages across Britain.
Over 6 million words of informative text have now been added to the photographs.

Visit the new library at www.francisfrith.com/library

The photographs have been used to illustrate over 800 local history books, and the general public have been invited to ‘Share Your Memories’ online via the main website of the company. This has allowed members of the public to identify people in many images and tell their stories, so that over 6 million words of informative text have now been added to the photographs.

Much of this text can now be viewed together with the relevant images on the new photo library website of the Collection, thus providing valuable information for picture researchers and editors. For example:

“Outside the Higher Clovelly post office, postman Roy Fisher accepts the sacks of local post from the Bideford van. Beside him stands the post donkey, who was vital to efficient and regular deliveries in this isolated village in North Devon. Clovelly clings to a cliff, and its street is a steep, cobbled flight of steps. Villagers still use donkeys and sleds to carry goods to and from their cottages and the tiny harbour far below.”

(Information from author, Terence Sackett)

BAPLA Newspaper Award

BAPLA will be honouring the best national daily and Sunday newspaper that credits content supplied from image agencies and freelance photographers.

The top four national dailies and top four national Sundays were nominated for the annual Credit Where Credit Is Due award, which is sponsored by IDS – Image Data Systems, and media sponsor Press Gazette.

The nominees are: Dailies – The Independent, The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times; Sundays – The Observer, Sunday Independent, Sunday Telegraph, and the Sunday Times. Last year’s winners were The Telegraph and The Sunday Times.

“In many cases, images may make up 40 per cent of news and features content in print. Without the services our members provide, the media and publishing could not possibly operate effectively.”

BAPLA surveys picture usage in the UK newspapers, tracking images and noting whether they have been correctly credited. Under the Copyright and Design and Patents acts, it is a legal requirement to acknowledge sources of material. On average, just 39% of images appear in the national press with credit information.

The Best Picture Agency Award – as voted by image buyers chosen - will also be awarded at the Picture Buyers Fair’ at London’s Business Design Centre on May 7 and 8.

BAPLA Chief Executive Linda Royles said: “Unfortunately, the tabloids are notable through their absence in the nominations list. They regularly use pictures without crediting or by-lining the source.

“Many agency photographers and freelancers risk life and limb, for example in front-line duties, supplying the media with material they otherwise would not get.

Visit the show - BAPLA/PictureBuyersFair

Picture Buyers' Fair 2008: Free Seminars

FREE, hour long, seminars are available to those attending the Picture Buyers' Fair this year on the 7th and 8th of May. The focus will be on the editorial market, with speakers including leading names in law and book publishing.

The Following subjects will be discussed in the different seminars:

- Copyright and Content - a Picture Buyers' Guide.
- Trends in Editorial Picture Buying
- Navigating Rights Infested Waters
- Memory of the Present

Seminars are free to image buyers who register at the BAPLA site

Read the full article for a full seminar programme, or visit the BAPLA site

Full seminar programme

Wednesday 7 May 2008

Seminar 1
Copyright and Content: Picture Buyers' Guide
10:00-11:00
Could your use of pictures get you into trouble? Unsure if you need to clear usage? Nicola Solomon will discuss the issues and advise you what to look out for when using content. Areas covered include; using parts-when permission is not needed, pictures of people, pictures of buildings and other objects, famous products.
Presented by: Nicola Solomon, Partner and Head of IP Media Department, Finers Stephens Innocent

Seminar 2
Trends in Editorial Picture Buying
15:00-16:00
BAPLA will be taking a 360 perspective on image rights in editorial markets, from client to supplier, UK to international; what are the trends?
Publishers Perspective presented by: Simon Juden Chief Executive, The Publishers Association.
Media Rights Perspective - Results from the BAPLA Rights Survey: Presented by Angela Anderson, Freelance Picture Library Consultant and Picture Researcher
Session chaired by Tim Harris, NHPA - part of the PHOTOSHOT group (Chairman of BAPLA Rights Committee)

