August 8, 2011
Photographers among riots casualties
Two photographers working for the Mail on Sunday were ‘viciously beaten by masked youths’ during violence in Tottenham on Saturday, the newspaper has reported.
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August 5, 2011
Photographers ordered to hand pics to police (update Monday 11.45am)
Media organisations have expressed disappointment after a judge ruled that news agencies and broadcasters must hand over photographs and footage of recent rioting in Belfast.
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August 5, 2011
Panasonic pic becomes six billionth on Flickr
A photograph shot using a Panasonic DMC-LX3 has become the six billionth to be posted on image sharing website Flickr.
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August 4, 2011
Leica admits SanDisk SD card compatibility problem
Leica has confirmed that it has launched an investigation into reports of compatibility problems between its flagship M9 camera and SD memory cards, including those made by SanDisk.
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August 3, 2011
American photographer scoops Macallan Masters crown
A photographer from the USA has beaten more than 7,000 entries to win the Macallan Masters of Photography title with a photo of friends waiting for a lunar eclipse.
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August 3, 2011
Photographers’ rights: When is ‘public’ land private?
When is a public area private? When it is labelled ‘public realm’ it seems. A photographer in Salford has become the latest to clash with security officials after he mistakenly believed he was in a…
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August 2, 2011
Photographers’ rights Facebook page launched
Amateur Photographer (AP) magazine has launched a Facebook page dedicated to its long-running campaign to defend photographers’ rights.
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August 2, 2011
Twitter: We did not trash Rio Ferdinand pics
Twitter has attempted to distance itself from the Rio Ferdinand deleted pictures furore, saying it was not responsible for removing the footballer’s White House photos.
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August 1, 2011
Hungarian photographer scoops global title
Hungarian photographer Zoltán Balogh has won a global competition with an image captured on a cold, quiet morning on the River Danube.
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August 1, 2011
Photographer strikes first blood in Rihanna copyright fight
Originality in a photograph may be determined by its ‘total concept and feel’, rules a judge in a copyright battle between photographer David LaChapelle and the singer Rihanna.
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July 29, 2011
Canon camera sales drop 22%
Canon has blamed a 22% drop in unit sales of digital cameras on a shortage of parts for compact models caused by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
