Photo Archive News

Job: Freelance Photographers Required

Due to continued expansion, Entertainment Press requires freelance photographers with the drive and commitment to fulfil the following positions:

Full details of this job and others here: P A N Industry Jobs

L.A. Curb The Pap

Reuters Blogs reports: L.A. officials ponder ways to curb paparazzi

Officials from several Los Angeles area communities will consider ways to crack down on paparazzi who hound Hollywood celebrities when they meet on Thursday, and measures they decide upon could serve as a springboard for similar actions in major cities around the world.

Here: blogs.reuters.com

Free e-book From DK Images

The first 100 people to order an image from www.dkimages.com during the Olympic Games (8th - 24th August) will receive a free Dorling Kindersley e-book.

Action Images' Sporting Galleries

The brand new website from Action Images offers fantastic sporting photo galleries including photographers biographies and historical events.

Here: www.actionimages.com

Fisher Hart - Latest Architectural & Interior Images

UK based 'built environment' photography agency, Fisher Hart, have recently shot, Park Plaza County Hall hotel for BUJ Architects, Jerwood Space for Munkenbeck + Marshall, Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport for Carpenter/Lowings Architecture & Design and private residences for The Pike Practice.

www.fisherhart.com

Paul Newman Selection At Mary Evans

Film, The Drowning Pool with Paul Newman, 1975
credit: Mary Evans Picture Library/Rue des Archives

Veiw the image selection here

Whale Selection At Splashdown Direct

California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) Adult, fluke-up dive San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
©Michael Nolan / SplashdownDirect

View the selection here: www.splashdowndirect.com

Freelance Photographers - Entertainment Press

Due to continued expansion, Entertainment Press requires freelance photographers with the drive and commitment to fulfil the following positions:

Photographer – Breaking News / Current affairs – London
Photographer – Paparazzi – London (day and night shifts)

jobs@entertainmentpress.biz
www.entertainmentpress.biz

Richard Mills - Photographer

Richard Mills

TimesOnline reports:

Hundreds of people gathered today [July 29] at the funeral of Richard Mills, a photographer on The Times, who died towards the end of his last assignment in Zimbabwe.

Mr Mills, 41, who joined The Times in 2000 and had covered many dangerous assignments for the paper including in Iraq and Afghanistan, was found dead in the safe house in which he was staying in Harare.

Here: timesonline.co.uk

Corbis Launches Women In Sport Collection

Corbis announces the addition of new imagery from Jason Joyce featuring women in high concept futuristic sport settings.
The images have been retouched to give the photos a clean, vibrant and surreal look.

The imagery by photographer Jason Joyce is featured along with photography of iconic athletes, contemporary champions and action shots from a host of leading sporting events on Corbis’ sports microsite www.corbis.com/sports.

The new imagery from Joyce features women fencers, swimmers, archers, weight-lifters, soccer players and others in high concept futuristic settings.

The concept and storyboard for the shoot in London was conceived and managed by Corbis Art Director Martin Yates. Joyce designed the set-up and lighting for the shoot so the images would be suitable for the post-production team to manipulate. The retouching was handled at Corbis, and a 3-D designer created the backgrounds using state-of-the-art 3-D imaging software.

“Our creative research consistently finds that there is a lot of demand for imagery featuring women in sports, and this new collection celebrates female athletes in a way that is undoubtedly compelling and unique,” said Martin Yates, Art Director, Corbis. “The atmosphere for the shoot was inspired by science fiction movies like Aeon Flux and transports us to another time and place.”

Jason Joyce lives and works in London. He began his career as a fashion photographer before moving into celebrity portraiture. His work has been published in world-leading publications including Interview, Esquire, Harpers Bazaar and Q. Recently he has shot advertising campaigns for Mother and McCann Erickson advertising agencies in the UK.

"With the summer games in Beijing approaching, we wanted to create something fresh and different that appeals to creatives looking for an alternative vision,” said Joyce. “I’m really proud of this work and the way it breaks down preconceived notions of beauty and athletics.”

Fujifilm Student Awards - Winner

The winner of the 2008 Fujifilm Student Awards: David Wala from Newcastle College.

This year's Awards were run in conjunction with Penguin Books and the brief was to provide a cover for the re-issued version of Ralph Ellison's 1952 masterpiece, Invisible Man. David's winning image will now grace the cover when the book is released as part of Penguin's Modern Classics series. In addition to this amazing prize, David has been named as Fujifilm Student Photographer of the Year 2008. He also collects £200 of Fujifilm Professional film, a library of 100 Penguin Classics titles and a copy of the book, 'Seven Hundred Penguins'.

David, a mature student, has just finished the first year of a two-year Foundation Degree in Commercial Photographic Practice. Before starting his degree David worked within the textile industry but has always had aspirations to become a full-time photographer.

David was presented with his award at the packed ceremony, held at Direct Lighting's base in London. He was understandably delighted: "If someone had told me when I started my course 12 months ago that one of my images would be on the cover of a Penguin book I simply wouldn't have believed them! I'm sure the kudos of winning such a respected award will help my career, I feel really honoured that my work has been recognised by Fujifilm and Penguin Books."

Fujifilm used the awards evening to announce the continuation of the tie-in with Penguin Books. The companies have selected 'Silent Spring' by Rachel Carson for next year's competition and students will be invited to submit images for the book's cover when the title is re-launched. The 2009 Fujifilm Student Awards will be launched in September.

The winning image, together with those of the Merit winners are available to view at www.fujifilmstudentawards.co.uk

Barcroft Media Partner With Daphne Barak

Barcroft Media partner with one of the world's top interviewers.
Press syndication agency Barcroft Media have signed a deal with television interviewer Daphne Barak.

Effective immediately, the collaboration will see Barcroft Media become the
official image partner and syndication agency for exclusive portraiture
which will accompany Ms Barak's showpiece interviews.

Using their stable of photographers, Barcroft Media will be on hand to shoot portraits of some of the world's most influential people.

"We are extremely pleased that we have partnered with one of the world's
most high profile interviewers," said Alex Morris, Barcroft Media's London
Editor.

"Daphne is an exceptional journalist who gets access and stories that others can only dream of. We are looking forward to working with our talented photographers to produce stunning pictures to sit alongside her work in the worlds best newspapers and magazines."

Daphne's subjects are royals, "A" list stars, prime ministers and presidents.

Ms Barak has interviewed many of the world¹s most famous figures, including Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Benazir Bhutto, Johnny Depp, Robert Mugabe, Bill and Hillary Clinton and Robert De Niro.

www.barcroftmedia.com

Hollandse Hoogte Launch New Website

Hollandse Hoogte have launched their new website built by Infradox.

www.hollandse-hoogte.nl

www.infradox.com

Robert Harding - New Galleries

Robert Harding have introduced four new galleries; Rainbow Nation, Mono, Twilight & Alive (see screen shot above) and will be adding a new one each month.

www.robertharding.com/galleries.php

Alamy's Q2 2008 Financial Statement

For those interested, Alamy have released their quarterly financial statement for the second quarter of 2008.

http://www.alamy.com/contributors/statements/default.asp

ASPP Produce Best Practice Guidelines

The American Society of Picture Professionals has released guidelines entitled “ASPP’s Best Practices for Locating Copyright Owners of Photographic and Visual Art”.

The guide can be found at the ASPP website at: http://www.aspp.com/users/ASPPSite4390/ASPP_Best_Practises_v2_7-8-08.pdf

This guide is intended to be a “living document” and will be continually updated as new registries and technologies become available. This version 2.0 contains many useful links to organizations and other places where one can access information.

Executive Director, Cathy Sachs, expressed the following thoughts: “Especially in light of the Orphan Works pending legislation, it was our hope that these guidelines would be helpful in locating copyright holders, and that they might eventually aid in the construction of the defined "diligent search". This in turn, we hoped, would minimize the flood of "orphans" that might be created by inadequate search procedures. We feel that none of our members would benefit from that.”

