It's rare enough that we should mention it here. It is not often, in this economy, with the current conditions of the editorial market that a new photo agency is born. Created this year (yes, in 2012) and named ECHO by photographer, manager & a photojournalism professor Gianmarco Maraviglia, i...

18.10.2012[ read full story ]

If by now you thought you knew everything about photography, you are wrong. In fact, after another day at Luminance 2012, it seems that everything that you know is about to become obsolete. Take the Lytro for example, presented an explained by Eric Cheng who is Director of Photography at...

20.09.2012[ read full story ]

On September 12 and 13, the photography portfolio website Photoshelter organized a conference to discuss the links among photography, technology and commerce. A dozen speakers were on the program each day to discuss these topics and share their experience. Can we still trust images? What ...

20.09.2012[ read full story ]

In 1992, Afghanistan was certainly not in anyones' radar. The Russians had left a few years back ( in 1989 ) and an ugly civil war was raging. We were a few years away from the Taliban's control of the country ( in 1995) and still almost a decade before the American invasion. This didn'...

06.06.2012[ read full story ]

Iraq, formally known as Mesopotamia, is considered by many as the cradle of civilization. With more than a 10,000 years history, it certainly overshadows any existing country for the lengths of its existence. It also overshadows any civilization for its contribution to the world. It is...

24.05.2012[ read full story ]

What brings a frenchman to suddenly decide to leave his home country for one of the worst country in the world regarding copyright infringement and open up a photo agency. That is the path that Jerome Lacrosniere took at the turn of the century, in 2000.

17.05.2012[ read full story ]

There is a lot to be said about Greece these days. It has, in the last year or so, taken the biggest blow from the financial collapse generated in the US and its politics are fragile. But Greece is much more than a country battling for its economical survival and its place in the common ...

11.05.2012[ read full story ]

It is no wonder that the greeks, as they were creating the foundations of civilization, put sports competition in such a high prominent place. It has every element of the human life : success, drama, effort, failure, victory, group interaction, solitude, social interaction, involvemen...

20.04.2012[ read full story ]

Created by PixWays, a dedicated website for photographic press agencies, PixDay is a professional exchange inviting image producers and professional buyers. This year, it will take place on Thursday, April 5, from 9:30 am to 9pm at the Forum de Grenelle in Paris.

04.04.2012[ read full story ]

In February 2006, photojournalist Jonathan Torgovnik traveled to East Africa on behalf of Newsweek magazine to work on a story about HIV/AIDS. While there, he met Margaret, a Rwandan survivor who was brutally raped during the genocide, became pregnant, and contracted HIV. This hor...

04.04.2012[ read full story ]