Archives: February, 2012
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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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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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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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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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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.
Whitney Houston Photo Time-Line Photo Galleries
Rex Features in the UK, dpa Picture Alliance in Germany and AP Images are first up with time-line photo galleries Whitney Houston who died in Los Angeles yesterday.
Corbis Offers Entertainment Content Subscriptions
Corbis have just announced they are offering 24-hour access to red carpet moments, iconic celebrity portraiture and candid shots for any project or budget through a new entertainment subscription service. They say: ‘OnDemand: Entertainment subscriptions include select imagery from Splash News, the world’s leading breaking entertainment and celebrity candid image provider, Corbis Outline as well as red carpet and iconic celebrity imagery from the agency’s collection of archives.’
iPAD Give Away - Photo Agency
Portland, Maine based photo agency Aurora Photos have an iPAD give away just launched.
Enter here.
PACA - Antipiracy Statement - Members Survey Results
PACA (Picture Archive Council Of America) have released an antipiracy statement titled ‘Putting our focus on piracy - Unauthorized use and the media licensing industry.
The effect of piracy and unauthorized use on media licensing businesses should not be underestimated. As an industry, we face a threat that is hard to measure accurately and even harder to prevent. But we do know its outcome: loss of revenue and an eroded ability to protect and monetize our creative property. PACA is taking a stand against theft, evangelizing its impact and what we can do to combat it.
We’re reaching out to our members and sister trade organizations, publishing and publicizing information on piracy, and sharing our findings with representatives in government, especially those focused on trade and copyright. And we need you to join us in this critical fight.
Survey says
To help us better see what we’re up against, PACA conducted an online survey between the end of 2010 and the beginning of 2011 specifically focused on the impact to revenues for the commercial and editorial image and motion licensing industry from unauthorized use. We concentrated solely on the US market, and invited all relevant PACA members to participate, as well as a number of non-members. The results were striking, but not surprising.*
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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.
Scott Mc Kiernan Presents - 5 Years of DOUBLEtruck Magazine
Scott Mc Kiernan owner at Zuma Press Presents - 5 Years of DOUBLEtruck Magazine
They say: Launched with First Issue Feb. 2, 2004 “DOUBLEtruck is a unique magazine that’s dedicated to big pictures. It was inspired by the photojournalism renaissance in 2003, when major magazines around the globe ran amazing picture content of the Iraq conflict over numerous two-page spreads,” says award-winning photojournalist and DOUBLEtruck publisher Scott Mc Kiernan. “Each image featured in the magazine tells the story as only a strong single image can. DOUBLEtruck aims to promote and inspire outstanding photojournalism. With in-your-face images printed across two pages, DOUBLEtruck is the ultimate showcase for high-impact photography of important world issues,” says Mc Kiernan.
Alamy Approaches 30m Images - Announces US Revenue Up
Photo agency Alamy is reporting US revenue up 48% in the last quarter of 2011. The UK based agency which set up it’s US sales operation in 2009, has also further strengthened its experienced management team with the appointment of high profile ex-Corbis employee Adam Goldberg (photo above) as Vice President of Sales for North America (Adam left the post of Director of Corporate Development at the end of 2011). Adam will be focused on expanding the US sales team in 2012 and developing the US client base further.
The agency is also close to ‘smashing’ the 30 million image milestone, as 2012 gets off to a great start with 1 million images added in 6 weeks.
View and licence from Alamy’s 28 million images here.
Spotted: Redux Pictures New Website
New York based independent commercial and editorial photo agency Redux are online with a new website. The new site carries links to their commercial division Snyder/Redux and the normal editorial photography archive. A blog showing recent achievements and tearsheets by their contributing photographers is also available. Take a look at the new site and enjoy the images here.
Mobile Granger
New York based historical picture library The Granger Collection has launched a mobile version of its website making it fast and easy for picture professionals to search 25,000 years of world history from the palm of their hand.
The site has been designed to accommodate the small screens of mobile devices with a simplified layout that facilitates searching and makes e-mailing links to images a snap.
“We have observed from our data that the number of smartphone users visiting our website has been continuously growing,” notes Lila Dlaboha, Managing Director of The Granger Collection. “We are delighted to introduce this new mobile-friendly site that will allow our clients to perform quick searches while on the go.”
Take a look on your mobile now
