iStockphoto Launches “Feast”

By Jim Pickerell | 405 Words | Posted 10/4/2011 | Comments
iStockphoto has launched Feast, a new online community for creatives. Feast provides abundant helpings of inspiration from a diverse group of designers, photographers, directors, writers, marketing professionals and more. Feast’s centerpiece is a unique public mentorship between cutting-edge leaders in diverse fields such as photojournalist Mario Tama and writer, director and producer Kirby Ferguson, and protégés who apply to work with them online. In pre-launch, 25,000 people registered for Feast and 300 applied to be October protégés.

Class Action Against Pearson Education Approved

By Jim Pickerell | 502 Words | Posted 10/3/2011 | Comments
In Norbert Wu’s copyright infringement suit against Pearson Education, Inc. before Judge Richard J. Holwell, in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York the court GRANTED class certification to one of Wu’s causes of action.

Kodak Continues To Struggle

By Jim Pickerell | 172 Words | Posted 10/3/2011 | Comments (3)
Eastman Kodak’s stock lost more than half its value in volatile trading on Friday amid fears that it is headed for bankruptcy. The company has lost nearly $1.8 billion since 2007 and is set to borrow another $160 million from its $400 million line of credit.

YPA To Award Five Young Photographers Scholarships

By Jim Pickerell | 321 Words | Posted 9/30/2011 | Comments
The Young Photographers Alliance (YPA), has awarded scholarships to five talented young photographers from across the US: Katie Koti, Yale University; Kathya Maria Landeros, Massachusetts College of Art & Design; Hayden Myrick, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Alena Reyes, School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Kevin Truong, Pratt Institute.

ASMP and CCC

By Jim Pickerell | 2009 Words | Posted 9/30/2011 | Comments
The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) and Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) will be launching a series of 10 free webinars on the “The Future of Art & Commerce” on October 5, 2011 between 1:00 and 2:30 pm EST.  In the first session Susan Carr and Richard Kelly will deal with What Everyone Should Know About Copyright. Click here to register for this event. For details on all 10 webinars which will take place about every other week through March 2012 click here.

VII Photo Agency Announces Changes

By Jim Pickerell | 529 Words | Posted 9/29/2011 | Comments
The owners of VII Photo Agency have announced the revised roster of photographers represented by the agency. They include: Lynsey Addario, Jocelyn Bain Hogg, Stefano De Luigi, Venetia Dearden, Jessica Dimmock, Adam Ferguson, Ashley Gilbertson, Ron Haviv, Davide Monteleone, Seamus Murphy, Maciek Nabrdalik, Anastasia Taylor-Lind, Tomas van Houtryve and Donald Weber and VII's veterans Marcus Bleasdale, Ed Kashi, Gary Knight, Antonin Kratochvil, Joachim Ladefoged, Christopher Morris, Franco Pagetti, Stephanie Sinclair and John Stanmeyer.

SuperStock Launches Value-Priced Image Collection

By Jim Pickerell | 260 Words | Posted 9/28/2011 | Comments (1)
SuperStock, a leading stock photography agency specializing in Contemporary, Travel, Fine Art, and Vintage imagery, has launched SuperFusion, a new collection of value-priced royalty-free images gathered from around the world.  The collection features images from top professional photographers including microstock stars Yuri Arcurs, Ron Chapple, and Andres Rodriguez.

Visual Connection Image Expo

By Jim Pickerell | 262 Words | Posted 9/28/2011 | Comments
Visual Connections (formerly Picturehouse Marketing US) will be hosting its annual Image Expo at the Altman Building in New York City on Thursday, October 20th. This is a unique one-day opportunity for image buyers, researchers, designers, art directors, and other users of images and footage to discover new sources of imagery. More than 70 exhibitors from all around the US, Great Britain, Canada, Sweden, Germany and France will be showing what they have to offer, and learning from the people who use their images.

Making Photography A Career: Run Your Numbers

By Jim Pickerell | 1744 Words | Posted 9/27/2011 | Comments
Many who enjoy photography and have had some success at licensing rights to their images dream of quitting their “day job,” giving up a regular pay check and taking pictures full time. This story offers a few things to think about that apply both to photographers who hope to do commercial assignments and those who want to license rights to stock images.

Corbis Portfolio Collections: Behind the Image

By Jim Pickerell | 338 Words | Posted 9/23/2011 | Comments
Corbis Images (www.corbisimages.com), has highlighted nine of its signature collections and described some of what went into the thinking when creating the collection. The imagery in these collections ranges from commercial images, to unforgettable moments in history to natural wonders and iconic celebrities.

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