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PIC members pledge £100,000 to support National Photography Month 2012 The Photo Imaging Council has announced that its members have pledged £100,000 in sponsorship to support National Photography Month, a major new initiative to be held across the UK in June 2012. The Photo Imaging Council and the Photo Marketing Association work together to connect the imaging community with a network of knowledge and support in order to enhance business success and develop new technologies. PIC Members pledge support for major new initiative to run during June 2012 National Photography Month will be the UK’s first event of its kind dedicated to celebrating the value of photography/ Funds will support nationwide initiatives including a schools project and ‘Capture and Keep’ touring bus. AKG Images - Two New Collections 2011-9-28 Photo library akg-images has announce its partnership with Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris, The picture collection of the Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris, brings together the Museum of Decorative Arts, the Museum of Fashion and Textiles and the Museum of Advertising which are housed in the Louvre, as well as the Musée Nissim de Camondo. 15,000 images are already available online: AKG akg-images have also announced that their London, Berlin and Paris offices now represent the complete collection of the National Gallery, London – 2,300 masterpieces now available. UK Picture Editors' Guild
2011-09-28 The UK Picture Editors' Guild 2011 awards evening at the Honourable Artillery Company Headquarters on the 20th September were as shown in this link: UK Picture Editors' Guild Winners 2011 These awards are distinctive in that panels of judges consisting only of working picture editors from national and regional newspapers and international photo agencies assess the thousands of entries from professional photographers from throughout the media. Enthusiastic non-professionals also get an opportunity to have their work judged in their own category by the same top editors.
John Birdsall iPhone App Social issues photo library John Birdsall’s has a new iPhone App, featuring 20,000 images. Users can search by keyword, make a lightbox of an image selection and email that direct to their desktop. Partner Clare Marsh said: ‘Our customers are on-the-go people and we feel this App caters to their needs. They always have their phone to hand. That all-important image for a Social Services brochure, or a set of pictures for an educational book, can now be researched while you sit on a train, wait at the dentists or even during the adverts!’ The award-winning library specialises in Model Released pictures on social issues such as Children, Disability, Families, Old Age & Young People. Free at iTunes. NewsfeedUK's news submission and archive system gets an upgrade 40th Anniversary Bangladesh Independence Exhibition Alam's most recent project is the founding of Majority World, a photo agency dedicated to providing a platform for non-Western photographers, redressing the balance of a world dominated by images from the West. Hilary Evans Shooting on the Front Line: One Soldier’s War in Afghanistan - A New Photographic Exhibition at the River & Rowing Museum 3 September 2011 – 29 January 2012 A new photographic exhibition at the River & Rowing Museum – Shooting on the front line: one soldier’s war in Afghanistan, features the captivating and thought-provoking photography of TA Reservist Major Paul Smyth, and chronicles the day to day realities of life from the front line. Many of Major Smyth’s powerful images and film footage of conflict abroad have been used by news media internationally. CEPIC Congress 2012 May 16th - 18th 2012 CEPIC 2011 Istanbul News from the Congress and links.CEPIC Socialstock  Socialstock, the social documentary image library has just launched it’s new website(www.socialstock.co.uk). The site has been designed to appeal to image buyers looking for specific areas of social documentary including education, healthcare, housing, environment, community, emergency services and all aspects of life in Britain today . A new image finder service has been introduced into the site to assist image buyers and picture researchers in finding the right image, together with a new instant easy to buy facility. Fridtjof Nansen and the Voyage of the FRAM
The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Picture Library presents this Limited Edition set of five boxed prints taken by Herbert Ponting.During the late 19th century Fridtjof Nansen led the way in polar exploration through his adoption of Inuit methods of travel and dress. Famous for his willingness to take 'considered risks', Nansen would influence many future polar explorers. Nansen developed a theory that polar ice drifted from east to west on the Arctic oceans currents. He believed that, once frozen in a northerly position in the ice of the Arctic Ocean, a ship could float across the Pole. With this in mind Nansen spent three years preparing an expedition to reach the North Pole, and in June 1893 with his ship the FRAM, he set off travelling east with supplies for six years. Nansen and his crew reached the ice in September and the ship became 'frozen in' at a latitude of 78-79⁰N.
