PetaPixel Friday June 10, 2022
Stock giant Shutterstock has acquired Splash News, an entertainment news agency known for its network of paparazzi photographers. The move brings 27 million videos and images to the Shutterstock archive, notes PetaPixel. Launched in 1990, Splash News was once the largest celebrity photo agency in the world. The company was sold to Corbis in 2011 by founders Kevin Smith and Gary Morgan but later went through several ownerships. Splash currently has a network of over 4,000 photographers globally. Read the full Story >>
International Mountain Photo Contest Friday June 10, 2022
Mountain adventure photography reaches new heights in the International Mountain Photo Contest, which has just named its 2022 winners. The contest, organized by the Club Vasco de Camping Elkartea mountaineering club in Spain, named 20 finalist images culled from entries from 60 countries. The top prize goes to Yhabril Moro, from the Spanish province of Biscay, for a photo of a skier seen in mid air at sunset. Moro used an off-camera flash to illuminate the rider and shot with a Sony Alpha 1 and a 12-24mm lens with a shutter speed of 1/2000 sec. Read the full Story >>
APA Friday June 10, 2022
Why not spend an evening with Annie? APA is hosting an exclusive event with the famed photographer on June 21 at the SVA Theater, 333 West 23d St, in New York City. Leibovitz will talk about her new book Wonderland (Phaidon), which brings together fashion work she has shot during her career, and share stories from her ambitious fashion shoots. Seating is limited, so please register in advance. Masks are required. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Friday June 10, 2022
The City of Minneapolis has agreed to a settlement in a lawsuit brought by independent photojournalist Linda Tirado, who was struck by a rubber bullet amid protests in May 2020 and permanently
blinded in one eye. Tirado filed the lawsuit on June 10, 2020, less than two weeks after she was struck with multiple crowd-control munitions. This week we also learned that a Maryland … Read the full Story >>