Thursday 8th May

Seminar 3:
Copyright and Content: Picture Buyers' Guide
10:00-11:00
Could your use of pictures get you into trouble? Unsure if you need to clear usage? Nicola Solomon will discuss at the issues and advise you what to look out for when using content including; using parts-when permission is not needed, pictures of people, pictures of buildings and other objects, famous products.
Presented by: Nicola Solomon, Partner and Head of IP Media Department, Finers Stephens Innocent

Seminar 4
Photographs & Privacy: Navigating Rights Infested Waters
12:30-13:30
From privacy to trade marks, to rights clearance: what image buyers ought to know.
Presented by Rupert Grey, Swan Turton. Legal expert in privacy, copyright and photography.

Seminar 5
Memory of the Present
15:00-16:00
BAPLA is pleased to present two of the industry’s doyennes; Ayperi Ecer (Reuters) and Rebecca Swift (Getty Images) who will be talking about how images shape our reality and how culture impacts on the visual to create “Today’s history? Talking from a range of perspectives from editorial to commercial use of photography, the speakers present a profound, personal and challenging look at today’s world of images. ?
Presented by: Ayperi Ecer, Vice President of Picture Development, Reuters.
Rebecca Swift, Global Creative Planning Director, Getty Images.
Session chaired by Linda Royles CEO, BAPLA

PYMCA Presents Wildstyles Exhibition

PYMCA Gallery is hosting an exhibition of classic and rare Hip Hop Photographs at Bar Vinyl, Camden. 19th May to 16th June 2008

There is also a chance to win the latest Pentax camera in a Hip Hop Art / Photography competition. See their site for details: www.pymca.com/

Corbis Adds HD Footage from Serac Adventure Films

Corbis announced that they are adding extensive High Definition (HD) footage from Serac Adventure Films, an award-winning production company specializing in high-quality expedition films.

SEATTLE (April 24, 2008) – Corbis (www.corbis.com), a creative resource for advertising, marketing and media professionals, today announced that the company is adding extensive High Definition (HD) footage from Serac Adventure Films, an award-winning production company specializing in high-quality expedition films.

The new collection from Serac Adventure Films includes some of the best Mount Everest footage available, including the first HD video on the summit as well as stunning images from the entire climb including Kathmanduand the Trek to Base Camp. There are also clips of unforgettable scenes from the documentary “Farther Than the Eye Can See," an award-winning intimate look inside blind climber Erik Weihenmayer’s historic ascent as well as four other remarkable ‘firsts’ on Mount Everest.

"This is the type of footage that can be essential to making a really great spot work, but it’s very difficult to find," said Michael Brown, President, Serac Adventure Films. "By working with Corbis Motion, we are able to make the exclusive footage of our award-winning and prized films available to a larger audience and help make great creative ideas a reality."

Corbis plans to add additional travel and adventure sports footage shot by Serac in North America and Africa later this year and into 2009.

"Serac has some of the most breathtaking work I’ve ever seen, and it’s just the kind of footage that clients have come to expect from Corbis," said Skip d’Amico, Director of Photography, Corbis Motion.

Corbis Motion offers a rich library of contemporary and archival footage with more than 25,000 clips and 30,000 hours of video. The contemporary collection spans themes including people and lifestyle, business, sports, travel and destinations and nature, while the archival collection covers news and events, arts and entertainment and sports. Corbis works with partners including Paramount Pictures, USFL, US Soccer Federation, MGM film library, Oxford Scientific Films, Warren Miller Entertainment and dick clark productions, Inc.

Jonathan Torgovnik to receive 2008 ASMP Arnold Newman Prize

On 13 May 2008, the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) will present the second annual ASMP Arnold Newman Prize to photographer Jonathan Torgovnik.
The prize recognizes the work of a contemporary environmental portrait photographer whose imagery is grounded in the traditions and values that Newman pioneered. Supported by Getty Images, Canon and Photo District News.

Torgovnik's prize-winning series, "Intended Consequences: Genocide Mothers, Children of Rape," was initiated as part of a Newsweek assignment about the 25th anniversary of HIV/AIDS in East Africa.

