http://www.abouttheimage.com/ news for the stock photography industry en will@abouttheimage.com Copyright 2010 2010-09-04T06:59:00-05:00 http://www.abouttheimage.com/4207/available_photographer_covering_the_world_energy_congress/author43 http://www.abouttheimage.com/available_photographer_covering_the_world_energy_congress/#When:05:59:00Z Photojournalist & ATI reader Yves Choquette will be covering the “World Energy Congress” , 12 to the 16 September 2010 - Montreal, Canada. Yves told ATI: “I have full accreditation for the complete event. So, if an agency, newspaper, magazine, etc. need covering for this event, my work will be available and if someone want exclusivity, this can be part of an agreement also.” Contact : 1-514-502-1205 | www.yveschoquette.com 2010-09-04T05:59:00-05:00 http://www.abouttheimage.com/4206/for_sale_1978_to_2010_music_images_starting_price_us_26900000/author43 http://www.abouttheimage.com/for_sale_1978_to_2010_music_images_starting_price_us_26900000/#When:17:48:00Z click the image to bid..... ! this just in to our sister site photoarchivenews.com: ‘RE: Original Music Photo collection/archives of Linda Matlow/PIXINTL goes on the sale block 9/2/10 - Images span from 1978 to 2010. All original slides,negatives,high res digital!’ ‘The ‘Music Collection’ consists of appx 42,852 original images photographed by me, Linda Matlow from 1978 to August 2010.Of that total, appx 14,549 are in high res digital form in 797 galleries from scans or originally photographed with high res digital cameras and posted online here on my website: here The images that are not in digitized are in mounted color slides format(labeled and filed), black and white negatives(stored and labeled in envelopes) and color negatives(stored in envelopes and labeled) A small selection of images are with various rights managed stock photo agencies for license to publications. You have the option of continuing those business relationships or having the material be returned to you.The agreements are non-exclusive. Many Images from this archive have been published in print media and tv shows around the world;many of the images have been published many times and are still popular. The winner will get all of the 14,549(appx) high res digitized photos on an external hard drive as well as a back up drive. The winner will also get the copyrights to the images. 2010-09-03T17:48:00-05:00 http://www.abouttheimage.com/4204/diomedia_to_represent_tao_images_worldwide/author43 http://www.abouttheimage.com/diomedia_to_represent_tao_images_worldwide/#When:05:21:00Z UK based photo agency DIOMEDIA is to represent TAO Images from China on a worldwide basis. Headquartered in Beijing, TAO Images work closely with an extensive network of China’s top photographers to deliver up to date images on broad range of subject matters about all aspects of life and commerce in China covering Travel, Culture, Cityscape, Religion and Landscape. TAO Images’ founder Jenny Hu commented, “with professional expertise and strong sales network of DIOMEDIA, the cooperation will give our product the exposure to image buyers in key Advertising and Publishing markets. China is becoming increasing important subject matter. I am confident that DIOMEDIA the cooperation will aid us in realizing our asset’s potential ” 2010-09-02T05:21:00-05:00 http://www.abouttheimage.com/4203/ansel_adams_found_negatives_are_not/author43 http://www.abouttheimage.com/ansel_adams_found_negatives_are_not/#When:05:20:00Z New York Times reports: A Turnaround in Ansel Adams Photo Dispute A leading member of the expert team that declared that a box of negatives bought at a California garage sale were the lost work of Ansel Adams has changed his mind. Full report here: www.nytimes.com 2010-09-02T05:20:00-05:00 http://www.abouttheimage.com/4202/insight_news_features_inf_opens_london_office/author43 http://www.abouttheimage.com/insight_news_features_inf_opens_london_office/#When:11:25:00Z Celebrity photo agency, Insight News & Features (INF), has announced the opening of its new UK office. The company’s London office will be staffed by a skilled and experienced team of industry professionals, who have well-established credentials. All content generated by INF staffers and freelancers in the UK and in the US, along with content supplied to the agency by subagents, will now carry the INF byline in both the UK and US markets. UK-born company President Chris Doherty, told ATI from Visa/Perpignan this morning: “Over the last ten years we have been working hard to make INF the best celebrity photo agency in the US. We think we’ve achieved that, and now we are ready to do the same in the UK.  “My excellent staff in New York and Los Angeles are very familiar with the UK market, and the team in London already has a superb track record there. We believe that we will be an unbeatable force on both sides of the Atlantic now.” The company is accepting UK and US newspaper and magazine assignments, as well providing ‘on spec’ candid and events material to all major publications, websites and TV outlets. ATI understands INF London will be manned by ex Matrix Photos staff. Matrix Photos website is currently off-line - more when we get it.... 2010-09-01T11:25:00-05:00 http://www.abouttheimage.com/4201/creative_content_key_to_paca_meeting/author43 http://www.abouttheimage.com/creative_content_key_to_paca_meeting/#When:04:57:00Z The 15th Annual PACA -Picture Archive Council of America- International Conference in New York features a program highlighted by a keynote presentation on “The Impact of the iPad and the Future Use of Content”. Keynote speaker Richard Levine, Vice President of Editorial Operations at Condé Nast, will discuss the future of content. He will talk about how the editorial market consumes and views media after the introduction of the iPad. Levine will address how the new e-reading platform offers magazines significant opportunities to greatly expand and enhance their content; and how his staff adapts in this rapidly evolving environment. Condé Nast launched their Wired application and iPad versions of GQ and Vanity Fair earlier this year. Another noted speaker, Brian Storm, Executive Producer at MediaStorm will be presenting: “Multimedia Storytelling @ MediaStorm”, tells the story of how a company utilizes multimedia and the power of still photography to create diverse content that speaks to the heart of the human condition. Brian spent two years as Vice President of News, Multimedia & Assignment Services for Corbis. “Making Ideas Happen” was a book written by featured speaker, Behance Founder/CEO Scott Belsky. He believes the greatest breakthroughs across all industries are a result of creative people and teams that are especially productive. Behance created the Behance Network, which has become the leading online platform for creative professionals. The Network receives more than million visitors every month and has become one of the most efficient platforms for creative professionals to broadcast their work to top agencies, fans, peers, and recruiters. Social networking has been the topic for quite a while now, but there is still much to be learned as opportunities and technologies change. That is why “How to Harness Social Media to Market Your Business” is sure to be a hit of the Conference. Hear a distinguished panel discuss ways to leverage new media and drive customer acquisition and retention, achieve objectives from a social media strategy and establish your presence. . Other key portions of the weekend program include: · A lesson from leading experts on how to find and fight privacy will be moderated by PACA Counsel Nancy Wolff. · A well-rounded group of panelists teach means to recognize and overcome the challenges of adding motion to your still imagery portfolio during a session called “Moving into Motion”. · Learn new tools and techniques for remote collaboration including during the Digital Toolbox Session. Get explanations on how to get the most out of digital tools such as shared spreadsheets, presentations, and documents using Google Docs; real-time creative ideation; remote video teleconferencing via Skype; and remote hi-res file sharing using DropBox. · Understand why your company fails to rank higher in organic search results from Google, Bing, and other search engines. The specialists provide their own insights during an SEO and marketing on the Web session. A festive Closing Party at The Marquee and fantastic Opening Reception provide ample opportunity to unwind, see some familiar faces and chat face-to-face with LinkedIn contacts, Tweeps and Facebook friends. The “Hub”, a hot-spot for networking and keeping up with the latest industry developments, is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday There are still great registration discounts and sponsorship opportunities available. Find all the pertinent information for the 15th Annual PACA International Conference at . 2010-09-01T04:57:00-05:00 http://www.abouttheimage.com/4200/historic_nasa_images_now_available_on_flickr/author43 http://www.abouttheimage.com/historic_nasa_images_now_available_on_flickr/#When:04:16:00Z Three compilations of images from more than half a century of NASA history are available for comment on a section of the photo-sharing site Flickr known as The Commons. Visitors to NASA on The Commons can help tell the photos’ story by adding tags, or keywords, to the images to identify objects and people. In addition, viewers can communicate with other visitors by sharing comments. These contributions will help make the images easier to find online and add insight about NASA’s history. The capability to interact with these already-public photos is the result of a partnership between NASA, Flickr from Yahoo! in Sunnyvale, Calif., and Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library based in San Francisco. Three sets of photos share a common theme of NASA beginnings. The “Launch and Takeoff” set captures iconic spacecraft and aircraft taking flight. “Building NASA” spotlights ground-breaking events and the construction of some of NASA’s one-of-a-kind facilities. The “Center Namesakes” set features photos of the founders and figureheads of NASA’s 10 field centers. “NASA’s long-standing partnership with Internet Archive and this new one with Yahoo!’s Flickr provides an opportunity for the public to participate in the process of discovery,” said Debbie Rivera, lead for the NASA Images project at the agency’s headquarters in Washington. “In addition, the public can help the agency capture historical knowledge about missions and programs through this new resource and make it available for future generations.” The Commons was