Andre Zucca At The Image Works

Paris May 1942 © Andre Zucca / BHVP / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works

André Zucca (1897 -1973) was a respected French press photographer. In 1941, Zucca was called by the occupying German army to work on the propaganda magazine Signal.
His unexpected and rare color images of Paris during that time are surrounded by controversy for presenting Parisian life as sunny and lively, largely undisturbed by the darkness of war.
For UK rights available from www.topfoto.co.uk

View the Collection at www.theimageworks.com

FOTO8 - Awards & Summer Show - OPEN

London: The Foto8 Summer Show at the Host Gallery is OPEN.

In this, the first year of what is set ot be an annual summer photography event in London, Foto8 were overwhelmed with the response received to its call for entries. Over 1,800 images were entered from 38 different countries including Iran, Korea and New Zealand, to name just a few.

The show follows Foto8's tradition of supporting new works by contemporary photographers and encouraging independent photojournalism.

23 July - 31 August 2008
Host Gallery
1 Honduras Street
London
EC1Y 0TH
UK

The Exhibition
Over 150 prints, selected from all the entries, will be curated by Foto8 and exhibited at HOST, London's only dedicated photojournalism gallery. The exhibition will be open to the public during July and August 2008. In the spirit of other major art fairs, the exhibition will be a showcase of future photographic talent, as well as etablished names, and give the publoic an opportunity to invest in the photographers of the future by purchasing original works from as little as £50.

The Awards
A judging panel of respected industry professionals will select the First Annual Foto8 Award for Best in Show with a prize of £1000. The winning image and a collection of others will be published in the October 2008 issue of 8 Magazine. In addition there wil be a public vote, by visitors to the gallery, allowing everyone outside of the judging panel to challenge the final decision and award the "people's choice".

The Judges
Chris Boot - Publisher, Chris Boot Books
Zelda Cheatle - gallerist & Photography Fund Manager
Ken Grant - Programme Leader, Documentary Photography, Univ. of Wales, Newport
Jon Levy - Director of Foto8
Steve MacLeod - Creative Director, Argento Imaging
Di Poole - Director of Photography, Atlas Gallery

Full Details Here: Foto8 Summer Show

www.foto8.com

13th Annual PACA International Conference

The Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) and New York City's world-famous Financial District will host the The 13th Annual PACA International Conference from 24 - 26 October, 2008 at the New York Marriott Downtown, which is located just four blocks from Wall Street.

Registration is now open and Early Bird discounts end on July 31, 2008. Find all the pertinent information online including registration fees, conference schedule, conference registration, sponsorship opportunities and hotel reservations at 13th Annual PACA International Conference web page www.pacaoffice.org/conference.shtml.

The Keynote Address will be delivered by renowned author, consultant and speaker Jim Carroll. He brings a well-deserved reputation for cutting edge insight into economic trends, rapid market and industry change and consumer branding issues. Carroll alerts businesses of trends that will affect their industry and challenges them to uncover strategies for survival in a constantly changing global economic landscape.

Coping with an uncertain economy is just one reason colleagues from around the world will converge on New York City. Networking opportunities and informational sessions that explore important issues facing their businesses today will abound throughout the conference.

The 2008 program includes the popular art buyers' panel, a discussion on distributor relations and current technological trends. There will be an update on the U.S. Orphan Works legislation that includes a presentation from Sylvie Fodor, CEPIC Administrator, regarding the European Union's view on Orphan Works. In addition, a very special event will be held to honor Jane Kinne, an industry pioneer who passed away in November.

November, starring Nathan Lane, is just one of the many fantastic Broadway shows attendees can catch. They will also enjoy world-class shopping, historic landmarks and gourmet cuisine. PACA's renowned hospitality includes a fabulous opening reception with food stations and full bar. A full breakfast and lunch is served everyday in a dining room where you can continue your business meetings over meals. A closing banquet on October 26th at the World Financial Center's The Grill Room rounds out a memorable weekend.

To help maximize your travel budget there are two additional photo industry events to attend in New York. The PDN PhotoPlus (www.photoplusexpo.com)will be held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center from October 23-25 and immediately following PACA's Conference is Picturehouse at The Altman Building on October 29 from 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. Register online at www.picturehouse-us.com/newyork. PACA members and Chicago exhibitors will receive a special 10% discount as well as access to a variety of Marketing Opportunities and Sponsorship packages.

Brad Pitt Warns Against Publishing Photos

Reuters reports: Pitt threatens legal action over photos

Lawyers for Brad Pitt on Thursday threatened legal action against anyone publishing recent photographs they say were taken by paparazzi of the actor and his newly enlarged family at their French estate.

full article here: www.ukreuters.com

Britney - Pap Arrested

Los Angeles Times reports: Paparazzi arrested near Britney Spears' home

Two photographers who tried to snap shots of pop star Britney Spears from a fire access road on a hillside near her Studio City home were arrested Monday afternoon on suspicion of loitering.

.....Officers told the photographers they were on city-owned property and that they should leave, Malachi said. The photographers said they would heed the warning but when police returned about an hour later, they were still there.....

full article here: www.latimes.com

Magazine News - Ideal Home

UK - IPC Media

Bernadette Stevens

IPC Southbank has appointed Bernadette Stevens as head of marketing of its market-leading home interest title, Ideal Home.

Bernadette began her publishing career at ACP Magazines in Australia and worked across home and lifestyle titles including Australia's leading home magazine, House & Garden.

During her time at ACP, she was also part of a team that launched a successful new mass home title in the market, Real Living magazine. In 2006, Bernadette moved to the UK to pursue a marketing career in the retail sector with the UK's leading community shopping centre brand, The Mall.
Publishing director Yvonne Ramsden says: “I am delighted at Bernadette's appointment to IPC Southbank and Ideal Home. She is dynamic, enthusiastic and passionate about the homes market and she will bring an exciting, fresh perspective to the marketing strategy for Ideal Home.”

Bernadette adds: “I am thrilled to be joining IPC Southbank and to be working with one of its strongest performing brands in the market. I look forward to contributing to the continued success of the magazine and I'm excited to embark on this new journey with such a talented team.”

Bernadette joined Ideal Home on 7th July.

Magazine News - Dennis Buys Butler & Tanner

UK - Dennis Publishing

Felix Dennis

Butler & Tanner, the finest colour book and publications printer in the UK, has been bought by one of Britain's most successful publishers, Felix Dennis, as the sole owner.
The brand new printing business is scheduled to open on 1st August 2008 with the new name, Butler, Tanner & Dennis.

A new board of directors will run the company with Felix Dennis taking the position of Chairman. Ian Leggett, Group Finance Director for Dennis Publishing will take up the role of Deputy Chairman and former Butler & Tanner Director Kevin Sarney will become Managing Director. The business will trade from its premises in Frome.

The launch of Butler, Tanner & Dennis will see Felix Dennis and the new management team take the opportunity to protect and build on the 157 year heritage of Butler & Tanner and provide a new beginning and vision for this unique business. Butler & Tanner's product range has included BBC books for Delia Smith and Penguin books for Jamie Oliver, annual reports for Marks & Spencer and Shell, and corporate brochures for Aston Martin and Rolls Royce. The company has won many awards for its expertise in Book, Fine Art, Corporate Brochure and Digital printing, including PrintWeek Book Printer of the Year 2007.

