Editorial & Business

Sipa Files For Bankruptcy

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Following the bankruptcy of its German shareholders, the fates of the photo agency Sipa Press and the ambitious news and photo service, Sipa News, will be decided by the Tribunal de Commerce in Paris on December 6. On Thursday, November 22, in Paris, the weather was perfect for a visit to 1 ...

26.11.2012[ read full story ]

Editorial & Business

Future of Photo Editors by Aline Manoukian

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During a recent conference on the Digital Revolution, Aline Manoukian, president of ANI (National Association of Iconographers) spoke about the “new rules of photography in the French press.” The conference was organized by PAJ, an association of photographers, arti...

26.11.2012[ read full story ]

Editorial & Business

Associated Press, DAPD and DPA: Updates

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On Wednesday, November 14th, the Associated Press announced from New York the termination of its contract with the German agency DAPD in favor of DPA, the leading German-language news agency. On Friday, November 16th, DAPD firmly denied the validity of the announcement, For ...

19.11.2012[ read full story ]

Editorial & Business

DAPD Holding Sipa Hostage

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Barely a year after its takeover by two “money makers,” the Sipa photo agency is now dealing with the turmoil created by the bankruptcy of several subsidiaries of the second largest German news agency, DAPD. While one of the shareholders is in hiding, 127 employees and tens of millions of ph...

12.11.2012[ read full story ]

Editorial & Business

7 jours d'Agence
Echo

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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 ]

Editorial & Business

New York : Luminance
Part II

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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 ]

Editorial & Business

New York : Luminance
Part I

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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 ]

Editorial & Business

7 days of Agencies : Webistan

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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 ]

Editorial & Business

7 jours d’agence
Metrography

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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 ]

Editorial & Business

7 Days of Agencies
Imaginechina

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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 ]

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