To view additional images from Torgovnik's project and for further details about the foundation he co-founded see www.foundationrwanda.org

This prize is selected from among the top scoring portrait submissions
in PDN's Photography Annual Competition. ASMP executive director
Eugene Mopsik and ASMP past president Barbara Bordnick, together with
Aidan Sullivan of Getty Images, singled out the work of Jonathan
Torgovnik from nearly 300 images submitted in the 2008 contest. He
will receive a grant in the amount of $2,500 cash from Getty Images
and a Canon EOS 30D camera.

Torgovnik's prize-winning series, "Intended Consequences: Genocide
Mothers, Children of Rape," was initiated as part of a Newsweek
assignment about the 25th anniversary of HIV/AIDS in East Africa.
While photographing in Rwanda he learned of the many women who had
borne children as a result of rapes they endured during the 1994
Rwandan genocide. Many of these women contracted HIV at the hands of
their attackers. In addition to this hardship, many of the women were
cast off by their families or told they could only return without the
child.

Since February 2006, Torgovnik has photographed thirty families over
the course of three trips, and he has a fourth trip scheduled for June
2008. He acknowledges the difficulty in working on this series and
tries to be as careful as possible about the identities of his
subjects.

In the past year this series has garnered many accolades and awards,
including the 2007 Photographic Portrait Prize from the National
Portrait Gallery (UK), the Getty Images Grant for Editorial
Photography and a Documentary Photography Project Fellowship from the
Open Society Institute, to support a touring exhibition of the work in
universities. Future plans for this project include a multi-media
piece produced by MediaStorm and an Aperture book slated for Spring
2009. Amnesty International is also developing an education curriculum
guide on the consequences of genocide and sexual violence based on
this work.

In tandem with the success of this work, Torgovnik is equally
committed to help his photographic subjects. In February 2007, he and
Jules Shell co-founded Foundation Rwanda to raise money for the
mothers, fund the secondary education of their children and create
awareness of the consequences of genocide and gender-based sexual
violence. To view additional images from Torgovnik's project and for
further details about the foundation please visit
www.foundationrwanda.org.

About Arnold Newman

Arnold Newman (1918-2006) was a unique and visionary master of the art
of photography, who created and took to its highest form the genre of
the environmental portrait -- that is, a portrait executed in the
subject's usual environment, such as the home or workplace. Much of
Newman's work is available for licensing through Getty Images
(www.gettyimages.com).

Additional information about Newman is available on the ASMP website at
http://www.asmp.org/60th/interview_arnold_newman.php
and
http://www.asmp.org/news/newslines_2006-06.php#newman

"We don't take pictures with our cameras, we take them with
our hearts and our minds."
--Arnold Newman

Dennis Publishing To Re-brand Picture Library

Dennis Publishing will be re-branding their picture library and re-launching their website Dennis Images.

Currently Dennis Images holds an archive spanning all Dennis Publishing’s motoring magazine titles. Previously branded as the Auto Express Picture Library, the collection has grown to include supercars from evo magazine and classic cars from Octane.

The new website www.dennisimages.com with a new look and improved download and search options will go live in May 2008 to coincide with the 2008 Picture Buyers' Fair.

Roll Up Roll Up - Have You Registered?

With over 150 exhibitors to visit at this year's Picture Buyers' Fair, find out the latest news on new launches happening at the event.

click on the Jupiterimages picture above or here : bapla.org.uk

Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography - Call for Applications

Portfolio imagery courtesy of Lorena Ros, previous winner

Applications by photojournalists must be submitted by 15 May 2008 for a chance to win one of the three next $20,000 Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography to be announced in September.

Grant application and submission guidelines, plus additional information on previous winners, their projects and the judges can be found at www.gettyimages.com/editorial-grants.