When it appeared that they would not reach the Pole Nansen and Hjalmar Johansen left the FRAM and continued by ski and sledge. However, they were forced to turn back by bad weather; despite this they had travelled closer to the Pole than anyone else prior to that point. Nansen and the FRAM returned home to worldwide acclaim. During the expedition Nansen and his crew had managed to gather a wealth of scientific data which would be used to break new ground in the field of oceanographic research.
Limited edition box-set of five prints - British Antarctic Expedition (1910-1913) Majority World apppoints new Business Development Director Majority World has announced the appointment of Chris Barwick as Business Development Director. Chris previously held senior roles with industry heavyweights Getty Images and Corbis. Most recently with Magnum Photos, he headed up the London office as Director of Sales with responsibility for all products and services. Chris brings over 14 years of experience to this role and is now tasked with driving the growth of Majority World.
Co founded by Shahidul Alam, Colin Hastings, andRowan Watts, MAJORITY WORLD™i s no ordinary image library. Its social mission is to provide its photographers (all from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East) equality of access to global markets andfair payment at international rates. It is a cause.
Ashmolean Museum at The Art Archive The Ashmolean Museum's collections are now at the Art Archive. Artefacts from pre-Dynastic Egypt, are the finest to be found outside their countries of origin. The Museum's collection covers an enormous range of subjects. Treasures from Ancient China, Japan and the Middle East, and the Saxon and Medieval periods. The collection of Arthur Evans' discoveries at Knossos includes a wealth of Minoan artefacts. The collection also includes fantastic Renaissance paintings and drawings and wonderful Pre-Raphaelite works by the likes of Millais and Rossetti. Alamy launches in Germany Alamy has launch their new German website, http://de.alamy.com/ and the independent stock photo site has entered the next phase of its global growth strategy. The company has spent six months translating all aspects of the customer experience at Alamy into German, with regular visits to German speaking customers to get feedback as the project progressed. The company sees this as an important milestone in understanding how to roll out its unique blend of a massive digital inventory and strong customer service to other languages and regions. Rachel Wakefield, Head of Sales at Alamy, commented: “Alamy.de combines the amazing choice available on Alamy with our legendary customer service experience. We see a lot of opportunity to increase market share in Germany, the world’s second largest market for stock photography.”
Launch of Mentoring Programme Young Photographers' Alliance
The Young Photographers’ Alliance (YPA) arts charity has now formally been
established in the UK. YPA helps young photographers aged between 18 and 29 bridge the gap between their passion for photography and professional success. Led by industry professionals, YPA provides young photographers with practical experience,sustainable careers. A formal full-scale Mentoring Programme is being launched this month. Mentoring Programme links small teams of promising young photographers with established photographers and picture editors. The young photographers are assigned a common creative brief and they work with their mentors over the course of 2-3 months to produce a cohesive final project. This year we'll have two teams in London and one team in Glasgow working to an "Energy" brief. Our mentors include award-winning fashion, portrait, and advertising photographer, John Wright (www.johnwrightphoto.com), Independent on Sunday Picture Editor, Sophie Batterbury, and leading reportage photographer, Justin Sutcliffe (www.justinsutcliffe.com). Medici Society Archive Prestigious Medici Society Archive represented by Mary Evans Picture Library is delighted to announce representation of the prestigious Medici Society archive, a collection of some 37,000 exquisite designs and illustrations. Founded in 1908 by Philip Lee Warner and Eustace Gurney, the company's original aim was to bring artists' work to the appreciation of the general public, with subjects chosen for their artistic value, beauty or sentiment and sold "for the lowest price commercially possible". Mary EvansGetty Images Acquires PicScout Getty Images and Photolibrary Getty Images has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Photolibrary. The acquisition will benefit existing and potential customers, by making even more creative content easily accessible to customers all over the world. Photolibrary brings to Getty Images a broad range of versatile content, with regional as well as global appeal, including renowned collections such as Peter Arnold and Oxford Science. BAPLAAnton Hammerl Anton Hammerl, the South African photographer missing in Libya has been killed by pro-Gadaffi forces. Journalists who had been detained by the Libyan government at the time Anton disappeared crossed the border last Thursday into Tunisia following their release. They called Penny Sukhraj, Anton's wife and told her the tragic news that Anton had been shot on 5 April 2011 by Gadaffi's forces. Up to that point all indications from the Libyan government had been that Anton was in captivity. Artists' Bill of Rights Campaign Launch The campaign launched on 11 April promotes the rights of creative people of all disciplines, music, photography, video, film, fine arts, writing. It is independent, and open to all artists' representative associations. Representative associations can undertake all the campaign activities and have access to the campaign website to create and publish content credited to their association.