Felix Dennis is Chairman of Dennis Publishing, the magazine and online publishing company, which launched in 1974 and is currently listed in the annual Sunday Times list as one of the UK's Top 100 Best Companies to Work For. Over 50 magazines and websites are published by Dennis Publishing, including Auto Express, The Week, evo, Men's Fitness and Monkey. Felix Dennis is also a best selling poet and chose to print his last volume, Island of Dreams: 99 Poems from Mustique, with Butler & Tanner. The next book of poems from Felix Dennis, Homeless in my Heart, launched later this year, will be one of the first books to be produced by Butler, Tanner & Dennis in August.

The new company will open with 80 former members of staff on site. The management team will be focused on building and developing the Butler, Tanner & Dennis business to ensure deliberate and sustainable growth.

Chairman of Butler, Tanner & Dennis, Felix Dennis, said "It was the superb print quality of my own book, Island of Dreams, produced by Butler & Tanner in 2007, that brought the company to my attention, so we are extremely pleased to finalise and secure the future of this unique printing company. We strongly believe that book and corporate publishers in the UK will seize the chance to reduce the carbon footprint of their publications by working with Butler, Tanner & Dennis, rather than in Asia and other faraway places. We look forward to providing the UK's publishing industry with a quality colour printer based in the UK."

Magazine News - Practical Motorhome

UK - Haymarket Media Group

Sarah Wakely

Sarah Wakely, Practical Motorhome’s deputy editor, recently won a prestigious award for the best caravanning article of 2007, while editor Robert Ganley ensured the Haymarket title swept the category by taking second place.

Wakely beat off strong competition for Best Article at the Caravan Club Media Awards 2007, including entrants from the Times newspaper and the Caravan Club’s own magazine.

Her feature ‘Fire and Ice’ detailed her epic trip in a Volkswagen camper van to Iceland last summer. She braved choppy seas to spend a week exploring lava fields, vast glaciers and... lobster parties.

The judging panel were impressed by how Wakely made her trip read “like an adventure to another world”.

Ganley said: “This is a brilliant result for Sarah. Practical Motorhome tries to capture the spirit of adventure and put it down on paper for our readers, and no one does this better than Sarah. It’s a great acknowledgement of her outstanding writing ability.”

Freelance journalist Doug King was named Best Journalist on the basis of three stories, including ‘Danger, gas leak’, published in Practical Motorhome.

Exhibition - Portraits Of Adventure

Kingsley Holgate - Explorer & humanitarian - Cairo, Egypt © Alastair Thain

'Portraits of Adventure' opens today, 22nd July 2008, at The Royal Geographical Society in London.

The exhibition will showcase over 60 rarely seen images that capture the true spirit of adventure through the lens of leading photographers including 10 specially commissioned 4 metre high portraits by Alastair Thain featuring personalities that embody this spirit, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Zara Phillips.

Portraits of Adventure opens on July 22nd 2008 at The Royal Geographical Society. It is one of the many events around the globe in celebration of Land Rover' s 60th anniversary supporting the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies.

As part of the exhibition sponsored by Land Rover there is also a competition whereby people can enter their photos of extreme adventures to win £2000 in travel vouchers and a Canon EOS 450D with two outstanding lenses. (http://www.gobeyond.landrover.com/gobeyond/). The closing date is August 15 2008.

Londonstills.com - photo library

Londonstills is the premier source for contemporary images of London. Every inch of London covered The River Thames, London Eye, Oxford Street, Trafalgar Square, St Paul's Cathedral, Gherkin, Millennium Bridge, Tate Modern, Houses of Parliament, Piccadilly Circus, Notting Hill Carnival, Royal Parks, The Tube, West End, Docklands, Camden Market, King's Road, Greenwich, Hampstead, The Suburbs, Inner City.
www.londonstills.com
info@londonstills.com
+ 44 208 874 4905

Photostories At 4Corners

Solomango at 4Corners Images.

4Corners new website features Solomango photostories.
4Corners Images announced that the recent launch of its new website, engineered by Bloomtech.it was a great success. In addition to all the technical improvements, two collections were created (XL and Alternative) for contemporty or traditional styles. Whilst the integration of Solomango photostories means clients can now choose a complete photo story in a simple package.

www.4cornersimages.com

Aurora Photos Represents Agence VU

Aurora Photos agency founder, Jose Azel is pleased to announce that effective immediately, Paris based, Agence VU’ will be represented in the United States by Aurora.
"Quality and passion connect VU’ and Aurora Photos,” states Azel. “It will be a privilege and honor to present such singular work to clients in the United States. The concerned photography and raw emotion of their work inspires editors and readers alike."

http://www.auroraphotos.com/

Julius Shulman at 97 - Architectural Photographer

It was the 1960 photograph called Case Study House #22 that put Shulman on the map, with the evocative and dreamlike image of two women seated in a glass house practically suspended in mid air as the twinkling lights of Los Angeles beckon below.

Reuters interview - video interview: www.reuters.com

Reuters report Architectural photographer enjoys revival at 97

Key Keywords For Footage

Slate.com reports: Everyone Will Be Lonely Eight Months From Now - THE WEIRD SCIENCE OF STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY

"....Getty gave me lists of the most popular search terms on their database for 2006, 2007, and the first half of 2008. Only three entries showed up in the top 10 on all three lists: business, people, and woman. (Woman climbed from eighth to fifth to first, which Waggoner attributes to the increasing global presence of women in the workplace and thus the increasing global demand for photos and video depicting women in the workplace.)...."

Full report here: www.slate.com

Through the lens - Bangalore

The Frozen Memories-2008 exhibition, organised by The Photojournalist Association of Bangalore, draws on these lines. Works by 65 different photographers (who are active photojournalists) are on display at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath.

The photographs show some rare moments in the social and political happenings around the world that are captured through the camera lens.

Imagining our daily newspapers without images is as hard as looking at a world without colours. The Frozen Memories-2008 exhibition, organised by The Photojournalist Association of Bangalore, draws on these lines. Works by 65 different photographers (who are active photojournalists) are on display at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath.

The photographs show some rare moments in the social and political happenings around the world that are captured through the camera lens. These images gain importance as they are momentary glimpses of events that evoke emotion in viewers. On display are shots from various parts of life, such as rare profiles of political leaders, sports players, social activities, riots, protests, celebrities and more. They present to us various languages of image-making that reflect humour, satire and patriotism.

Photographs like Abhayahasta capture the present chief minister giving promises to a women candidate of his party. Focus Point is an exhibit that captures a notorious moment from a cricket match, loaded with humour because of the angle from which it is captured. It features a few cheerleaders and a bunch of teenagers.

Helping Hand captures a rare glimpse of humanity where a snake is being fed water from a bottle. Naked Truth reveals the fact that child labour is still prevalent in the City — it shows a chain of little lads carrying construction material. Captain Raj features moments from the life of late actor Dr Rajkumar. He is surrounded by a swarm of fans who are in a joyous mood after seeing their hero return after a prolonged illness. Can We Stop His Tears is a series of images of Dr Rajkumar, who is spellbound and becomes emotional upon seeing the love showered on him by his fans.

The exhibition is really captivating as it has interesting images already published in various newspapers. The show gives us a chance to look back in time. The exhibition is on till July 19, 2008

More Here: www.newindiapress.com

Mary Evans Picture Library

Walthamstow Greyhound Stadium © Mary Evans Picture Library

One of London’s few remaining greyhound racing stadiums, Walthamstow Stadium, East London is set to close in August this year.
Mary Evans Picture Library has images covering the sport since its heydey in the 1930's.
www.http://www.maryevans.com

Pulse Picture Library (CMP Information Ltd)

Specialist collection covering all aspects of life and medicine
in General Practice in the UK today. All pictures are colour,
model released and taken by professional photographers
on location with real GP's, nurses and patients in their surgeries.
www.cmpimages.com
+44 (0) 20 7921 8099
mcollard@cmpmedica.com

Account Executive - Mirrorpix

Mirrorpix, the photographic and content licensing division of Mirror Group Newspapers are looking to recruit a highly motivated and talented individual to join their Content Licensing team based in Canary Wharf.

