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Getty Adds Expiration Clause to Royalty-Protected Images

24 June 2011
Published in Industry News

Stock photo giant Getty Images recently amended contract terms for its contributors, which enable the agency to move images that haven’t been licensed for three years or longer to its royalty-free collections.

This new addendum has caused an uproar among the photography community. In May, the American Society of Media Photographers and...

APA Opens Colorado Chapter

07 March 2011
Published in Industry News

The National Executive Board of the American Photographic Artists (APA) has opened an associate chapter of the APA group in Colorado.

One of nine chapters — located in Georgia, California, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Washington, D.C., and...

Mel Lindstrom Wins Davey, Summit, Hermes, ADDY and APA Awards

20 June 2008
Published in Special Honors

San Francisco photographer Mel Lindstrom closed out 2007 with six silver-trophy Davey Awards; one bronze Summit Award; five accolades at the Hermes Awards (three platinum, one gold and an honorable mention); a gold and a silver Addy Award; and one award at the APA National Competition, all recognizing his photos for recent advertising campaigns.

U.N.'s IPC Announces Professional Photographer Leadership Award Winners

13 March 2008
Published in Special Honors

The International Photographic Council (IPC), a nongovernmental organization of the United Nations, has announced the recipients of its 10th annual IPC Professional Photographer Leadership Awards.

Honorees include Judy Herrmann, immediate past president of the American Society of Media Photographers; George Fulton, of Advertising Photographers of America; Ann Monteith, with Professional Photographers of America; George Davis, with Professional School Photographers Association International; and Marty LaVor, of the White House News Photographers Association.

Dan Dormeyer Succeeds George Fulton as New APA National President

14 October 2006
Published in People in the Industry

The Advertising Photographers of America has elected Don Dormeyer, a portrait photographer from Orange County, Calif., president of the organization. Dormeyer succeeds George Fulton, who had served as APA's national president for the past three years.

Other new officers include Martin Trailer, San Diego, senior vice president; Matthew Klein, New York City, vice president; Jon Silla, Charlotte, N.C., vice president; Paul Nurnberg, Savannah, Ga., secretary; and George Simian, Los Angeles, treasurer.

Adobe, ASMP, APA Establish Photographer Directory

05 July 2005
Published in Industry News

The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), the Advertising Photographers of America (APA) and Adobe Systems have formed an alliance to simplify the hiring of assignment photographers. The Adobe Photographers Directory will provide a searchable list of professional photographers, accessible directly from Adobe's products for creative professionals. ASMP's general members will be charter members of the directory, as will members of the APA.

Users of the directory will be able to search the listings by geographic location and photographic specialty, and view portfolio images. The photographers' experience and competence will be evidenced by their membership in the partnering organizations.

Further details about how ASMP general members can participate in the directory are posted at asmp.org/adobe.