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Newscom Increases World Stock Images Offering
Editorial photo agency Newscom has partnered with Robert Harding World Images. Robert Harding’s world-famous and stunning collection of images related to global cultures, diverse landscapes, and gorgeous wildlife joins Newscom’s extensive library of nearly 70 million images. In addition to the new partnership with Robert Harding, Newscom has also expanded its relationship with Danita Delimont Stock Photography adding more beautiful stock photography from around the world.
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Agency ‘Frees Up’ 400,000 Free Stock Images To Combat Illegal Downloaders
This in from photo agency Dreamstime: ‘In recent years, the way people view and use imagery has significantly changed. Images now play a larger role in all types of content creation. Whether you’re creating a blog post, a company newsletter, or bake sale flyers, adding an image helps ensure that you catch people’s attention. In fact, a recent study by marketing technology company HiveFire Inc. found that content containing photos generates 47% more click-throughs than content without.’
‘Unfortunately, one of the implications of this is that illegal downloads of copyrighted images remain a common occurrence, often putting unsuspecting image users at risk for high fines. To help users protect themselves against this risk, Dreamstime, has launched Stockfreeimages.com, a royalty free database with more than 400,000 images for designers, advertisers, webmasters and bloggers to chose from.’
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Asian Flavors photo contest - Photokore
Seoul based photo agency Photokore have launched a photo contest called ‘Asian Flavor’ from March 1st to April 15th
They say: “Everyone is familiar with Asia whether they live in the region or not. Asia is well known for its dynamic economic growth, its history and spiritual roots, its many landmarks and scenic places, and most of all for its diverse and energetic people. Whatever your personal concept of Asia, we challenge you to capture it with your camera. Where you live doesn’t matter. We want to see your ‘Asian Flavor’. What is your perception of Asia? What does Asia mean to you? What image, what type of image, makes you think of Asia?
If you have an answer to these questions, you can participate in Photokore’s ‘Asian Flavors’ photo contest.
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Deposit Photos Hits 6m Images - Reports Growth in Editorial Images Demand
Florida based Depositphotos Stock Photo Agency has added another million images to its collection since December 2011 - that’s just two months!
They say: ‘Having started accepting and selling images for editorial use, Depositphotos has become an alternative microstock agency for photographers working in the field of editorial photography who previously had no possibility to sell their images with Depositphotos. Since its innovation the editorial images as well as demand for them have been steadily growing, so Depositphotos encourages photographers shooting editorial shoots to cooperate.’
“We’d like to express our gratitude to all stock photographers and illustrators who have trusted us to sell their images”, says Igor Kaliuzhnyi, Head of Depositphotos’ Departments in Eastern and Western Europe. “We’ve been successful in expanding our image collection at incredibly high speed to meet such a soaring demand for high-quality images on various topics only owing to our mutual efforts.
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NCAA Re-book With Thought Equity
Video management and licensing agency Thought Equity Motion has announced that it has extended its exclusive licensing contract with the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletics Association). In addition to licensing NCAA Championship video, Thought Equity Motion now has the rights to license photographs and radio calls from the NCAA’s 89 Championships across 23 sports and all three division levels. The photographs capture an array of memorable NCAA championship moments ranging from action shots, celebrations, and trophy ceremonies to fans, mascots, and cheerleaders.
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Go See: VII Gallery - The Family
The Family | An exhibition by Jocelyn Bain Hogg The result of a four-year project, The Family documents the goings-on of the Pyle organized-crime family, revealing the seedy underworld of these notorious British gangsters and their affiliates.
Feb. 2 - March 2, 2012, Artists Reception - Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, 7pm
VII Gallery, 28 Jay Street, Brooklyn, New York
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Alaska Photos Available At First Light
Alaska Stock Images, have announced a strategic distribution partnership with First Light, a division of Design Pics Inc. Alaska Stock Images has distribution partnerships with many of the leading photo stock agencies with access to over 30 countries. The Alaska Stock collection provides an excellent source of Alaskan photos from the Great Land to customers of both First Light and Design Pics. “Alaska has always had good relations with our northern neighbors in Canada....and working with First Light and Design Pics is no exception. We look forward to being able to provide them with our collection of Alaskan photography.” commented Gina Bringman, Alaska Stock International Distribution Coordinator.
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Imagestate Hits Administration In The UK
Royalty free photo agency Imagestate has been placed into administration in the UK - a notice on their website last week read: ‘The ImageState website is no longer available’ - it’s owners released this statement.
IMAGESTATE TO CLOSE
Imagestate Media Ltd and Imagestate Media Partners Ltd will cease trading with immediate effect and have entered Administration. The assets of the above companies have been acquired by a new investor.
The decline in the traditional stock photo business and increased competition on price in the market place has resulted in the erosion of sales volume and reduced our ability to compete effectively as a general stock library.
Although the above companies have ceased trading the ongoing business of Imagestate will be managed by Impact Photos and Heritage Images will operate separately.
The new investors see future opportunities to develop the existing platform and provide more competitive offerings in specialist areas for all our customers moving forward.
The new organisation looks forward to working with its content partners, clients and its international network of agents.
There will be a change in the management structure but familiar faces will remain. For further information please contact
More detail and industry comments on PhotoArchiveNews.com
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How Stipple Works - The Marketing Photo Tool
Photo marketing tool Stipple - ‘Stipple powers commerce and content inside of images on the web and mobile. The company’s patent-pending technology permanently connects images to their owners who can share information, media and commerce through their images’- have posted a useful ‘how it works’ article on their blog.
Titled ‘Visual Storytelling, an Effective Method to Engage and Communicate’ the article shows clear examples of how this image tool works for advertisers, publishers and photographers.