APPLICATIONS DUE MAY 15, 2008, FOR NEXT $20,000
GETTY IMAGES GRANTS FOR EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Ruth Eichhorn, Jean-Francois Leroy and Tom Stoddart to select three winners


SEATTLE – April 23, 2008 – Photojournalists may apply by May 15, 2008 for one of three Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography to be announced in September.

Getty Images awards five grants totaling $100,000 each year to fund, inspire and support the best global talent in photojournalism. Two are awarded in February; three in September.

Each grant consists of $20,000 plus project execution support from Getty Images editors. While retaining copyright of their imagery, grant recipients also have the option to sign a one-year exclusive rights deal with Getty Images, enabling their grants project imagery to be marketed and available for license to editorial customers at www.gettyimages.com.

Grant application and submission guidelines, plus additional information on previous winners, their projects and the judges can be found at www.gettyimages.com/editorial-grants.

The following judges will review all applications and select the three grant recipients.

· Ruth Eichhorn, Director of Photography, GEO Magazine, Germany
· Jean-Francois Leroy, Director General, Visa Pour l’Image, France
· Tom Stoddart, Photojournalist, Getty Images, UK
· One additional judge will be announced prior to the judging.

Applications include a short written proposal to explain the scope, significance and journalistic merit of the photographer’s chosen project, along with a supporting portfolio from the applicant’s previous work.

Aidan Sullivan, Vice President Photo Assignments for Getty Images, comments: “The grant program is international in scope, most recently attracting entries from 29 countries. The next judging will be held in London, for three grants that will be announced at Visa Pour L’Image in Perpignan this September. For the first time, the grants will be presented as an official part of the festival. Earlier this year, grants were awarded to the well known documentary photographer, Lorena Ros, and to Ian Martin, who was virtually unknown within the world of photojournalism. His entry greatly impressed the judges and his selection validates Getty Images’ practice of presenting anonymous grant applications to the judges, enabling them to focus entirely on the quality of the work and proposed project.”

Corbis Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

Corbis announced that Barry Allen has been appointed as the company's Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Allen will oversee the financial management for Corbis and be a member of the Executive Team based in the company’s Seattle headquarters.

Allen has more than 25 years of experience in diverse senior executive leadership roles in the Internet, enterprise technology and real estate sectors. He is widely recognized for his strong track record of leading financial operations for companies in dynamic market environments and helping to drive sustainable long-term growth.

Allen was most recently CFO of Housevalues, a leading provider of marketing and technology services to real estate professionals, where he was responsible for diversifying the company's revenue stream and product offerings while solidifying the company’s core business. Previously, Allen was CFO of Move.com where he helped the company significantly increase market share and revenue growth before negotiating its sale, one of the largest for an Internet company at the time. Prior to Move.com, he served as CFO and then president and chief operating officer of Marketwave, a provider of enterprise-class e-business intelligence software.

“Barry has an impressive track record of strong, strategic leadership and helping to guide corporate transformations and accelerate revenue growth," said Gary Shenk, CEO, Corbis. “He will play an important role in continuing our transformation by helping to define a winning financial strategy and implementing best-in-class financial management and operations."

“In the last few years, Corbis has demonstrated its commitment to adapting to a rapidly changing market,” said Allen. “Corbis has a strong brand and incredible assets that put it firmly in the position to accelerate its industry-leading position.”

Andrew Milligan Wins at 29th Scottish Press Awards

Winning Image by Andrew Milligan

Scottish Press Association photographer, Andrew Milligan, was named News Photographer of the Year at the 29th Scottish Press Awards last week.
This image of schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton's father being restrained as Peter Tobin left court after being charged with her murder impressed the judges as much as it did when he won the First ScotRail Press Awards in March this year (reported PAN 31/03/08). They also liked his amusing shot of a young Highland cow in the snow.

Milligan said: "I'm delighted to have won this award. It is a real honour and I am pleased the judges liked the photos."

PA Photos

If you'd like to see the young Highland cow in the snow again, see our story from 31st March 2008

Call For Entries - Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards 2008

Are you the next Photographer of the Year or the Discovery of the Year 2008?

