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As of October 7, 2009 PhotoShelter will be partnering with TinEye, the reverse image search engine created by Idée, to deliver new benefits to PhotoShelter members that help you monitor online image usage and help people using TinEye to find you.

TinEye is a reverse image search engine. You can submit an image to TinEye to find out where it came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or to find higher resolution versions. TinEye is the first image search engine on the web to use image identification technology rather than keywords, metadata or watermarks.

In the final months of his father’s life, photographer Phillip Toledano began taking pictures that culminated in a project called “Days With My Father.” It is a bittersweet reflection, told in portraits, still-life images, and short narrative text. “I didn’t think anyone would have interest. It felt like such an incredibly personal thing. It was this thing within me that I had to get out,” Toledano says. He created a Web site for the project, www.dayswithmyfather.com, and mentioned it to a couple of friends.

Before he knew it the site was getting 15,000 hits per day, and people from all over the world were e-mailing him with stories about their own fathers and grandfathers. To date, the site has attracted more than a million visitors.

Read more at Photo District News

Grazia Neri Agency, one of the most prestigious Italian photo agencies, has been forced to enter into liquidation because of the 'extreme editorial and advertising crisis,' BJP has learnt

'After 42 years of excellence and integrity in the world of italian and international photography and photojournalism, Grazia Neri Agency is now compelled to enter into liquidation,' writes executive director Michele Neri in a letter seen by BJP. 'The extreme editorial and advertising crisis that has started in the second half of 2008 and has exploded in 2009 has brought the agency to a severe financial crisis, with a decrease in sales of nearly 40%.'

Read more at the British Journal of Photography

New York, NY (PRWEB) September 23, 2009 — Shutterstock, the world’s largest subscription-based stock photo agency, announced that it has acquired BigStockPhoto, a leading credit-based stock photo agency, headquartered in Davis, California. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

“BigStockPhoto is a leader in the stock photo industry, and an excellent fit for Shutterstock as we expand into the credit-based market,” said Jon Oringer, founder and CEO of Shutterstock. “This addition will enable Shutterstock to better satisfy the diverse payment preferences of stock photo buyers worldwide.”

After the relaunch of their website, the online image agency MAGROUND are presenting themselves in a new guise with extended features

Hamburg, 15th September 2009 - The Hamburg-based image agency MAGROUND, a new player in the field of high-quality landscape-, urban and street photography, have just launched their new website. After 18 months online, their website has undergone a complete facelift, at the same time usability was thoroughly optimized. The high resolution images by various renowned photographers available at MAGROUND is particularly suited for use in advertising and CGI. Extensive search options, intuitive navigation and the availability of alternative views in location sets facilitate the user's search for appropriate images and creative ideas.

Following vivozoom, the first microstock distributor that warrants their images for $25,000, iStockphoto Legally Guarantees All Image, Video and Audio Files in Five Million-Plus Collection.

CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 16, 2009 – Starting today, iStockphoto, becomes the first micropayment royalty-free image, video and audio provider to legally guarantee all files in its collection – at no cost to the customer. iStock promises that files purchased and used in accordance with the iStock license, will not breach any trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights or rights of privacy. The iStock Legal Guarantee provides that, if a customer receives a claim, iStock will cover the customer’s legal costs and direct damages to a combined total of $10,000. iStock customers looking for additional peace of mind can also purchase an extension of the Legal Guarantee for 100 iStock credits, increasing iStock’s coverage for legal fees and direct damages up to a combined total of $250,000.

New Microstock Site Offers Wider Exposure for Professional Photogra-phers and Talented Amateurs.
German online photo agency Polylooks, which is backed by Deutsche Telekom, has launched its service in the UK. Polylooks.co.uk enables professional and talented amateur photographers to sell their images to publishers, advertisers and creative agencies. Poly-looks will provide content with a unique European flavour required by crea-tives and businesses operating in the UK.

PantherMedia introduces its new image subscription plans for web- and print usage which start at $39.00 per month and offer images for as low as $0.13. PantherMedia unveils also the novel Corporate License, adapted to meet the specific needs of major enterprises.

No More Daily Download Limits!
The feature of all new microstock subscriptions of PantherMedia: in opposite to all other models which have a daily download limit and heavily restrict the freedom of the user, due to customer request the new microstock subscriptions of PantherMedia were created with no daily download limits.

Read more at PantherMedia

Ready to get smart about metadata?

We'll show you how using standard metadata will help protect your copyrights, support your licensing efforts, smooth your workflow, and help you manage ever-expanding digital archives. Then, we’ll show you how easily you can embed and preserve metadata in your files, using popular professional software.

The program is presented by SAA Metadata Project Leader and respected metadata guru David Riecks. In some cities, he'll be joined by SEO experts from Photoshelter and a panel of photographers who will explain how metadata has helped them better protect and promote their images online and smooth their workflow.

Read more at PhotoMetadata.org