The succesful candidate will have experience of account management and general office administration, preferably within a licensing or rights business. They should be customer focused, confident, enthusiastic with drive, ambition and a target driven mindset.

Closing date: Friday 1st August 2008

Location:
London (One Canada Square- Canary Wharf) E14 5AP

Qualifications:
The role requires a highly enthusiastic individual who will quickly become a key member of our licensing operation based at Canary Wharf.

Experience:
We are looking for candidates who are highly focused, practical and who have a 'can do' attitude and ability to use their initative to solve problems quickly. Exemplary customer care and account handling skills are essential.

Key responsibilities:
- Responsible for supporting the sales team and to play a key role in ensuring all team targets are met
- Account handling and administration
- Integrating into a team environment and supporting team mates
- Making sure all personal targets are met
- Always looking to improve skill sets and product knowledge

For further information apply to: Fergus McKenna
London (One Canada Square- Canary Wharf)
E14 5AP

Telephone: 020 7293 3365
Email: fergus.mckenna@mirror.co.uk

NTI's China Photo Library

News Team International (NTI) now have a website hosting a live feed of images from the Chinese State Press Agency (Xinhua).
http://xinhua.newsteam.co.uk/cgi-bin/xinhua

NTI also became the sole UK partner to EPA (European Pressphoto Agency), and are responsible for resourcing all the UK images for their global picture service.

The Xinhua site is simple and straight forward to use, and will give registered users permission to order images through email, or download hi-res images directly. These permissions are negotiated directly with Milica Timotic on email: syndication@newsteam.co.uk.

Many of the images NTI provide to EPA will be included in EPA’s service to UK national newspapers. However, NTI also commissions it’s own photographers in all parts of the UK and Ireland and are now able to offer photography of news and feature events on a commission or speculative basis to all UK newspapers under the NTI banner. These will not be part of the EPA service to the UK. NTI has a particularly strong team of photographers available in the London area.
Some national desks have started to successfully use NTI’s extended service and we are happy we now have a solid foundation to extend this service to all national daily and Sunday clients.

NTI have an office in London, in Oxford Street, which they share with EPA.

This is headed up by Milica Timotic for NTI and Andy Rain for EPA. Phone number - 0207 495 3713 – email: londonpics@newsteam.co.uk . The London office is responsible for all work in London and south. Phones are manned 24 hours a day.

The picture desk in Birmingham is responsible for work elsewhere in the UK and Ireland and can be reached on 0121 246 5511, email: picture.desk@newsteam.co.uk. Phones are manned 24 hours a day.

Job: Mirrorpix - Account Executive

Mirrorpix, the photographic and content licensing division of Mirror Group Newspapers are looking to recruit a highly motivated and talented individual to join their Content Licensing team based in Canary Wharf.

Full details of this job and others here: P A N Industry Jobs

Yousuf Karsh Online

The Estate of Yousuf Karsh has launched a great website about the famous photographer.
Karsh writes about his life and his work, the site also includes video interviews.

http://karsh.org/

IGPOTY Call For Entries 2009

International Garden Photographer Of The Year (IGPOTY) 2009 - Call for entries.
Open to all photographers, the International Garden Photographer of the Year offers photographers the opportunity to win in excess of £20,000 cash and equipment as well as international exposure in an exhibition at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

The Award is open to all photographers who are invited to submit works within seven categories:
Wildlife in the Garden;
Plant Portraits;
Garden Views;
People in the Garden;
the Edible Garden;
Trees and
World Botanic Gardens.
There is also an award for the Young Garden Photographer of the Year for budding photographers under 16 years old.

The competition is open to everyone and entries are welcome from across the world. For a nominal fee, participants can enter up to four single images in any one category or a themed portfolio of six images into the Portfolio category.

Photographers can enter as many times as they like. All entries are made online via www.igpoty.com.

After the closing date at the end of January 2009, the international panel of judges will select the top 100 works for display in an outdoor exhibition at Kew Gardens. Photographers entering a set of six themed images can also win the prestigious Best Portfolio Award.

For further information about the competition and exhibition go to www.igpoty.com

New Images At FLPA

Lesser Flamingos © Frans Lanting / FLPA

FLPA, voted the Best Photo Agency by picture buyers at this year's BAPLA fair, have uploaded new images by Frans Lanting and Imagebroker.

www.flpa.co.uk

Exhibition - Dan Wynn Fashion Images from 50's and 60's

An Exhibition of Dan Wynn Fashion Images from the 50's and 60's starts today, 17th July for a month, at the Farmani Gallery, New York.

Never Before Seen Fashion Images by the Late Dan Wynn Opens Thursday, July 17 at Farmani Gallery, New York.

Newly discovered images from Dan Wynn's career as a top commercial photographer will be on display for the first time. Dan Wynn spent his career photographing celebrities, chefs, entertainers and musicians during the 1950's and 1960's. His career spanned 45 years and his work can be seen in virtually every prestigious magazine during that time.

This newly created exhibit will be the first in a series profiling Dan Wynn's illustrious career. This display focuses on his work in fashion and images of Suzy Parker, Jane Fonda and others in the early days of their careers can be seen. Classic images from 1950 and 1960's advertising campaigns shown in Esquire, McCall's, Seventeen and others can also be viewed.

Dan Wynn's career began when he moved to New York in 1947 and got his editorial start at Seventeen Magazine where he quickly became successful shooting fashion. He went on to shoot major accounts for top advertising agencies including Revlon (with the legendary Kay Daly) and memorable campaigns for clients as diverse as International Paper, Van Raalte and Maidenform's famous, "I dreamed I was...in my Maidenform bra."

His well-known covers appeared on record albums and international magazines and books. His innovative photography was recognized with numerous awards from The New York Art Directors Club, Communication Arts and the American Institute of Graphic Arts, and in 1976 his photographs were included in The Family Of Man Exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Dan Wynn's photography has been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery for their permanent collection and has been seen in New York City at the Bonni Benrubi Gallery among others, as well as the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Dan Wynn's exhibit will be on display at the Farmani Gallery from July 17 - August 17, 2008.

Farmani Gallery,
111 Front Street
Suite 222
Brooklyn
NY

Winner 2008 Barclays Shot Of The Season

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney© Matt Roberts / Offside Sports Photography

Congratulations to Matt Roberts at Offside Sports Photography for this shot of Wayne Rooney surrounded by six Reading players at Old Trafford which won the 2008 Barclays Shot of the Season competition.

Matts entry captures Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney surrounded by six Reading players, as he attempts to create an opening with not a team mate in sight. The photograph was taken from the opening weekend of the 2007/08 Barclays Premier League season at Old Trafford.

The final judging panel comprised of Barclays Sponsorship Director Matt Appleby, Chairman of the Football Writers' Association Paul Hetherington, Sky Sports commentator Martin Tyler and last year's winner, Ian Hodgson from the Daily Mail.

Offside Managing Director Mark Leech commented, 'We're delighted that Matt has won this award. At Offside, we strive to offer quality photography and give photo editors something different to work with. For 3 years now Matt has been working for us and producing a great calibre of work- this award is well deserved.'

To see Matt with his award:www.wellosffside.com

Alamy's 'Limited Use' Goes Worldwide

In response to feedback from its contributors, Alamy is considering some changes to it's Limited Use scheme, as it goes worldwide following a trial in the UK.
Alamy CEO James West said: “The concerns that have been raised are valid and we are working on ways of addressing them.”

Alamy is looking at the issue of file sizes after worries that the larger sizes could be used outside the terms of the scheme. It is also considering allowing contributors to opt in to the scheme using a pseudonym or on a per image basis so that only parts of their collection are available for Limited Use. At present, contributors have to allow their entire collection to be available if they opt in.

