By Julian Jackson Africa Media Online is a South Africa-based picture agency, which showcases historical material and contemporary photojournalism, covering the whole of the African continent with photographers who are on-the-spot with specialist knowledge of their area. Robyn Keet, Client Manager with AMO, says, “This focus means that superior coverage can be obtained with expediency, …
As demographics change along with an aging population, some wonderful style icons and trends are emerging and taking hold. Guest writer Brooke Hodess takes a look at some of them. In 2005 The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art premiered “Rara Avis: Selections from the Iris Barrel Apfel Collection.” The exhibit, curated by …
In remembrance to our treasured friend and colleague Alan Bailey – Alan Kent Bailey, 53, passed away on July 5, 2016 in Provo, Utah. Alan was born on May 24, 1963 in Salt Lake City to Donald and Mildred Bailey. When he was eight, his family moved to Mexico for two years, after which they …
Tributes like flowers are covering the internet with tributes to and memories of revered photographer Bill Cunningham. We can’t top these moving eulogies so we thought we would gather some of them here. From the fashion world: http://www.refinery29.com/2016/06/115127/bill-cunningham-fashion-photographer-memories From Salon: ..a model for a creative life.. ‘The Eyes of a City’ Gawker Lynn Yaeger in …
We have been office bound for a bit, taking care of all those bits of paper, unanswered emails and tackling projects that have been gathering dust. Hard to stay put with Spring calling; but we have been able to take a journey, none the less, complements of “The Candid Frame,” a photography-based podcast by Ibarionex …
Every now and then, we take a look around the photo world on the web and round up news worthy of a visit with your morning coffee: Former Travel Photo Library boss Philip Enticknap has launched a new website to license his own Rights Managed images. Amongst the copious travel images, there is an extensive Malta collection …
The Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division preserves millions of images that were created for publication in magazines and newspapers. Both physically, and online, one can delve into a vast visual resource: ranging from the Bain Collection (The George Grantham Bain Collection represents the photographic files of one of America’s earliest news picture agencies) …
How DO they do it? ‘Stock Photo Guy’ and resident guru John Lund takes us behind the scenes. Creating a fine art stock image for Getty Images Siri Stafford, my art director at Getty Images at the time, suggested this stock image for me to create. She asked me to make the image because she …
We hear over and over from researchers, editors and buyers searching for imagery about the need for a different kind of imagery. We chatted recently with entrepreneur Jenifer Daniels who has stepped up and has brought a new collections to market : Colorstock. Colorstock has come onto the Stock scene with a mission statement of …
Imagine if a donut was a diva… demanding that it only be shot from certain angles, or that the powdered sugar only be of a certain specific type; and you begin to get an idea of the stresses faced by professional stylists. For, make no mistake, food might not, in reality, be able to make …