Visual media news and updates from Visual Connections

Five Scholarship Recipients Honored at Young Photographers Alliance Awards Ceremony

The Young Photographers Alliance (YPA) celebrated its first ever awards ceremony in style on October 13th in New York City. Over 150 people, including heads of stock agencies and industry organizations, renowned photographers, and other significant professionals in the world of photography witnessed the honoring of five promising students of photography, selected through the Worldstudio AIGA Scholarship Program: Julianne Jamora (School of Visual Arts), Khrystyna Chekhlata (Pratt Institute), Bonnie Rae Mills (Academy of Arts University), Shannon Soule (Ringling College of Art and Design) and Nicole Nolan (Pratt Institute).

Visual Connections Celebrates Success with New Venue and Revamped Format

Image buyers flocked to the Metropolitan Pavilion on October 14th to hear respected author and digital media attorney Nancy Wolff talk on “Copyright/Copywrong”, and to enjoy the ninth annual stock industry networking event in New York City. Educational seminars and discussion groups, held throughout the day and covering topics as diverse as search tools and career reinvention, provided lively discussion and further networking opportunities. Statistical breakouts show strong interest in all aspects of the business – stills, footage, search services and production/assignment – with attendees comprised mainly of advertising and design, magazine and newspaper and publishing professionals.

PCN Photography Launches PCN Update an Electronic Newsletter

PCN recently launched PCN Update, a periodic electronic newsletter designed to keep clients abreast of PCN’s activities and offer a glimpse into the combined archives of PCN and DUOMO Photography. Be sure to stop by the PCN table #A10 at Picturehouse New York October 14, 2009 to sign up to receive PCN Update and learn about PCN’s plans for covering the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Papilio Wildlife Photo Library Launching New Website

Papilio wildlife photo library is launching a new high-res downloadable and full e-commerce website at the forthcoming Picturehouse in New York on 14th October 2009. This new re-branded web site will have a full interactive search facility for clients to log in and find relevant images, create lightboxes, save different searches, price on-line for specific usage requirements or set up an account for either negotiated prices or have a subscription account. It also has an interactive area for contributing photographers to upload their images direct, amend and apply metadata and keywords and view forthcoming sales reports.

Brand new version of PixPalace to be Revealed for the First Time in the US

PixPalace will be at Picturehouse NY – October 14, 2009 at table A15 - to demonstrate the new version of its application for the first time in the US, with new features including advanced searches, keyword clouds and optimized agency searches. PixPalace is a one stop shopping solution for photo buyers delivering a wide range of photography from the top photo agencies from across the globe in one click.

World Assignment Offers Search Engine to Find Agent-Represented Photographers Worldwide

World Assignment, a new B2B web platform, will be present at Picturehouse NY - October 14, 2009 – booth #F4 to introduce its innovative service designed to give image buyers direct access to agent-represented photographers and videographers worldwide. World Assignment is a subscription-based service catering SOLELY to professional image buyers (art buyers, art directors, photo editors) and image producers (editorial & stock agencies, photographers / videographers’ agents, collectives and staff photographers.) Assignment commissioners only have to enter a few research criteria online to get results for their search. Seconds later, they can browse through matching portfolios. One more click stores, shares or sends an assignment request directly to the agent of the selected portfolio.

New Bluegreen Website Goes Live

After months of meticulous preparation, the new Bluegreen website www.bluegreenpictures.com has recently launched and is already proving to be a great success with clients. The clean new design, fast search and download, and varied galleries make the site supremely user-friendly. The Bluegreen collection was acquired by Nature Picture Library last year, when it relocated to our Bristol premises. Bluegreen represents a group of photographers specialising in everything to do with the sea – boats, sailing, seascapes, travel destinations, marine life, beaches, coastlines, holidays, lifestyle, fishing and watersports. Leading photographers include Christian Fevrier, Onne van der Val and Rick Tomlinson, each with their distinctive style and thematic emphasis. Bluegreen images are used widely in the boat and sailing specialist press, in magazine and newspaper travel features, prestigious calendar projects, travel brochures and corporate projects.

New Sales & Marketing Manager and New Photographers at Nature Picture Library

Tim Harris joins Nature Picture Library and Bluegreen Pictures as Sales and Marketing Manager. Nature Picture Library signs up the work of award-winning photographer, writer and broadcaster Andy Rouse, and recruits two great rainforest specialists, Tim Laman and Edwin Giesbers. Established contributors expand the libraries coverage: Anup Shah has worked with lesser flamingos in East Africa; Pete Oxford has returned from the Galapagos with above and below water coverage; Mark Carwardine has just returned from filming the ‘Last Chance to See’ series for the BBC with Stephen Fry; and Doug Perrine has worked off both coasts of Mexico to capture dramatic shots of marlins and sailfish attacking bait balls of sardines.

Fotofinder Enhances Search with Similar Image Search

Fotofinder's new Similarity Search helps creative image researchers find the right images instantly by matching shapes, colors and atmosphere, instead of using lengthy and repetitive keyword searches. Starting with either the best match from a keyword search or an uploaded image, Similarity Search will seek out similar images from Fotofinder’s 7.5 million images.

Young Photographers Alliance Gala Awards Ceremony

The Young Photographers Alliance will hold its first Gala Awards Ceremony and Benefit Auction on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009, the evening before Picturehouse New York, at the Metropolitan Pavilion. Awards will be presented to scholarship winners by distinguished photographers – including Mary Ellen Mark, Mark Seliger, Fred Conrad – and industry professionals – Lauren Wendle, VP/Publisher PDN and Mark Randall/World Studio. The Benefit Auction will include original signed prints from international and noteworthy photographers, alongside new prints from the YPA scholarship winners. Photographers contributing work include: Joyce Tenneson, Martin Parr, Arthur Meyerson, Pete Turner, Stephen Mallon, Frank Micelotta, Jill Enfield, Jim Brandenburg and many others.