The Limited Use scheme, which was launched last month, is aimed at new users like teachers or bloggers who do not normally buy pictures. It offers images from 60p, $1 or €1, restricting sales to a narrowly defined set of usages such as educational use or personal blogs and social network sites.

Contributors to Alamy have the option of making their images available for Limited Use as well as being sold conventionally, giving them the opportunity to earn additional income without affecting their existing sales.

CEPIC 2008 Pictures And Text Online

You can now see all the pictures from the CEPIC Congress Malta 2008 and read the text of almost all of the conferences and seminars.

For all the photos visit the Malta Congress Mini Website at http://www.cepic.org/archive/malta08/index.htm

To read up on the seminars in English go to http://www.cepic.org/english/congress/2008/proceedings_of_conferences.php

Red Cover Resolution

‘We and many others, have been with the company for a number of years and feel we can work together to get Red Cover back on-track and ensure they take their place as a major player in the ‘rights-managed’ picture library industry." Commented contributors Andrew Twort & Johnny Bouchier.

Press Release from Red Cover issued 14th July 2008:
Red Cover has been going through some difficult times recently, during a period of rapid growth and without the benefit of third party investments.

To this end a formal meeting was held with a representative group of contributors and creditors. At this meeting, administered by Fisher Partners, Chartered Accountants, a plan to take the company forward under the Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) was approved unanimously.

“We put forward a number of proposals and all were accepted,” comment two contributors, Andrew Twort & Johnny Bouchier. ‘We and many others, have been with the company for a number of years and feel we can work together to get Red Cover back on-track and ensure they take their place as a major player in the ‘rights-managed’ picture library industry."

“With the blessing of the contributors we plan to create a much more transparent business working closely with all of our writers and photographers and the existing internal team to build a better business for all“ said Mark Bezodis, Managing Director

The company now plans to work closely with the SAA (Stock Artists Alliance) and BAPLA (British Association of Picture Library and Agencies) to meet these new objectives.

Red Cover has always had fantastic imagery but now with the backing of so many key photographers and writers it really can look to the future.

Ends

www.redcover.com

Nelson Mandela, At Camera Press, Through Karsh

This year sees Nelson Mandela turn 90. Camera Press have put together an online brochure showcasing this extraordinary man with outstanding photographs - those by Yousuf Karsh.

View the brochure here: CameraPress.com/Mandela

Untitled - All X-Ray

Click here to see x-ray stock photography: www.untitled.co.uk

BBC Motion Gallery Deal With Princes Trust

BBC Motion Gallery, the clip sales arm of BBC Worldwide, has signed a deal to represent the video archive of youth charity The Princes Trust.
Under the deal, BBC Motion Gallery will be able to license clip content from Prince’s Trust events such as Party in the Park and Fashion Rocks including unique content such as performances by Robbie Williams, Beyonce and Sting.

www.bbcmotiongallery.com
www.princes-trust.org.uk

The deal includes some rarely seen before content from key Prince’s Trust events over the last 25 years – including performances by Elton John, Mariah Carey and Jay-Z - as well as an appearance by Nelson Mandela.

The addition of The Prince’s Trust video archive to the Motion Gallery content portfolio further broadens the already diverse range of video assets the company has available to license. As well as tens of thousands of hours of BBC sourced content, the company already offers clips from sources such as China Central TV, CBS News, NHK in Japan, ABC in Australia and The Commonwealth Games Federation.

Paul Maidment, Business Development Director, BBC Motion Gallery, said: “The Prince’s Trust archive is truly unique. Their set piece events have featured some of the biggest names in the world of music and fashion and other parts of the archive feature content that couldn’t be accessed anywhere else. This is a great opportunity for us to offer our clients some really powerful clip content, but it's also a great way for the Trust itself to generate some additional revenues to help fund their huge range of charitable projects.”

Paul Brown, Director of Marketing and Communications, Princes Trust, said: “Our previous events have featured performances and appearances that you’ll never see anywhere else and that’s a unique commercial opportunity. By working with an organisation with the experience and global contacts that Motion Gallery can offer we can raise vital funds to change young lives.”

As well as being available through the online service, www.bbcmotiongallery.com, all the new content will be available via BBC Motion Gallery's UK and international offices.

Paul Melcher To Lead Rex Features in US

Rex Features today announced the appointment of Paul Melcher as Director of its North American division.
Rex Features has appointed Paul Melcher as the Director of Rex USA, its North American division. Melcher will utilise his extensive knowledge of the US photographic syndication market to further develop and expand the Rex Features operations in North America. Melcher will be based in Manhattan where the company will be opening a sales and production office, whilst Operations Manager Chuck Musse will continue to run the Red Bank, NJ, office. Bureau Chief Patricia Patrick continues to manage the West Coast production in LA.

John Selby, CEO of Rex Features said “I am delighted that Paul has joined Rex at a very exciting period in the development of our business. Paul has the knowledge and experience to help us drive our business forward in the US. Rex has a strong reputation for professionalism, integrity and quality in the UK and our vision is to replicate this in the US.”

Profile:
Named by American Photo magazine as one of the “50 most influential individuals in American photography”, Melcher has repeatedly proven himself to be a leading innovator in the photo industry.
As Vice President, Melcher led the sales team of Digital Railroad, Inc. and as the Director of North American Operations & Sales for Hachette Filipacchi Photo Group he led integration initiatives for prestigious agencies such as Gamma, Rapho, and TOP. He also spearheaded the meteoric rise of ImageDirect.

US web: www.rexusa.com
UK web: www.rexfeatures.com
Paul Melcher's Industry Blog (Thoughts of a Bohemian): www.melchersystem.com

PicScout And Splash Give Bloggers Latest Celeb Pics

PicScout has teamed up with Splash News to give bloggers access to up-to-the minute celebrity photos at Picapp.com.
PicScout, which developed and operates PicApp, and Splash News have come together to offer bloggers and other online publishers premium, licensed images to illustrate news and creative content on their sites, while at the same time, addressing content owners’ usage tracking and copyright concerns.

“Making Splash content available through PicApp will help thousands of bloggers upgrade their sites with quality photos and, in turn, expose our rich database of images to millions of people,” Gary Morgan, CEO, Splash News, said. “Splash teams with PicApp to reduce online piracy and to create a new media revenue stream to its contributors.”

Adding Splash content to PicApp’s broad image library brings PicApp closer to being the de facto “one-stop-shop” for the widest range of images for bloggers, in many popular categories, including sports, technology, fashion – and now, more than ever, entertainment.

“We’ve had quite a bit of feedback from our online publisher community that suggests that celebrity/entertainment images are difficult for them to attain, primarily due to the high licensing costs and the importance of the delivery timeliness,” Eyal Gura, CEO, PicScout, said. “Working with Splash gives online publishers easy access to Hollywood celebrities – photos that they couldn’t afford before.”

PicApp also offers an image RSS feeder that allows bloggers to pre-set the images they are interested in and get alerts through the RSS tool when new images matching their criteria are uploaded to PicApp.

PicApp is currently in beta. Other news and photo agencies licensing images to PicApp include, among others, Getty Images, Corbis and Image Source. Once at www.picapp.com, bloggers can select from the wide range of images and use them for free adjacent to a news post or editorial content on their sites. When the image is streamed from the PicApp servers, it comes with a non-intrusive ad that provides a monetization tool on the content owner’s behalf.

www.splashnews.com

www.picscout.com

Luna Launch On Digital Railroad

Photo agency, Luna, are now available on DigitalRailroad.

http://www.digitalrailroad.net/luna/Default.aspx

Ian Parry Scholarship Winner 2008

Congratulations to this year's winner of the Ian Parry Scholarship, Vicente Jaime Villafranca.
Other finalists:
Highly Commended: Giovanni Cipriano
Commended: Matt Eich
Commended: Gratiane de Moustier

www.ianparry.org

Stanley Tretick Archive Online

During the Kennedy White House years, Tretick was given special access to the family, and he shot some of his most enduring images. One of his most famous is the picture of three-year-old John Kennedy, Jr. playing under his father's desk in the Oval Office. The photo was taken a month before President Kennedy was assassinated.

