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 ]

This week, la Lettre is proud to start a new column. From now on, every week, we will show some of the most compelling work offered by photo agencies worldwide. This column will be a showcase where they will be able to present the work of their most talented photographer. Sometimes yet unpublished...

06.10.2011[ read full story ]

On the occasion of his visit to France, Corbis President Gary Shenk held this exclusive interview with La Lettre’s Michel Puech. The day before the interview, Gary Shenk declared that he “hoped to accompany the transformation of world media thanks to a partnership with the Associate...

23.09.2011[ read full story ]

Martin Vorderwülbecke is the owner of DAPD and Sipa press. They are two, just like the “Dupont” by Hergé, but they are “owners” of many hundreds of “Tintin” in Germany and now in France, as a consequence of the acquisition of Sipa press. Peter Low and Martin Vorderwülbecke are...

29.08.2011[ read full story ]

He is Mr. Photo of Paris Match, in other words the person whom all photographers dream of convincing about a project. By saying “yes” he can offer the front page or a double page or more in the magazine that after more than sixty years is still the major French weekly of news,...

01.09.2011[ read full story ]

For 40 years, on foot, by motorbike, then on a Vespa, Alain Dupuis was the King of press photo salesmen. The man who, from 1973 to 2000, helped Sygma and its photographers make a fortune. A myth, witness to this infamous “golden age” of photojournalism.

05.09.2011[ read full story ]

The days of traditional news agencies are gone, this is the era of stock photos online and based on an economic model comparable to that of Airlines: offshoring, removal of social benefits and cut throat competition.

30.08.2011[ read full story ]