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Art Resource is proud to announce that it has been selected by the National Gallery, London to serve as their official photo permissions representative in North America. The National Gallery, London joins a roster of over 6,000 museum, institutions and monuments worldwide whose image rights and reproductions are represented by Art Resource, announced Dr. Theodore Feder, President of Art Resource.

The National Gallery houses one of the greatest collections of Western European painting in the world, with famous works ranging from as early as 1250 to 1900, covering all major styles, including the Renaissance, Baroque, Romanticism, Impressionism and Early Modernism. Among the many iconic masterpieces from this collection to be offered through Art Resource for editorial and commercial use are: "The Arnolfini Portrait" by Jan Van Eyck, "The Ambassadors" by Hans Holbein the Younger, "The Virgin of the Rocks" by Leonardo da Vinci, "The Battle of San Romano" by Paolo Uccello, "Venus and Mars" by Sandro Botticelli and "Sunflowers" by Vincent van Gogh, to name a few.

Art Resource is the worlds largest fine art stock photo archive, licensing authorized images to all media.

In these rapidly changing and challenging times many self-employed photographers, illustrators and graphic designers are finding it necessary to modify their business strategies. Some are turning to assignments. Others support themselves with income from other non-related businesses. For them, their creative activities are a secondary income source. Amateurs who never expect to earn a living from photography, illustration or graphic design are discovering that these activities can be an important source of extra income as well as an enjoyable hobby.
To properly plan for the future, all these people need the industry trend data this survey is designed to provide.

Read more at Jim Pickerell's site

Trends • Lone globetrotters are setting their own pace and enjoying solitary relaxation, introspection, and personal freedom.

Until recently, the thought of solo travel conjured up images of singles cruises and packaged tours for the retirement set. Fortunately, that’s all beginning to change as more people opt to hit the road alone. Singles now account for 27 percent of all travelers and in recent years, roughly eleven percent of leisure travelers have vacationed alone. Those numbers are on the
rise and travel companies, spas and resorts are all rushing to
meet the demand by creating “solo-cation” packages and itineraries that cater to the unaccompanied traveler.

Read more at Corbis

80 multiple use images of Africans on the street:

The modern, technologically savvy African of today is the focus of africa@street level, the second in a series of multiple usage image compilations that enable buyers to reuse photographs a number of times, on a number of platforms, for a once-off fee.

A group of emerging African photographers was challenged to break that stereotype of poverty-stricken Africa and the result is a collection of images of urban, healthy Africans in real-life candid moments.

Read more at africanpictures.net

Magnum Photos is a co-operative owned and run by its members/photographers. They meet once a year during the last weekend in June to discuss the organisation's affairs. One day of the meeting is set aside for looking at and voting on potential new members' portfolios.

Successful applicants will be invited to become a "Nominee Member", a category of membership which presents an opportunity for Magnum and the individual to get to know each other. At this stage there are no binding commitments on either side. In 2007 three new nominee members were accepted.

Read more at Magnum Photos

When Getty transferred Media Vast's freelance contracts, it made an error in some cases - awarding photographers a higher percentage of their photos' sales revenue. After Getty was alerted, it wrote to the affected photographers, informing them the money would be repaid at a rate of 50 per cent of freelances' future fees - on top of Getty's existing cut.

Read more at Press Gazette

"It used to be that photo agencies only represented top talent, regardless of quantity. The content provided was never available elsewhere, and clients were guaranteed a certain level of quality.

These days, everyone is representing just about everyone else, and most content can be found elsewhere. A search on any of these mega-sites returns a hefty volume of images, hoping that the customer will find the right one somewhere in the pack. No effort is made to separate out the better images. Creativity is trumped by productivity. A photographer producing more has more chance of being sold than one who has great talent."

Read more at Black Star RISING

Editorial photos meet the wishes of the editor of a magazine, book, or newspaper, and/or, a photo researcher, but first and foremost the photo meets the wishes of the photographer.

Commercial stock photos can be designed and produced by the photographer, but are still under the dictates of having to conform to “what sells.”

Read more at Rohn Engh's PhotoStockNOTES

Stock photo distributor moodboard has produced a digital magazine, called ONE. The first issue is here.

The magazine includes interviews with hot new photographers and an ‘on location’ report from a moodboard photographer’s recent shoot in Spain. There is also a section that features some of the commercial usage of moodboard images and inspiration-sparking spreads featuring moodboard’s latest photography, from business themes to wildlife.Advice is provided in terms of how to get the most out of the moodboard website and what to expect from moodboard’s four pricing bands - budget, value, premium and plus; and for photographers there’s a ‘how to shoot for stock’ section, aimed at helping hobbiest photographers who want to upload images for consideration.