PRNewswire via COMTEX/: Stanley Tretick, an award-winning photojournalist, died in 1999, and left his photo archive to the writer Kitty Kelley.
As legal representative for the estate, Kelley has worked with Victoria Rehberg of ArtVision Exhibitions to set up the Web site for historians, librarians, photo researchers, publishers, and collectors.

In 1973, Tretick covered the Senate Watergate hearings, Tretick's work also encompassed special stills for various films, including "All The President's Men," "Reds," "The Candidate," "The Natural," "Urban Cowboy," "The Electric Horseman," "Year of the Dragon," "The Witness" and "Barbarosa."

During the Kennedy White House years, Tretick was given special access to the family, and he shot some of his most enduring images. One of his most famous is the picture of three-year-old John Kennedy, Jr. playing under his father's desk in the Oval Office. The photo was taken a month before President Kennedy was assassinated.

During World War II, Tretick was trained as a photographer in the Marine Corps and he served in the South Pacific. After a stint as a copyboy for The Washington Post, he joined Acme Newspictures and photographed the fighting in the Korean War. His image of a soldier in South Korea with his head buried in his hands, his helmet on the ground, was selected by the Military Times Publishing Company as one of The 100 Greatest Military Photographs.

He also published three books of photographs: "A Very Special President" with Laura Berquist; "A Portrait of All The President's Men" with Jack Hirshberg and "They Could Not Trust the King" with William V. Shannon.

www.stanleytretick.com

Seminar Tonight: The Brazilian Market

Own-it Event: Brazilian Business: Overcoming Cultural and Business Barriers

Date: Thursday, 10 July 2008
Time: 6-9pm (presentations 6-8pm followed by drinks/networking until 9pm)
Location:
The Library
Canning House
2 Belgrave Square
London
SW1X 8PJ

Cost: Free (when you book online)
Booking and more info: http://www.own-it.org/events/details/?eventId=260

Own-it, in conjunction with UK Trade & Investment and the Creative Industries Observatory, are organising a seminar to give creative businesses interested in the Brazilian market an overview of current trends and opportunities within the creative industries.

A legal expert will give an introduction to Intellectual Property Rights in Brazil. This is followed by a panel discussion with Minister Ruy Pacheco de Azevedo Amaral, Minister Counsellor for Administration, Culture and Press of the Embassy of Brazil in London, chaired by an international trade advisor of UK Trade & Investment.

For more free seminars, advice and information for creative people on : Copyright, Design Rights, Patents, Trademarks, Branding, Confidentiality Agreements, Licensing, Royalties, Contracts.
http://www.own-it.org/

Mr Pap - The Book

If you want to know how to do it 'Big', read this book!

July Corbis Creative IQ Trend Report

Corbis predicts.... the need for the creative community to reflect the increasing demands for skilled workers in the physical and applied sciences.

The Creative IQ Trend Reports, originally restricted to Corbis photographers, are now available on their website, giving a heads-up on material likely to be in demand in advertising and publishing over the next few months. You can view the latest report here http://www.corbis.com/boutique

F1 Photographer Clashes With Raikkonen

photo: ITV.com

ITV-F1.com reports:
A veteran Formula 1 photographer has labelled Kimi Raikkonen "rude" and "arrogant" after the world champion pushed him to the ground on the Silverstone grid.

Paul-Henri Cahier, one of the sport's most experienced and respected photographers, was pushed over onto his back by Raikkonen as he lined up a close-up shot just before last Sunday's British Grand Prix.

Full report here : www.itv-Fi.com

The Cahier Archive: www.f1-photo.com

Microsoft Live Search Power Iconic Britian

Iconic Britain is a photographic competition that aims to find 100 images that define Britain.
Powered by Microsoft Live Search, a new image sourcing network, you can win prizes both by submitting a photo and voting on other people’s entries, with Nikon Coolpix and D60 DSLR cameras on offer. The Iconic Britain competition is open to residents of the United Kingdom, and it runs from 19th June to 14th August 2008. A panel of experts will choose the category winners and their favourite British icon. You can enter and vote in the contest at:
http://www.iconicbritain.com

Getty Images Take Flickr Content

from the Flickr blog:

......The great folks at Getty Images and Flickr are joining forces to create a collection of royalty free, rights ready and rights managed photographs. This announcement is just the first step and there’s a lot to do before we launch. We’ve created a FAQ to address what we think will be the initial questions.....

blog.flickr.net

Mail Online - On Target

Net gains for Mail Online reports Martin Bream of Currybet.net on Pressgazette.co.uk

(UK) With the latest ABCe figures, Mail Online has stormed into first place as the most popular UK newspaper site. Editorial director Martin Clarke ascribes this to investment in content, but the site’s redesign has also obviously gone down well.

.....The new homepage is more visual than the previous design, with a large space “above the fold” devoted to the day in pictures. Clarke cites investment in news and sport as key to Mail Online’s future, but I suspect that a lot of the increased usage of the site is down to the Mail’s eye-grabbing TV and showbiz coverage................

More here: www.pressgazette.co.uk

Press Photographer's Year 2008 - Exhibition

2007 exhibition at the NT

In the National Theatre, London, the vast expanse of the Lyttelton Theatre foyer provides, for the third year running, the setting for the exhibition of the complete edit of the photographs from The Press Photographer's Year 2008.

The custom designed exhibition opened on Saturday 5th July and will run for 8 weeks until Saturday 30th August 2008. Open Monday to Saturday from 9.30am to 11pm. Admission is FREE.

www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
www.thepressphotographersyear.com

Photo Festival - Rencontres D'Arles

39th Rencontres D'Arles 8July - 14 September

www.rencontres-arles.com

Image Quest Highlights Environmental Issues

CLV01196, Hawksbill Turtle - dead in fishing net© Carlos Villoch, Image Quest.

Image Quest Marine, has recently added some photographs by Carlos Villoch aiming to highlight environmental concerns in the oceans, such as coral bleaching, damaged coral, blast fishing and discarded nets.
See them at www.imagequestmarine.com/stock

Writer Pictures' Deal With Scotsman Publications

....another PhotoArchiveNews.com exclusive!..

TSPL/Writer Pictures

Writer Pictures has signed a contract with the Scotsman Publications allowing them international syndication of all the Scottish Newspaper's literary portraiture.
Contemporary portraiture by the in-house photographers will sit alongside historical portraits of many of the great and good of Scottish literature.

This should be an excellent resource for picture researchers who need to license work quickly and easily or even the general public who are looking for images of their literary heroes! The collection will be uploaded to the website over the next six months and anyone who would like to see a sample ofwhat the collection contains just needs to search "TSPL".

www.writerpictures.com

'Pap Atttack' from the Topfoto Archive

Rome, Italy - 20 October 1960 - 1138223 and 1138225 ©Topham / TopFoto

Anita Ekberg attacks the press
In stockings, angry faced Swedish film star, Anita Ekberg, threatens photographers with a bow and arrows in the grounds of her Roman villa in the early hours of the morning.

The trouble started when Miss Ekberg left a Rome nightclub and ran into a squad of roving paparazzi who followed her to her villa where they invaded the grounds. Anita entered the house and returned armed with bow and arrows and shooting with deadly accuracy smashed a flash gun and then another shot destroyed a camera. She then drove one of the blunt edged arrows into a photographer’s shoulder and grabbed a cameraman by the hair and attempted to knee him. The photographers finally fled in disorder. At noon the following day the maid had three words for photographers, 'She’s still asleep.'