Science Photo Library Turns 30 and Launches 30:30 The world’s leading specialist image and footage agency, Science Photo Library, has been in the business of providing world-class imagery forthe last 30 years. To celebrate, they have launched “30:30” which means clients will receive a series of special anniversary offers throughout the rest of 2011. Science Photo Library (SPL) was founded in 1981 by Michael Marten, one of the authors of “Worlds Within Worlds”, a bookexploring differentways to observe the universe - from electron micrographs, to images ofearthrise taken from the Apollo spacecraft. When Marten startedreceiving requests for the beautiful images in the book, he had the ideaof setting up Science Photo Library.
Photolibrary and VisitBritain expand historic footage collection
Photolibrary Group, the world’s leading independent provider of stills, footage and music has extended its exclusive distribution agreement with VisitBritain, Britain's national tourism agency, to include access to its extraordinary collection of film footage. Able to offer film drawn from the Britain on View library originally commissioned for VisitBritain’s own marketing campaigns over many years and never before made available for wider use. The archive team at VisitBritain have uncovered hundreds of films dating as far back as the 1930s which give a unique insight into Britain and life on ‘this sceptred isle’ over many decades. The initial batch of 600 clips can be viewed online at www.photolibrary.com and includes impressive footage including the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and Trooping the Colour from 1958. Hundreds more clips will be added over the coming months www.photolibrary.com Yuri Gagarin, The First Man in Space Science Photo Library, the world's leading provider of scientific and specialist imagery and RIA Novosti, Russia's leading news agency, have a number of rare, some of them unseen, images of Yuri Gagarin visiting the United Kingdom in July 1961, three months after his historic trip into space. Being the first man in space, he became a worldwide celebrity overnight and his trip, something akin to a state visit. The Science Photo Library are attempting to trace the person who owns the rights to these images.
Poyekhali! Yuri Gagarin & The Dawn of Space Exploration Demotix and Corbis Global Distribution Deal Corbis will be selecting an edited daily feed of the best of Demotix' content, as well as a part of our archive, to license through their existing platforms. We will continue to license imagery directly via our sales team and online e-commerce platform, and via our existing country-specific reseller agreements. “Our new partnership with Demotix complements our breaking news offering with photography of news events that happen off the beaten path,” said Anil Ramchand, Director of News, Sports and Entertainment. “As some providers of news photography cut back on their geographic coverage, Corbis will now have faster access to quality photojournalism from a community of thousands of local photographers around the world, increasingly making Corbis a destination for news media looking for exceptional breaking news images.”For Demotix, this new global distribution agreement with Corbis takes the business to the next level, and provides you with unparalleled reach into newsrooms and picture editing suites around the world.Corbis will be licensing your work on an image-by-image basis, at industry-rates, taking a small cut of revenues to cover their sales operations. Demotix
Image Source Finalist Nomination for the PDN Photo Annual 2011 Lisa Curesky, Director of Photography for the Americas, comments "We've had our eye on Carey's work for some time. She has a very authentic point of view in her photography and when Stephanie proposed the idea of the Ballet shoot with Carey, we knew it would be a great fit. The shoot turned out to be something very special." Christina Vaughan, Image Source Founder and Chief Executive Officer comments "We are proud to have such a wealth of creative talent at Image Source. This nomination is a testament to the industry leading standards we hold at the heart of our creative production process and our continued investment therein, in professional photography." The winning work will be featured in the June issue of PDN magazine and will be accompanied by an awards celebration in May.
Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA British Architectural Library to celebrate 50,000 images online - 4April 2011. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is pleased to announce that on 4 April 2011 it will celebrate the addition of 50,000 images from its archives in the British Architectural Library to its online image database. Containing some of the best images of world architecture and the built environment available, the database features photographs, drawings, written material and engravings from the rich visual resources of the RIBA British Architectural Library, covering interior design, topography, landscape, construction, planning, and social themes. The RIBA Photographs Collection contains over 1.5 million images of buildings worldwide and includes the work of photographic masters such as Eric de Mare and Tony Ray-Jones. The RIBA's Drawings Collection is the largest and most important collection of British architectural drawings in the world and includes the drawings of Andrea Palladio, SirEdwin Lutyens, Inigo Jones and Denys Lasdun.>> Press contact: Beatrice Cooke, 020 7307 3813 beatrice.cooke@inst.riba.org Robert Harding World Imagery launches new website Robert Harding World Imagery, the world's leading independent travel photography specialist, has recently launched its new website. The site features new content that will be regularly updated, including galleries, a Picture Editor’s showcase of the latest images, current offers, plus interviews with photographers. At the moment the site features galleries on much-talked-about destinations such as Brazil and Shanghai, themes such as faces, luxury travel and earthscapes, an offer to win free Amazon vouchers, a feature on ultra-talented photographer Sakis Papadopoulos, and an interview with Robert Harding himself. In addition, there is also a new quick download facility for instant access to high resolution images. Users simply contact the agency to arrange the facility and a new download button will appear when searching, allowing customers to download high resolution files directly. So now it’s even easier to find the images you're looking for. Kate Stanworth/www.robertharding.com The Bridgeman Art Library new partnership with Royal Collection The Bridgeman Art Library has appointed as a licensing partner of the Royal Collection, with many images now available to view and download for licensing projects as high-resolution files. Included among the treasures from the Collection are portraits of monarchs down the ages by the finest artists of the day, including Sir Anthony van Dyck, Rembrandt, Rubens and Hans Holbein the Younger. There are also images of Faberge eggs, drawings by Leonardo da Vinci and beautiful scenes of Venice by Canaletto. BAPLA Picture Fair 2011 AP exclusive deal for archive footage in Burma Photo Archive News PAP Agencies Image Pricing The Hollywood Reporter has an exclusive report suggesting a band of paparazzi agencies has got together to fight for payment of images used on publishers iPad apps.'The publishing world's headlong rush to Apple's iPad has hit a big hitch. More than a dozen of the photo agencies that supply celebrity snapshots from the paparazzi are banding together to withhold their prized product unless it can get additional compensation from People magazine, resulting in the postponement of its iPad app.' CEPIC Reports a membership fall Camera Press Photo Archive News BAPLA On the move PRA Website The Picture Research Association are launching their new website later this year. istock Istock has launched it's iPhone application allowing users to browse the library from an iPhone or iPod Touch. Customers can access and manage lightboxes of stored files from their existing iStockphoto account or create new lightboxes to save files for future viewing or purchase. The app also allows files to be e-mailed to clients and colleagues for discussion and evaluation. In addition, the new app allows the more then 80,000 contributing artists whose work is sold on the site, to track their sales and view download statistics, even while on the go. Photo Archive News
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