by Julian Jackson footageMarketplace, the London event aimed at the footage industry is now in its 6th year. Always held in the prestigious HQ of BAFTA in central London, it is similar to US expos staged by Visual Connections, albeit with more emphasis on footage – although increasingly stills collections supply motion material too now. …
Our correspondent from across the pond, Julian Jackson, has been thinking about mobile phone photography. Serendipitous in view of the upcoming Panel session on all things Social Media at Visual Connections Chicago! Mobile photography has taken off. This year Shutterstock has had a 40% increase in submissions of images taken with phones or tablets. iPhonography …
by Julian Jackson Arcangel Images is a photo agency which has grown from specialising in book covers to a wide range of artistic images, mobile media, and video. Founded by Michael Mascaro and Gloria Mejuto in 2004 it has grown to have offices in Paris, London and New York, although its HQ is unusually in …
Abbie Enock is the founder and CEO of Capture who make image management and business software for libraries and photo-buyers. She started out in journalism, then moved into photojournalism, and created her own photo agency, Travel Ink. During that journey she needed asset management software, and finding no product she was satisfied with, she learnt …
by Julian Jackson Cartel Photos is an exclusive photo-library – it only consists of Falmouth University photography students. It is based in a picturesque seaside town in Cornwall, southwest UK. Its objective is to give existing and graduated students a taste of the business end of the industry by finding them assignments and photo sales. …
by Julian Jackson Photography industry people love a good gabfest, and where better to do that than the annual fotofringe event, held in London’s King’s Place arts and media hub, right next to the iconic HQ of the Guardian and Observer newspapers. This was the fifth year of this successful trade fair, and with over …
by Julian Jackson Bridgeman Images is one of the world’s foremost picture agencies specializing in fine art. Founded in 1972 by Harriet Bridgeman, it remains a family-based company. Harriet is still fully involved as Chairman, and the current CEO is Victoria Bridgeman. She says the overall mission of the library is to “to be the …
If you haven’t seen This is a Generic Brand Video, then you are missing out. It is a marvellous stock footage spoof of advertising clichés. It was made by new Canada-based stock footage library Dissolve. Another of their killer parodies is Emoji Among Us, a David-Attenborough style mockumentary, which even has a voice-over that catches …
The career of Lindsey Nicholson. Guest Post by Julian Jackson. Lindsey Nicholson has been working for over 25 years in the stock photography industry. Calling her a photo editor and marketer would do a disservice to her wide skill set. She has worked in agencies editing and selling images, and produced shoots, but now works …
by Julian Jackson The Ronald Grant Archive is one of the best privately-held collections of cinema images in the world today. Founded in 1971 along with its sibling The Cinema Museum in 1984, it covers the history of cinema. In its temperature-controlled vaults lie over 1 million images from the beginning of the movies in …