March 19, 2009
Pentax makes statement on Hoya jobs threat
Pentax has this morning issued a statement following reports that its owner, Hoya, is to slash half its digital camera workforce in Japan and make cutbacks overseas.
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March 18, 2009
Photos of London fire on Twitter
Photos of a large fire in central London have popped up on the social networking website Twitter, beating many news organisations to the post.
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March 18, 2009
Historic Kodak photographs revealed for first time
Photographs and documents charting the development of photography from a hobby for the rich, to a popular British pastime, have been revealed for the first time. Picture: Courtesy British Library
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March 18, 2009
Sony names its ‘Campaign’ photo winner
An amateur photographer from Pakistan has won a Sony award with an image that best captured the 'spirit of football in places where you would least expect it'. Picture: © Sarah Ahmad, courtesy Sony World…
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March 17, 2009
Getty: We will pay amateur photographers same as pros
Getty Images has finally stated that it will pay amateurs the same rates for Flickr Collection images as professional contributors receive for images sourced from elsewhere in the agency's archive.
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March 17, 2009
Uncertainty shrouds photography legend’s archive
The work of legendary war photographer Philip Jones Griffiths, who died a year ago this week, has yet to find a permanent home, according to a Welsh newspaper.
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March 16, 2009
Getty fails to clarify fees issue
Getty Images has refused to clarify whether amateurs contributing to the picture agency, via the Flickr Collection, will get paid as much as the agency's regular professional photographers.
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March 16, 2009
Armed police swoop on photographers near MI6
Two photographers hoping to snap night-time shots near the River Thames were in for a shock when armed police stopped and quizzed them at length on Friday night.
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March 13, 2009
Olympus hints at ‘high-end’ Micro Four Thirds camera
Olympus has dropped strong hints that it may one day launch a high-end Micro Four Thirds camera 'if the market demands it'.
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March 13, 2009
‘Unseen’ Lichfield photos revealed
Eight 'unseen' photographs captured by Lord Lichfield will go on show for the first time at an exhibition that opens next week. Picture: Also on display will be this image of '60s model Jill Kennington,…
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March 12, 2009
Photographers meet Home Office minister over rights ‘abuse’
The Home Office has invited Amateur Photographer (AP) magazine to help draft guidance that will aim to ensure police do not misuse anti-terrorism legislation to unfairly stop photographers.