Read and learn here.
picture - Official White House Photo - by Pete Souza
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Media Storm Releases Multimedia Workshop Dates
Award-winning multimedia production studio Media Storm have released their latest one day multimedia storytelling workshops in Brooklyn, NY. They say: “These workshops provide an overview of multimedia storytelling approaches while engaging participants in discussion about the most appropriate ways to create a multimedia story. Through real world examples, Brian Storm will share tips and techniques to improve reporting, editing and distributing your multimedia project. This workshop is designed for anyone interested in multimedia storytelling, no experience is necessary. Signup here
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Last Chance: Great Moments in 20th Century Press Photography
Great Moments in 20th Century Press Photography: Keith de Lellis Gallery
1045 MADISON AVE #3 New York
T 212.327.1482 I F 212.327.1492
Closes 26 Jan.
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Bridgeman - 2012 The Year Of The Dragon
The Bridgeman art library in the UK are celebrating the Chinese New Year - 2012 the year of the dragon with a prepared lightbox here: here
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DeviantART Is Exclusive At Fotolia
DeviantART (dA) and royalty free photo agency Fotolia have announced the release of the deviantART Collection through the Fotolia website. They say “This unique collection includes over 3,000 images created by members of the dA community offers premium content curated as art with a commercial user in mind.”
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Life On Board The Titanic - At The Bridgeman
In 1985, a collection of 42,000 photographs – among them, remarkable images and mementos of the Titanic – was uncovered in a Dublin basement. They were the work of a Jesuit priest named Francis Browne, who held passage on the first legs of the Titanic’s maiden voyage. While on board, an American millionaire offered to pay his way through to New York, but Browne’s Jesuit superior providentially ordered his disembarkation in Ireland. After the tragedy in April 1912, Browne’s photographs appeared on the front pages of newspapers around the world, as the sole visual chronicle of the Titanic’s passage from Southampton to Ireland before its doomed voyage to New York.
UK based cultural and historical art images photo library The Bridgeman Art Library, is now representing of the Father Brown Photographic Collection, a valuable chronicle of life onboard the Titanic before tragedy struck 100 years ago. View the collection and license images here.
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Paparazzi Elterman Registers 20k Tumblr Followers
Celebrity photographer Brad Elterman, a prolific photo blogger just hit 20,000 followers on Tumblr. Brad, co founder of Buzz Foto LLC has spent his entire career, starting at age 16, in the photo industry either taking or brokering celebrity photographs. He told AboutTheImage.com “ Tumblr is a wonderful shop window to the world. I enjoy sharing my early photographs with the next generation and I have had excellent feedback from fashion editors and corporate brands”. Brad’s vintage 70’s photos and his cameras were stored in a box for almost thirty years while he was running photo agencies including California Features and Online USA. The later was sold to Getty back in 2000.
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Photo Researcher Resource: Documerica 1971-1977
The National Archives have released images from a project involving freelance photographers photographing everyday life in America during 1971 - 1977.
They say: For the Documerica Project (1971-1977), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hired freelance photographers to capture images relating to environmental problems, EPA activities, and everyday life in the 1970s. The National Archives digitized part of the series “Documerica” (Local ID 412-DA). More than 15,000 of these images are available in the Archival Research Catalog (ARC). There is also a selection of images cataloged by photographer at Flickr
UPDATE 17 Jan: EPA has continued the spirit of Documerica with their recent photo project, State of the Environment. EPA put out a global call for photos that document our environment today. The winning photos may also be featured, along with the National Archives “Document Your Environment” winners, in an upcoming exhibit at the National Archives and a traveling exhibit with the EPA.
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McGraw-Hill Education Laying Off Staff
Reports on the Wall Street Journal indicate McGraw-Hill Education will be laying off staff in a cost saving drive - read more here onlineWSJ.com
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PLATON Now At Trunk
Photo agency Trunk Archive based in New York has announced they now representing ‘renowned portraitist and image-maker’ PLATON for exclusive worldwide image licensing.
PLATON contributes regularly to Time, Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ and The Sunday Times Magazine. In 2008 The New Yorker took the unprecedented step of signing Platon to a multi-year contract. This commission resulted in a series of large-scale photo essays covering themes including the Inauguration of President Obama, the U.S Military and the Civil Rights Movement, which were recognized with ASME Awards in 2009 and 2010. In 2011 Platon collaborated with The Human Rights Watch, photographing notable human rights activists around the globe in order to raise awareness for their campaigns. View and licence his images at Trunk
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People: Andy Hill Joins Aurora Photos
New York based photo agency Aurora Photos has announced that Andy Hill has joined the company as Vice President of Sales. Andy will oversee global sales.
Hill, with his more than 15 year of experience in the stock photography business, will be responsible for helping lead all aspects of stock sales and grow the Aurora Photos sales team. Most recently he worked as VP of Sales and Marketing for PhotoLibrary. He also served as VP of Sales at Punch Stock and Director of Sales at AP Images. At Aurora he will also play a role in marketing.
“We are extremely excited to have Andy join our team,” exclaims José Azel, founder and president of the company, “ Aurora Photos has made some fine strides in the last few years and we need a strong leader to help continue driving our growth. Andy brings an incredible amount of sales knowledge and experience to our management team and, in addition, has a great sense for marketing. We are lucky to have him.”
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Veer Competition: Creative Catalyst Winners
Above: To highlight some of the best entries, a short film has been made to promote the work, together with commentary from the judges on the competition process.
Barton Damer beat off stiff competition from more than 150 entrants to win the top prize in the Veer Creative Catalyst competition for his stunning artwork promoting the fatal risks of Malaria. His piece, an incredibly well crafted a multi-faceted depiction of the disease’s impact on the African continent, immediately caught the attention of the judging panel.