Follow in the footsteps of Massimo Mastrorillo, Gerd Ludwig, Jim Fiscus, Timothy White and Chris Frazer Smith and be crowned The International Photographer of the Year 2008. Alternatively be exposed as the Discovery of the Year 2008

To submit your photographs now, go to: www.photoawards.com

Volvo Ocean Race Photographer Appointed

Red Funnel Easter Challenge, March 23 2008 ©Rick Tomlinson

The Volvo Ocean Race will provide a cutting edge media photographic service in 2008-09, including state-of-the-art online archive and distribution, while leading marine photographer Rick Tomlinson has been appointed as the official race photographer.
Rick Tomlinson Photography was established in 1986 at the conclusion of the 1985-86 Whitbread Round the World Race. Rick had been a crewmember/boat builder aboard the Maxi Drum and had a keen interest in photography. His pictures taken onboard Drum set new standards in onboard photography and were published in magazine and newspapers around the world.

Full article here: www.sail-world.com

Exhibition: Aerial Archives - San Francisco

Opus Wine Winery, Oakville, Napa Valley© Herb Lingl/aerialarchives.com

An aerial photography exhibit of the work of Aerial Archives photographer Herb Lingl is now open at the San Francisco International Airport.
The exhibit will be up until September 12, 2008 - Admission is free.

Full details here: SFO - San Francisco International Airport

A few photographs from the exhibit can be seen here: www.aerialarchives.com/SFOExhibit.htm

Book: Brushes and Bayonets

Mary Evans Picture Library announced the publication last week of “Brushes and Bayonets: Cartoons, Sketches and Paintings of World War One” by Lucinda Gosling, who is the library’s Business Development Manager.
The book, published by Osprey Publishing, takes a wide variety of pictures from the archive of The Illustrated London News and tells the story of the First World War through the eyes of illustrators such as Bruce Bairnsfather and William Heath Robinson.

Paul Brown, Managing Director at Mary Evans Picture Library “Our commitment to our staff having a knowledge and expertise in history is I think confirmed by the publication of a book like “Brushes and Bayonets”. Not only does it demonstrate what a diverse and in-depth collection we have here, but we are also pleased to have authors among our client-facing staff.”

For further information see www.brushesandbayonets.co.uk
To see a selection of images from the book click here.

Nature Picture Library buy Bluegreen Pictures

Nature Picture Library (NPL) has acquired Bluegreen Pictures, a marine collection specialising in boating, marine wildlife and landscapes.
Set up by Karren May in the Isle of Wight, Bluegreen represents some of the top names in yachting photography including Christian Fevrier, Yvan Zedda, Onne van der Wal, Rick Tomlinson and Gary John Norman. Bluegreen will continue to trade as a separate library with its own website.

www.bluegreenpictures.com

Lucky Oliver Closing - 15 May

'It's with great disappointment that we have decided to shut down LuckyOliver on May 15th.
All Olivers who purchased tokens must use them to license images before May 15th, 2008. Please note that the user agreement will continue to be valid. Any Carny images that are waiting in the queue for Bouncers will not be reviewed. Carnies who have reached the minimum payout must request payout by May 15th. Carnies who have not reached the minimum payout can convert their earnings to tokens by contacting support.'

the full article here: LuckyOliver/blog

Bulgarian Photo Agency Looking For a Partner

EMAX PRESS, a press photo agency from Sofia, Bulgaria are interested in cooperating with other agencies to broaden content for it's existing customers.

www.emaxpress.com

Contact General Manager, Kristiyan Ivanchevski. info@emax-studio.com

New At View

Photos by: Inigo Bujedo Aguirre, Peter Cook and Nick Guttridge

These images are a selection of the new photographs available at architectural picture library, VIEW Pictures.

'ITN On' Produce Margaret Thatcher Covermount Series for Telegraph

Telegraph Media Group and ITN On have produced a series of eight original DVDs for Telegraph readers.
The DVDs are a comprehensive account of the Margaret Thatcher Years from her life before entering politics, through her years as party leader then Prime Minister and her enduring legacy. The first will be available on Saturday 12th April 2008.

