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Global Picture Industry Survey 2012: First Report available

Feb 07. 2013
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The research group Global Stock Image Market who surveyed picture agencies around the world has made the first part of its global survey available. The survey had been sent to Congress participants in London 2012.

In 2012 the GSIM Research Group carried out the first ever global survey on over 2,400 image suppliers on a truly worldwide basis. With a response rate of over ten per cent, the survey covers detailed information on 250 image suppliers that commercially trade usage rights on pre-produced still (photography, illustrations etc.) and moving images (video footages).

The findings of this survey are published in a series of three reports. You can download the individual reports FREE of charge by clicking here.

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62 exhibiting agencies at PICTAday 2013 in Hamburg

Feb 07. 2013
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62 national and international exhibitors will present their diverse and extraordinary portfolios at this year's PICTAday on April 18 in Hamburg.

The trade fair venue, the Nord Event Panoramadeck, is located on the 23rd floor of the EMPORIO building which is one of the highest event locations in the Hanseatic city. Almost above the clouds, exhibitors and guests will enjoy an exclusive 360° view on the Alster, the port and the whole city.

Among the exhibiting agencies you will find the big players such as Getty Images, Corbis and Shutterstock as well as specialized niche providers including Vintage Germany, Flora-Press and Nürnberg Luftbild. An overview of all exhibitors can be found on our website: http://www.bvpa.org.

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Image Source Re-Launches Photographer Resource Site IMSO

Feb 07. 2013
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Image Source, the world’s leading independent premium stock photography agency, has re-launched the IMSO resource blog in its latest move to support professional photographers.

Premium stock photography agency Image Source has re-launched its photographer resource blog, IMSO, as part of its continued commitment to support photographers. Since early 2011 IMSO has provided industry trending information for photographers and image buyers. Following increasing popularity and success, Image Source took the decision to re-launch IMSO as a dedicated professional photographer resource featuring photography trends, tips, reviews and interviews with leading industry figures.

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Introducing the New and Improved Pond5

Feb 04. 2013
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Pond5, the world's most vibrant marketplace for media makers, announced today its public release of the new version “v2” of its website.

The site offers a dramatically improved experience for both customers and contributors, giving filmmakers, photographers, musicians, 3D artists, and all kinds of media makers a place to connect with fellow artists, sell their stock media, and purchase high-quality content for their productions.

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picture alliance distributes AP IMAGES photos exclusively in Germany and Austria

Jan 30. 2013
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International topics: history, news, politics, economy, sports, entertainment, celebrities. Access to 4 million historical images in the AP Images archive. Associated Press pictures available directly in the portal “AP Images” at www.picture-alliance.com

On February 1, 2013, the dpa-subsidiary picture alliance starts the exclusive distribution of Associated Press photos in Germany and Austria. The
cooperation is part of the agreement between AP’s commercial photo unit, AP Images, and the German Press Agency dpa. The new portal „AP Images“ at www.picture-alliance.com enables direct research in the groundbreaking contemporary and historical content of the global news agency.

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Alamy belives that small (and mobile) is beatiful

Jan 25. 2013
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... and leads the way in the Smartphone Photograph Revolution

International stock photography agency Alamy has announced that it will now accept photographs for its Live News service from mobile (cell) phone cameras and compact cameras.

The ever increasing demand for instant and breaking news images and the huge improvement in the quality of phone and compact camera photographs has prompted Alamy to make this move. These images will still be subject to the same quality rules Alamy requires for News, Sport and Entertainment images taken with a DSLR camera but the blanket ban on certain camera types will be removed.

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The Granger Collection announces new content from photographer Kenneth Van Sickle

Jan 15. 2013
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Photo: WARHOL AT THE FACTORY: Andy Warhol seated next to an art buyer. Filmmaker Paul Morrissey is at left. Artist Willoughby Sharp handles a print of a nude. Photograph, c1970. Full credit: Kenneth Van Sickle / The Granger Collection.

The spontaneous and poignant images of New York fine-art photographer Kenneth Van Sickle are now available at The Granger Collection.

Van Sickle is known for literally shooting from the hip, a technique that captured palpable moments of perception. His subject matter includes Bohemian life in Paris during the 1950s and intimate dialogues with celebrated poets and artists in later decades.

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Eye on History

Jan 10. 2013
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Source: The Granger Collection / American art collector Peggy Guggenheim in front of 'Ocean 5' by Piet Mondrian. Photograph, 1957.

The Granger Collection Features Modernism and More

Eye on History is the bi-monthly newsletter of The Granger Collection, for nearly a half-century the most convenient and reliable source for the history of the world in pictures. The holdings include more than 6 million images spanning 25,000 years of world history, from before the Stone Age to the dawn of the Space Age.

  • Click here to view the newsletter.

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The Granger Collection Wishes you Happy Holidays!

Dec 19. 2012
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© The Granger Collection

The team of The Granger Collection wants to wish you a happy Chiristmas Holiday with a nice postcard.

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A wealth of Award-winnners at Nature Picture Library

Dec 17. 2012
05:12
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Photo © Ben Hall / naturepl.com

Nature Picture Library photographers have enjoyed great success this year in the world's leading wildlife and nature photography competitions.

Notably:

• Ingo Arndt won the Fritz Polking portfolio award in the German GDT competition,

• Ole Jorgen Liodden won the Animals in Environment category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition,

• Cheryl-Samantha Owen and Nick Upton won second and third prizes in the Mankind and Nature portfolio section of the French Melvita Nature Awards.

Other commendations and awards came from Nature's Best in the USA, the Lux Awards in Spain and the British Wildlife Photographer Awards. View our gallery of winners here, and contact us if you'd like more information.