Probably because it was first invented in Europe and probably because it was, for a long time, a rich man's club, photography has been predominately a western hemisphere preoccupation. For a very long time both its creators ( photographers) and its support ( magazines) have been ge...

01.12.2011[ read full story ]

Think of PictureTank as a meta photography collective. Part aggregation of collectives, part home of worldwide independent photographers and a collective in its own right, PictureTank has carved a very special place for itself in the busy and increasingly corporate world of photo age...

24.11.2011[ read full story ]

Tense transfer in Paris : on November 15, an official press release simultaneously informed the public and the AFP staff that Erik Monjalous, former AFP « Group Sales and Marketing Director » was joining the sipa press staff as "head salesman".

17.11.2011[ read full story ]

La Lettre de la Photographie is one year old. The result of a wild crapshoot born on October 25, 2010 is now celebrating its first birthday. It had all of the typical infantile illnesses. It still does. But it has gone beyond our wildest expectations. Our most beautiful birthday present arrived on Oct...

25.10.2011[ read full story ]

A new photo agency is born! It is called Modds. Created by Marie Delcroix and Olivia Delhostal, it is entirely devoted to producing and distributing celebrity shots. Its members are: Jérôme Bonnet, Ludovic Carème, Vincent Ferrané, Roberto Frankenberg, Samuel Kirszenbaum, Antoine L...

20.10.2011[ read full story ]

Not all photojournalistic story has to be about war and destruction. Nor does it has to show decay, decadence and desolation. Some can be about life and it's celebration, about growth and awakening, about rebirth and fulfilled promises.

17.11.2011[ read full story ]

One hundred strong, they walked up the gravel laden hill having just stepped off a caravan of yellow school buses, phalanxed by an applauding gauntlet of a Who’s Who of photography professionals. Little do they know that four days later, when they walk down that same hill for the last time...

17.10.2011[ read full story ]

Created in 2002 as an extension of its successful French office, Abaca USA has grown from a one man operation to a full fledge office representing hundreds of photographers, covering news, sports, entertainment and politics. In 2008, Press Association, the UK newswire agency, invested he...

20.10.2011[ read full story ]

Four powerful photo essays have come to us via ZUMA Press. Started in the 1990's by Scott Mc Kiernan, ZUMA has quickly become the biggest independently-owned photo agency. In a industry that knows either corporate controlled or small, mom and pop operations, it is a rare refreshing exception....

13.10.2011[ read full story ]

“It was a little tornado, not a very innocent one… five photographers have been let go!” commented a photographer from the VII network. Since James Nachtwey’s departure this summer, rumors have been circulating about the agency: financial difficulties and reorganization were high on the list. La...

04.10.2011[ read full story ]