Pap Welcome For Dubai Visitors

© Supplied

Xpress.com reports,
Visitors to Dubai are being welcomed in a peculiar fashion at the Dubai International Airport this summer. They are greeted by ‘Paparazzi’ an international troupe from Poland composed of professional jugglers and comic actors by recreating the flash photography of the 70s.

Full report and gallery! www.Xpress4me.com

Jason Friend Printstore Online

Freelance travel photographer and writer, Jason Friend, has launched an online print store through Media Storehouse.

Jason said.... "The website service provider for my print collection is the Media Storehouse, who also handle all elements of the actual print fulfilment. You only have to look at the other well known collections that they handle (National Trust, English Heritage, Newcastle United FC!) to be assured that the print quality will be second to none. And the price?
As I ranted earlier, I have always wanted to keep the cost of my prints low and this is exactly what I have done. Award winning photography from a fiver? Framed prints £60? Stunning canvas prints for under £200? I have waited a long time to say this but...

View the prints here: www.jasonfriendprints.com

Explore a print facility for your images here: www.mediastorehouse.com

County Durham Photo Archive Online

An Outing - Castle Eden - Date: 1920

Snapshots of life through the ages in County Durham are revealed in a new online archive.
From mining disasters to Royal visits and carnival capers – it has all been captured on camera in East Durham over the decades.

And now people around the world are being offered the chance to take a trip down memory lane, thanks to an Internet project.

People Past and Present, an archive of 3,000 photos, has just been added to the District of Easington Council's website.
Every village and town in East Durham is covered by the new catalogue, with the pictures dating from the 1880s to the 1970s.
And, with a host of subjects included – from street scenes to social gatherings – there is something for everyone on the site.

Colin Robson, arts officer for the council, said: "People Past and Present is an amazing piece of the district's heritage.
"By uploading the images on to the authority's site, more people can now access these wonderful photos of bygone years."
The online archive allows people to search the site by area, but plans are in the pipeline to extend the project over time.
"The second phase, which should be complete by the end of the summer, will allow subject and date searches too," said Colin.
"We will also be adding any information that comes in from viewers, to update the captions which accompany the pictures."

The picture archive was originally the brainchild of artist Stuart Brisley, regarded as the "Godfather of British performance art."
When appointed as town artist for Peterlee back in 1976, he was drawn to the idea of developing a catalogue of living memories.

"Rather than producing his own artwork, he considered it more relevant to create a collective interest in art," said Colin.
"Peterlee was still only a new town at the time, having been built in the 1940s and 50s, and he wanted to address this issue.
"His aim was to show that the history and heritage of Peterlee was rooted in the villages around it – hence a picture archive."

Brisley launched his ambitious project, called History Within Living Memory, in early 1976. It proved an immediate success.
For the next two years, six volunteers worked under the direction of John "Pop" Porter, collecting pictures and tape recordings for the "artwork".

"Local people were invited to bring along their photos, to provide a statement of life from World War One," said Colin.
"These were then rephotographed and mounted, to become part of the archive and have not really been seen in public since."

The decision to disband Peterlee Development Corporation in 1978 brought an end to Brisley's three-pronged project.

"Pop Porter and his team finished their work under the auspices of the new Easington District Council, creating the present archive," said Colin.
"But the second and third parts, which involved the publication of a history of the corporation and provided a forum for local people, were never completed."

Stored at the council offices ever since, the archive boasts thousands of rare photographs, slides and recordings.

"It includes scenes featuring the humble origins of the district, from agriculture to the creation of the coal industry," said Colin.
"But it also includes pictures of the people who gave the villages their own unique character, as well as family and street scenes."

Eventually, the council hopes to include soundbite clips of the archive's interviews too, as they have just been digitalised.

But, for the moment, they are concentrating on revamping the search engine, to allow easier access to the thousands of photos.

"The recordings include 40 or 50 tapes about incidents like colliery
disasters, as well as tales of day to day life," said Colin.
"These interviews have been pretty much inaccessible since the 1970s, so I'm sure they'd be of great interest to many people."

www.easington.gov.uk

Framing a Century: Master Photographers, 1840-1940

Master Photographers' Work of 1840-1940 Highlighted from Rich Holdings of the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

Exhibition Dates: June 3 – September 1, 2008
Exhibition Location: Galleries for Drawings, Prints and Photographs, and The Howard Gilman Gallery, second floor

Framing a Century: Master Photographers, 1840-1940 tells the story of photography's first 100 years through the work of 13 key figures who helped shape the aesthetic and expressive course of the medium: Gustave Le Gray, Roger Fenton, Carleton Watkins, William Henry Fox Talbot, Julia Margaret Cameron, Nadar, Edouard Baldus, Charles Marville, Eugène Atget, Walker Evans, Man Ray, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Brassaï. Opening at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on June 3, 2008, the exhibition will present 10 to 12 iconic works by each of these influential artists, to convey a broad sense of their contributions to photography. Many of the works displayed in Framing a Century are drawn from the acclaimed Gilman Paper Company Collection, which was acquired by the Museum in 2005.
"The exhibition highlights the way in which the recently acquired Gilman Collection meshes perfectly with the Museum's existing collection to create deep, rich holdings of work by many of the most important masters of the first century of photography," noted Malcolm Daniel, Curator in Charge of the Department of Photographs. "There are, of course, many other individual masterpieces in the collection by a host of photographers, but this exhibition allows us to sense the full achievement of some of the medium's greatest artists."
Framing a Century begins with beautifully preserved works by three photographers of architecture and landscape: the Englishman Roger Fenton (1819–1869), the preeminent British photographer of the 1850s; Carleton Watkins (1829–1916), the consummate photographer of the American West during the 1860s and 1870s, famed for his early views of Yosemite; and the Frenchman Gustave Le Gray (1820–1884), who is now represented in the Met's collection by more than 40 photographs spanning his entire career, from his early views of Fontainebleau Forest and medieval architecture to his famed seascapes of the mid-1850s and his final pictures, made in Egypt.
The next section includes rare photographs by the inventor of paper photography, William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877), whose work in the Metropolitan ranges from some of the first photographs ever made, predating the announcement of photography, through iconic images that were included in Talbot's groundbreaking photographically illustrated book The Pencil of Nature, to examples of the photogravure process that consumed the latter part of his life.
Also in the second room of the exhibition are works by two masters of portraiture, Nadar(Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, 1820–1910) in France and Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–1879) in England. Nadar, whose keen observation of physiognomy and personality was honed as a caricaturist, was at his best when photographing his literary, artistic, and left-wing political friends, including the writer Alexandre Dumas, the critic Théophile Gautier, and the famous mime Charles Deburau. The subjects of Cameron's works in the exhibition include her friends—the eminent scientist Sir John Herschel and poet laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson—as well as family members, neighbors, and staff pressed into service as models in Cameron's biblical and literary tableaux.
The history, landscape, and streets of Paris and the French countryside are explored in works on view by: Edouard Baldus (1813–1889), whose images include historic monuments, the natural landscape, and the achievements of modern engineers; Charles Marville (1816–1879), best known for photographs commissioned by Napoleon III's master urban planner, Baron Hausmann, recording the transformation of Paris from a city of narrow streets and medieval buildings to one with grand boulevards and impressive public works that still define the French capital; and Eugène Atget (1857–1927), an artist who spent three decades documenting the look and feel of Paris and the surrounding region, working within a 19th-century tradition, nonetheless celebrated by the Surrealists.
The exhibition concludes with the work of four artists who were significant in transforming photography into a modern visual language. The exhibition's photographs by Man Ray (1890–1976), for example, will capture the broad creative scope of his work in the 1920s and 1930s, including portraits of fellow artists Marcel Duchamp and Jean Cocteau; documentation of his own ephemeral sculptures; and photographs that reveal his dynamic experimentation with the plasticity of the medium through solarization, photograms, negative prints, and film. Also included is work by pioneering and influential photojournalist Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004); Brassaï (1899–1984), the chronicler of Paris by night; and Walker Evans (1903–1975), best known for his Depression-era photographs in the American South.
Framing a Century is organized by Malcolm Daniel.

www.www.metmuseum.org

'New York' Magazine Founder Dies

Clay Felker, 1925 - 2008

Full report at the New York www.nymag.com

Getty Images Announces Sale Completion

SEATTLE, July 02, 2008 - Getty Images, Inc. (NYSE:GYI) today announced the completion of its acquisition by an affiliate of the private equity firm Hellman & Friedman. Getty Images announced on February 25, 2008 a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Hellman & Friedman in a transaction valued at approximately $2.4 billion.