Jon Godel, Executive Producer of the series and Editor of ITN On said: “The ITN and Telegraph brands are both synonymous with high quality journalism, making this one of the finest and most comprehensive Margaret Thatcher documentary series to date."

For further information go to www.telegraph.co.uk/promotions/index.jhtml

TIPS Images Open In Portugal

TIPS Images has opened a new office in Portugal.
TIPS Images now has a network of more than 40 agents and partners worldwide. The Portuguese office will soon have its own collection of local content imagery, covering themes from landscapes and urban scenes to historical heritage and the arts in general.

www.tipsimages.com.pt

Image Source Partners Fair Trade Collection

World Portraits Image

Image Source has announced a partnership with World Portraits, the innovative, fair trade photo collection that directly benefits the people photographed.
Every time World Portraits sell a photo, the sitter receives a royalty and shares in the profits. Most of the sitters are in developing nations and receive their money via microbanking facilities or as a cheque.

“I am thoroughly delighted to work with such a unique offering as World Portraits”, said Christina Vaughan, Image Source Founder and Chief Executive Officer. “They are harnessing creativity and the commercial world to directly make a difference to the lives of the sitters. It’s social entrepreneurship, which allows profits to be shared.”

From the press release:

Image Source has signed worldwide, exclusive rights to sell World Portraits’ content direct to clients and through its international partner network of 200 distributors. The collection currently numbers approximately 3500 images.

“I am thoroughly delighted to work with such a unique offering as World Portraits”, said Christina Vaughan, Image Source Founder and Chief Executive Officer. “They are harnessing creativity and the commercial world to directly make a difference to the lives of the sitters. It’s social entrepreneurship, which allows profits to be shared.” Christina, who has been recently nominated for several entrepreneurship awards and is a judge on this year’s NatWest everywoman Awards and The Wings of Hope Social Entrepreneurship panel, added, “It’s totally new to this industry and an inspiring, responsible way to do business.”

World Portraits is owned and operated by its founder, Bas van Beek. The collection accepts photographic contributions from photographers all over the world. Majority World, a new global initiative to champion the cause of indigenous photographers from the developing world, is a contributor and also arranges productions in non-western countries. While on location, a photographer has the model release form signed by the person being photographed. Bank details are noted and put into the contract, which is translated beforehand for the country visited. The collection has been processed, enhanced and quality controlled by Stephen Johnson of digital imaging consultancy, Copyrightimage Ltd.

“The people that are photographed are not professional models, but ordinary people that sign a model release contract on the spot”, explained Bas. “World Portraits stands for photographed people sharing in the profits; pure photography with no make up or styled environments; and all images properly model released with payment details captured. The collection presents fresh, compelling imagery that features real people and real issues.”

Christina added, “The majority of subjects are in developing nations but World Portraits is not about charity. It’s about fair trade and giving people the opportunity through enterprise to earn their fair share.”

Dreamstime Partners With Korean Photo Agency ImageClick

US based Dreamstime.com have joined forces with Korean based ImageClick to produce a new source of photo images available to the Korean market through a newly established website.
www.i22.com

From the Press Release:

(BRENTWOOD, Tennessee)--Dreamstime.com, a global community-based stock photography distributor and prominent leader in the microstock industry, has announced yet another pioneering venture that will prove further enhance international exposure for its gallery of nearly 3 Million stock photos and illustrations. Dreamstime has entered into an exclusive partnership with the Korean agency ImageClick
(http://www.imageclick.com) to make professional quality photo images readily available to the Korean market.

To introduce and acquaint the Korean public to the advantages of the Dreamstime microstock community, ImageClick will launch its own exclusive brand (exhibiting the entire Dreamstime library) through a newly established website--www.i22.com.

Designed specifically to make Dreamstime images and services available to its users in Korea, www.i22.com visitors will be able to quickly and efficiently navigate and search Dreamstime content, for the first time, in their native language. Making the photo shopping experience simplistic, ImageClick will effectively apply its extensive industry knowledge and research to ensure a productive search function with desirable results to assist in the client’s creativity.