launched with the Library of Congress to increase access to publicly-held photography collections and provide a way for the public to contribute information and knowledge. “NASA on The Commons is bringing literally out-of-these-world images to Flickr,” said Douglas Alexander, general manager of Flickr. “We are thrilled to be working with NASA to offer such a rich archive and provide amazing insight into this country’s space program and its early beginnings.” As the project leader, the New Media Innovation Team at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., enlisted the help of NASA photography and history experts to compile the three image sets for The Commons. The group will continue to create and release new photo sets that highlight different elements, themes or achievements. Through a competitive process, NASA selected the Internet Archive in 2007 to organize a comprehensive online compilation of the agency’s vast collection of photographs, historic film and video on the NASA Images website. Launched in 2008, NASAimages.org provides hundreds of thousands of images and thousands of hours of video, HD video and audio content available free to the public for download. “Sharing important assets like NASA photography is the core mission of the Internet Archive. Through this partnership with NASA and Flickr, NASA on The Commons is bringing these images to a vast audience and providing an opportunity for the public to give fresh insight and increase our shared knowledge of NASA in all its varied activities,” said Jon Hornstein, director of the NASA Images Project at the Internet Archive in San Francisco. 2010-09-01T04:16:00-05:00 http://www.abouttheimage.com/4199/focal_international_one_day_seminar_15_oct/author43 http://www.abouttheimage.com/focal_international_one_day_seminar_15_oct/#When:13:22:00Z The Business of Archives | 15th October 2010 | Dublin Castle, Ireland Theme: Business models. Marketing and Branding - covering production and financial issues impacting on archives. This seminar is open to Producers, broadcasters, distributors, archives, film researchers and production managers – in fact all those interested in finding out more about the footage archives business as well as how producers use their content plus discussions on copyright law. Full details here: focalint.org 2010-08-31T13:22:00-05:00 http://www.abouttheimage.com/4197/ipad_app_from_alamy/author43 http://www.abouttheimage.com/ipad_app_from_alamy/#When:11:44:00Z UK based photo library Alamy have launched an iPad App - Available to download for free, Alamy’s iPad app is a gallery of imagery sourced from Alamy’s large network of photographers and international agencies. Full details here: Alamy.com 2010-08-31T11:44:00-05:00 http://www.abouttheimage.com/4196/bbc_motion_gallery_and_thought_equity_motion_form_strategic_partnership/author2 http://www.abouttheimage.com/bbc_motion_gallery_and_thought_equity_motion_form_strategic_partnership/#When:10:29:00Z BBC Motion Gallery, the motion clip sales arm of BBC Worldwide, and Thought Equity Motion, Inc., a leader in digitizing, delivering and monetizing video content, have begun a new strategic partnership.  BBC Motion Gallery has re-launched its site at bbcmotiongallery.com powered by Thought Equity Motion’s technology platform and the companies now cross-represent selected international content sales. The new web presence will be bolstered with millions of professional video clips, enhanced search capabilities, simplified navigation, and instant complimentary preview downloads. Customers will benefit from a more robust content offering including content from such sources as Paramount Pictures, National Geographic, Sony Pictures Entertainment, HBO Archives, Smithsonian Channel and a vast array of royalty free clips. Commenting on the partnership, Paul Maidment, Business Development Director, BBC Motion Gallery said: “Our strategic relationship with Thought Equity Motion is a great development for BBC Motion Gallery and our clients. By making high-quality motion imagery from the BBC and other collections we represent readily available for licensing via an enhanced web and technology offering, our global clients will have quicker and more effective access to our libraries.  BBC Motion Gallery will continue to offer exclusive access to the BBC Archive, a textual database of over a million hours of footage.” “We’re excited to launch our partnership with BBC Motion Gallery and provide the digital production community with an even wider collection of non-replicable news, sports, and creative content,” said Kevin Schaff, CEO and Founder of Thought Equity Motion. “With even larger libraries of online ‘moment in time’ footage, everyone from agencies and TV/film producers to online publishers will have access to content to support their creative projects and dynamic new Contextual Media offerings.” Additionally, with this move, BBC Motion Gallery has launched an educational licensing division, led by Jan Ross, Senior Vice President, BBC Motion Gallery, Americas. This division will serve the education market, building on key partnerships created over the last several years and fostering new business in this area. Web: http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com - http://www.thoughtequitymotion.com News, Stock Footage 2010-03-18T10:29:00-05:00