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PMA's CliQ Show Coming This Fall

06 March 2011
Published in : Industry News

Catering to the ever-evolving world of online community forums, the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) has debuted CliQ (cliqworld.com), a photo site to spotlight instructional articles, product reviews, contests and more for photo and video enthusiasts...



Nielsen Buys WPPI, Rangefinder

05 March 2011
Published in : Industry News

The Nielsen Co. has acquired the rights to the 2011 Wedding and Portrait Photography International trade show (WPPI), as well as several other assets of Rangefinder, Inc.

Under this agreement, Nielsen, which already...



Corbis Charged with Usage Violations of Celebrity Images

04 March 2011
Published in : Industry News

Photo stock image company Corbis is facing charges of violating celebrity image copyright laws for the third time in the last two years.

This most recent class action lawsuit, initiated by former "Partridge Family" actress Shirley Jones, was...



Hallmark Institute's Rosa Faces Bankruptcy, Fraud Charge

03 March 2011
Published in : Industry News

In addition to facing $2.2 million in fraud charges, George J. Rosa III, president and former owner of the Hallmark Institute of Photography, has filed for bankruptcy in his latest attempt to clear $3.6 million in personal debt...



Ansel Adams Trust Hit with Slander Countersuit

02 March 2011
Published in : Industry News

The debate over the validity of the "lost Ansel Adams images" amplified this past month as Rick Norsigian, the California man who reportedly found the box of lost glass plates, uncovered potentially incriminating e-mails and filed a lawsuit against the Ansel Adams Trust and its managing director, William Turnage...



End of Days for Kodachrome

01 March 2011
Published in : Industry News

As the last call for Kodachrome film processing drew near, Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kan., experienced one final flurry of film development requests. Film users from six continents — who had been storing and saving their prized Kodachrome film — sent in their last rolls before Dwayne's sold the old machine for scrap metal at the end of December...



Photo Merchandising Revenues Expected to Rise

21 November 2010
Published in : Industry News
A recent study has found that printing of digital photos and merchandise will be a key revenue generator for those in the photography business for the next five years. The “U.S. Consumer Photo Merchandise Forecast for 2010-2015,” prepared by InfoTrends, predicted that the photo merchandise market will see considerable growth, reaching $2.2 billion in revenue by 2014...



Young Photographers Alliance Debuts National Mentoring Program

21 November 2010
Published in : Industry News
The Young Photographers Alliance, a photographic educational foundation, has launched a new international mentoring initiative. Created with the help of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), the program pairs college students and recent graduates with leading photographers from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom to collaborate on a photo essay on a compelling social issue. This year’s essay theme, “Answering Adversity,” is about facing global economic hardship. The photo essays were published this fall and will be exhibited in...