This partnership will enable Dreamstime to gain additional traction in Korea thus broadening its service range and overall content while enhancing ImageClick’s opportunities to cater to an ever-changing and growing market.

"This is a rich target market for microstock," said Serban Enache, CEO and co-creator of Dreamstime. “Partnering with ImageClick provides us access to a clientele that might not otherwise have been extended the opportunity to take advantage of this easy and accommodating service at an affordable price.”

Established in 2000, ImageClick was Korea's very first online stock library. Voted the favorite image library just seven short years later (by Koren graphic designers--2007), ImageClick is now one of the country’s top three image libraries today. The site features images from more than 200 local photographers including carefully composed in-studio sessions and distinguished collections as provided by various creative partners across the globe.

“We believe that ImageClick's experience combined with Dreamstime's technical savvy, support and content will lead to superlative success in expanding the image market to the microstock community,” says Sungsoo Kim, CEO, ImageClick. “As one of leading image stock libraries in Korea, our goal is to keep the momentum and continue to broaden our services overall while providing unequalled images at affordable prices. Working with Dreamstime to branch into the microstock market will do just that thus creating more opportunities for new and existing clients as well as photographers. I am confident this joint venture will be fortuitous.”

“ImageClick’s experience and vast local knowledge is paramount in Korea and it is for that very reason, Dreamstime partners with elite agencies such as ImageClick,” adds Enache. “Now, not only will Dreamstime introduce its services to a new audience, this alliance will enable us to better serve the existing client base in the Korean market. This affiliation is revolutionary for an established microstock agency such as ours."

Revolutionizing the relationship between the traditional distributors and microstock collections, the alliance with ImageClick follows Dreamstime's strategic positioning efforts with similar online portals and localized world-class providers such as Brightqube, Stockvault, Openphoto and Picfindr. Through these established and profitable ventures, Dreamstime's contributors (who already earn the best revenue per image in the microstock industry) receive optimum exposure for their stock imagery.

With the success of this contributor-level and outside-the-box alliance strategies, Dreamstime has experienced its most notable growth rate to date. Within the last six months, the increased collection exposure has nearly doubled its own traffic of more than 160,000 unique visitors who browse the site daily.

Dreamstime is one of the most popular stock photography agencies in the world. With now just over 2.7 million images and a current growth rate of two million images per year, Dreamstime has the distinction of offering the best-edited collection of images in the microstock industry, and some are ABSOLUTELY FREE! Make photo shopping a virtual and visual experience, visit www.dreamstime.com.

Job: Nighttime Paparazzi - Rex Features

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Position: Nighttime Paparazzi
Location: London
Job Type: Freelance
Compensation: Competitive
Agency: Rex Features

Rex is seeking experienced nighttime paparazzi in London for our ever-expanding celebrity coverage.
We're looking for photographers with a minimum of 2 years on the nighttime scene in London who are looking for the opportunity to work with the UK's leading independent photo agency.

Please send CV and samples of your work to:
jobs@rexfeatures.com

Job: Nighttime Paparazzi - Rex Features

click the image for full details

Position: Nighttime Paparazzi
Location: London
Job Type: Freelance
Compensation: Competitive
Agency: Rex Features

Rex is seeking experienced nighttime paparazzi in London for our ever-expanding celebrity coverage.
We're looking for photographers with a minimum of 2 years on the nighttime scene in London who are looking for the opportunity to work with the UK's leading independent photo agency.

Please send CV and samples of your work to:
jobs@rexfeatures.com

CEPIC To Conduct Industry Research

Coordination of European Picture Agencies (Press, Stock, Heritage) is conducting a second, large-scale survey which will cover around 1,600 picture agencies across Europe.

Benchmark Industry Survey of CEPIC by German professor of Economic Geography will use a web-based survey that takes about 15 minutes.

