ApplicationGap, founded by former Getty Images’ executive Robert
Giroux, has announced an update to Easy Release. First launched in
March, version 1.6 of the iPhone app that handles model and property
releases features iPad and landscape-mode support.
Magnum is commemorating World Press Freedom
day with the launch of an iPhone app featuring legendary images.
The American Society of Media Photographers Foundation has become a founding sponsor of the Young Photographers Alliance by donating $50,000 to fund the development and launch of two key mentoring and internship programs and two scholarships.
London-based
Image Source has
built an inventory of 50 cross-media collections, all of which are
available online. According to founder and chief executive Christina
Vaughan, Image Source is positioning itself to capitalize on growth in
cross-media campaigns and appetite for motion content.
Veer has announced “
Dash for Cash,”
a supplier incentive program the Corbis-owned company says will give
away hundreds of thousands of dollars for images contributed to the
Marketplace between now and June 30.
The Photography Blog Handbook is latest in a series of what many
photographers describe as highly useful educational business resources
by New York online archive company Photoshelter. Available free of
charge upon request, the 36-page PDF details tools and techniques that
promise to improve the popularity and search ranking of any blog—and
help those who have thought a blog beyond them begin and benefit from
one.
Getty Images’ Aidan Sullivan and
New Yorker visual editor Elizabeth
Biondi are co-curating a fine-art photography auction to benefit
Foundation Rwanda. Hosted by Bonhams New York, “
Foundation Rwanda: An Evening of Food & Fotos” will take place at Bonhams’ Madison Avenue location on May 13.
Getty Images has added another key sports representation deal to its
portfolio: the company has become the authorized photographic agency of
the Fédération Internationale de Football Association.
Sausalito-based
ImageSpan,
the creator of LicenseStream platform, has appointed a new chief
executive officer. Kurt Garbe succeeds ImageSpan founder Iain
Scholnick, who will continue serving as chief platform officer,
focusing on strategy and expanding products and partnerships.