The PICTA Picture Agency Fair will be held in Hamburg from March 6- 8. Organized by the German Association of Press and Picture Agencies and Archives (BVPA), the event will take place at the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce.
Citizen photography has hit the majors. Last week, leading global news service Agence France-Presse took a 30% stake in the Paris -based citizen journalism company Scooplive. French firm IAM also took a 30% minority stake in the online film and photo platform.
Majority World, a Bangladesh-based image library that focuses on developing-world imagery, is a year-old. The agency, which provides indigenous photographers with a chance to compete in the global market, reports inventory growth and a rising number of buyers. It attributes this to "ethical sourcing" of photography.