“We are pleased to have completed this transaction so efficiently and to have rewarded our shareholders with a significant premium in a challenging stock market,” said Jonathan Klein, Chief Executive Officer of Getty Images. “Continued strong shareholder support is one of the factors that allowed us to become the leader in all categories of the visual content industry. As we enter the next phase of our history, we look forward to our partnership with Hellman & Friedman.”

“The founders, management team and dedicated employees of Getty Images have created a market leader that is well-positioned for future growth and innovation,” said Andy Ballard, Managing Director of Hellman & Friedman. “Getty Images fits well within our investment profile given its leading market position, strong cash flows and talented base of employees. We are excited about working with the entire Getty Images team to focus on long-term growth potential, product pipeline and innovation in both consumer and business to business offerings.”

Under the terms of the merger agreement, which was adopted by Getty Images’ stockholders at a special meeting held on June 20, 2008, Getty Images stockholders are entitled to receive $34.00 in cash, without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes, for each share of common stock they owned immediately prior to the effective time of the merger. Getty Images common stock will cease trading on the New York Stock Exchange at the close of market today and will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.

Stockholders of record will receive a letter of transmittal and instructions on how to surrender their shares of Getty Images common stock in exchange for the merger consideration. Stockholders of record should wait to receive the letter of transmittal before surrendering their shares.

In addition, Getty Images announced that it had entered into a supplemental indenture to the indenture governing its 0.5% Convertible Subordinated Debentures, Series B due 2023 (the “Debentures”), as required by the indenture. This supplemental indenture provides that, subject to the terms of the indenture, the Debentures will be convertible into $556.65 per $1,000 principal amount of Debentures, representing the amount of cash consideration to be received in the merger by a holder of common stock holding, immediately prior to the effective time of the merger, a number of shares of common stock equal to the conversion rate immediately prior to the merger. The Debentures are convertible until 35 business days after the merger and at other times as may be provided in the indenture.

The merger will constitute a “Fundamental Change” under the indenture. Holders of the Debentures (which have not been converted) will have the right after the merger to require Getty Images to purchase their Debentures on the 35th business day after the merger for a purchase price equal to the principal amount of such Debentures plus any accrued and unpaid interest to but not including the purchase date. Getty Images will provide further details to the holders of the Debentures regarding this right.

'Photo Illustration' Discussed At Black Star

Most photojournalists are not fans of the "photo illustration" -- the only category of newsroom artwork that permits substantial photo manipulation.
Many see it as an option of last resort. But does it have to be this way? Or, at a time when photojournalists are increasingly under fire for manipulating images with Photoshop, should the profession actually embrace the photo illustration as a means of deterring deception?

Black Star Rising contributors debated this issue in a pair of recent posts.

Longtime Black Star photographer Michael Coyne recommended an increased acceptance of the photo illustration, saying:

"I think that images used in publications, especially news media outlets, should have some sort of symbol, sign or comment notifying the viewer that the images have been manipulated if that is the case. Once we are open and honest about which images are manipulated, and the term ’photo illustration’ is common practice, then there will be less incentive for the photojournalist to be deceptive"

Other contributors strongly disagreed. Said photography instructor David Weintraub:

"Photo illustration, along with other terms, is meaningless, in my opinion -- because the reading/viewing public doesn’t have a clue what it means. It’s a shorthand way of saying, ’This photo is a lie, but we want you to believe it, so we put a disclaimer, usually in tiny type, to make ourselves feel ethical.’ Hooey"

Added freelance photojournalist Mike Fox:

"I think that the term ’photo illustration’ would act as an excuse for photojournalists to manipulate more ... I really don’t think that words will deter photographers from going astray"

But Coyne countered that today’s "fundamentalist" restrictions on manipulation of images in journalism are unfairly limiting photographers.

"We have always been able to alter images; it has been happening since photography was invented. It is only since the advent of Photoshop that we have had this fundamentalist attitude about changing photographs" Coyne said.

"As long as the photographer reveals that they have adjusted or altered the image and calls it ’photo illustration,’ then I have no problem with the picture. Let us accept and embrace the term ... and acknowledge that there are certain circumstances where it has, does and will always happen. It may be that the photographer feels that this is necessary to show the viewers the totality of a situation"

Visit http://rising.blackstar.com the online magazine from New York based Black Star Photography Agency.

Source: www.webwire.com

Christina Berry Joins The Travel Library

Christina Berry has joined the The Travel Library as of 1st July 2008.

'Christina joins us from BAPLA (British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies) where after graduating from London South Bank University she become an office junior for the Association quickly moving onto Association Administrator and then Membership Manager.

She handled all PR for BAPLA and project managed the association’s member’s directory. In 2008 Christina took over the day to day management of the BAPLA Picture Buyers Fair overseeing all sales and sponsorship.
Christina brings a wealth of industry knowledge to TTL and will take responsibility for pro active picture research, working alongside our marketing and production teams.'

Managing Director Philip Enticknap said “ I’m delighted that Christina is joining us, her dedication and enthusiasm in her previous role means that I am confident that all these traits will be reflected in her commitment in significantly raising The Travel Library's industry profile. We are sure that our clients will, like us, enjoy working with her."

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Wimbledon from Mirrorpix

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Developing Image Keyworder

OnAsia has announced the release of a new upgrade to its Windows-based Image Keyworder software, allowing users to participate in its development.
The new version includes a ‘suggest’ function which means that users can proactively propose terms for inclusion in the program’s comprehensive controlled vocabulary.

The new version is currently available at www.imagekeyworder.com and as a free upgrade for existing users,

The new functionality is designed to enhance the depth and breadth of Image Keyworder’s controlled vocabulary, which comes bundled with the software and is one of its most valuable features. Image Keyworder’s controlled vocabulary is already over 40,000 terms strong, including synonyms, alternate forms, spelling variations and singulars and plurals.

“We are aware that one of Image Keyworder’s greatest strengths is its controlled vocabulary,” said Yvan Cohen, a Director at OnAsia, the company which developed the software.

“We have a team of people who are working to expand and enrich the thesaurus, but users occasionally still find a gap in our coverage especially if the terms they wish to add are specialised. With our new ‘suggest’ function they can send their suggestions directly to our team for review,” he added.

Accessible as a button on the toolbar at the top of Image Keyworder’s workscreen, users can add lists of terms that they would like to suggest for inclusion in the controlled vocabulary accompanied by notes as to their meaning and relevance. They are also able to see if the term has been accepted or declined and any relevant comments from Image Keyworder’s in-house team.

Wish You Were Here?

WW0401 - View of St Paul's Cathedral and the City of London from the River Thames beach at King's Reach, South Bank - Londonstills.

Proving you don't necessarily have to go away to have a holiday! This picture of the River Thames 'Beach' is one of the photographs www.Londonstills.com has showing the less well known sides of London.