"This survey complies with the highest standards of academic research. Data given to us will be anonymized and will be treated fully confidentially" refers CEPIC President Alan Smith.

This research is based on a Web-based survey that takes only around 15 minutes to answer and that can be found in three languages at :
English : http://www1.ku-eichstaett.de/MGF/geo/wirtschaftsgeographie/cepic/
German : http://www1.ku-eichstaett.de/MGF/geo/wirtschaftsgeographie/cepic/de
French : http://www1.ku-eichstaett.de/MGF/geo/wirtschaftsgeographie/cepic/fr

The data gathering process and its analysis is being conducted by Dr. Johannes Glückler, Professor of Economic Geography at the Catholic University of Eichstätt Ingolstadt (Germany) and the first results will be presented at the next CEPIC congress that takes place in Malta on Wednesday 6 June 2008. Full data will be given soon afterwards to those who take part in the survey.

"The last international and systematic market analysis dates back long ago: CEPIC conducted the first European survey in the year 2000" remembers CEPIC’s President Alan Smith. "The picture market place is undergoing major change. Yet, we are missing a detailed understanding of the market dynamics, the commercial situation of the picture agencies and the business impact of major technological and commercial trends". Alan Smith hopes that "the results will give us a benchmark to go forward from and will provide benchmarks in the discussions with the trans-national bodies of the European Union (EU) and World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) whose decisions effect our business environment. Moreover, it will help picture businesses to know their market environment more profoundly and to learn how to respond to the current challenges".

"We all hope to get a richer and more profound understanding of the European picture market place" - says Dr. Johannes Glückler, Professor of Economic Geography at the Catholic University of Eichstätt Ingolstadt (Germany). Professor Johannes Glückler has already made an intensive study of this industry in Germany and two years ago delivered an influential paper in Cambridge University; he has also conducted an industry survey for the industry's German National Association, BVPA.

For more information about CEPIC and/or CEPIC Congress Malta 2008 please contact
Sylvie Fodor
CEPIC Administrator
Lietzenburger-Strasse 91, 10719 Berlin
Tel: +49/ 30 889 101 - 60
Fax: +49/ 30 889 101 - 61
Email: s.fodor@cepic.org

American Society of Picture Professionals Presents :

New Photographers at FLPA

Red Fox by new FLPA contributor Elliott Neep,

FLPA has announced a number of new photographers contributing to the 142,500 nature images now available from the library.

www.flpa.co.uk

FLPA now have over 142,500 superb images available and continue to upload great new content on a monthly basis.

We’re delighted to welcome Elliott Neep to our team of photographers; he’s a professional wildlife photographer and has had some fantastic photo opportunities with tigers when he recently visited Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India. He’s also spent sometime working with British mammals and has submitted some dynamic new Red Squirrel images.

Dickie Duckett , a retired Red Arrows pilot, is another new photographer who we’re very lucky to represent. He travels extensively throughout the UK and Europe and has recently returned from a three week trip to the Antarctic.

Four of our newest British photographers who continually inspire and delight us are husband and wife team Nicholas and Sherry Lu Aldridge, Gary Smith and Paul Hobson. They specialise in quintessential British images, holly berries with frost, winter leaves, footpath signs, wild crab apples, Autumn apples, chutney, jam, hunting barn owl, fishing boats, sugar beat harvesters, kite flying, red deer roaring, fallow deer running, red fox, harvest mouse, mink, otter, weasel, and mussels being graded on a Norfolk beach.

Wayne Hutchinson a farmer from Cumbria who is well known for his iconic sheep images, recently came back from western Kenya and eastern Uganda where he had been commissioned to take images for a charity called ‘Send a Cow’. This charity provides animals to the local people and also trains them in various organic farming methods to help produce more food and money for their families.

Untitled Photographers Nominees at AOP Awards

Nick Veasey nominee in Personal Still Life Category

Congratulations to Nick Veasey and George Kavanagh, contributors to Untitled photo library, both nominees in the AOP Awards.

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See all the nominees at www.the-awards.com