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Royalty free photo agency Imagestate has been placed into administration in the UK - a notice on their website last week read: ‘The ImageState website is no longer available’ - it’s owners released this statement.
IMAGESTATE TO CLOSE

Imagestate Media Ltd and Imagestate Media Partners Ltd will cease trading with immediate effect and have entered Administration.  The assets of the above companies have been acquired by a new investor.
The decline in the traditional stock photo business and increased competition on price in the market place has resulted in the erosion of sales volume and reduced our ability to compete effectively as a general stock library.
Although the above companies have ceased trading the ongoing business of Imagestate will be managed by Impact Photos and Heritage Images will operate separately.
The new investors see future opportunities to develop the existing platform and provide more competitive offerings in specialist areas for all our customers moving forward.
The new organisation looks forward to working with its content partners, clients and its international network of agents.
There will be a change in the management structure but familiar faces will remain.  For further information please contact inform@imagestate.com
More detail and industry comments on PhotoArchiveNews.com

Photo marketing tool Stipple - ‘Stipple powers commerce and content inside of images on the web and mobile. The company’s patent-pending technology permanently connects images to their owners who can share information, media and commerce through their images’- have posted a useful ‘how it works’ article on their blog.
Titled ‘Visual Storytelling, an Effective Method to Engage and Communicate’ the article shows clear examples of how this image tool works for advertisers, publishers and photographers.
Read and learn here.
picture - Official White House Photo - by Pete Souza

The Library of Virginia, the archival agency for the Commonwealth of Virginia, is seeking an Electronic Records Policy and Program Coordinator. Reporting to the Digital Initiatives & Web Services Manager in the Information Technology Division, the individual selected for this position will lead agency-wide research, planning and development of the proper procedures, workflows, policies, and documentation related to the acquisition, processing, management, and access to the electronic archival records and other born-electronic content of the commonwealth’s government.
Full details: Library of Virginia

The University Library at the University of Michigan seeks a dynamic and engaged Digital Preservation Librarian to provide leadership and coordinate the library’s activities to preserve the library’s growing collections.
Full details here: University of Michigan

UK based photo agency Panos Pictures are online with a new photo set by contributing photographer Stuart Freedman - An Englishman’s Eel

“Get The Picture?” Temp Trailer from Get The Picture on Vimeo.

The producer of a film about legendary picture editor John G Morris, 95, is looking for help getting the film funded and finished.
My name is Cathy Pearson and I have been making this film since Oct 2009 in the role of producer/director. I first met John G Morris in Paris in a serendipitous meeting in the lovely Chez Janou Restaurant in Le Marais district in Paris, John’s local neighborhood. He was 92 years old at the time. He told me stories about his times with Alfred Hitchcock, Marlene Dietrich, Robert Capa, Earnest Hemingway and Henri Cartier Bresson to name but a few of his peers. But what really stuck me about John was how informed he was about the world today and how interested he is so many current affairs, I am sure this is what keeps him so youthful and energetic. I read his professional memoir “Get the Picture” and then asked his permission to make a film about his life. He agreed and this is what is now unfolding. The film includes contributions form some of the worlds most renowned names in photography and journalism including Marc Riboud, Martine Franck, Paulo Pellegrin, Stanley Greene, Don McCullin, Christiane Amanpour, Yann Arthus Bertrand, Peter Turnley and New York Times staff photographers Chester Higgins Jr and Librado Romero and many at the Magnum Photo Agency.
Please join me on this incredible creative journey, through the world of photojournalism, history, humanity and time and become a part of the community involved in getting this film made and documenting an important part of our world history.  Watch the film above - get more details here.

Evolve Images launched today - a new photo agency ‘dedicated exclusively to the curation of images for professional image buyers’. Along with the launch of their online image library, Evolve also introduces EvoRights™ a simplified licensing model that allows image buyers to license rights managed photos with just three clicks.

Founded for discerning, professional image buyers, Evolve Images curates its collection from millions of images sourced from a global network of professional photographers and image archives and selects the top 1% to showcase the “best of the best” images available for commercial licensing today.

“With the proliferation of merely good images available in the marketplace, professional image buyers don’t need to see more images. What they really need is help in finding the great ones,” said Mark Ippolito, CEO and Co-Founder of Evolve, a 20+ year veteran of the image licensing industry. “Evolve Images is dedicated to the craft of curation. Our team of experts vigorously edit and edit again to ensure that all the images we put in front of buyers are fresh, relevant, creative and compelling.”

Recognizing the complexity and frustration buyers often face when licensing images, Evolve Images is also introducing EvoRights™ a simple way to license and download images. Says Ippolito, “Once you find a great image for your project, we believe it should be easy to license. The EvoRights™ licensing model is designed to give image buyers the rights and pricing they need in just three easy clicks.”
Watch CEO and Co-Founder Mark Ippolito introduce his agency here.

Award-winning multimedia production studio Media Storm have released their latest one day multimedia storytelling workshops in Brooklyn, NY. They say: “These workshops provide an overview of multimedia storytelling approaches while engaging participants in discussion about the most appropriate ways to create a multimedia story. Through real world examples, Brian Storm will share tips and techniques to improve reporting, editing and distributing your multimedia project. This workshop is designed for anyone interested in multimedia storytelling, no experience is necessary. Signup here

Kimberly Soenen has been appointed Director of Business Development and Project Funding at VII photo agency. She will be based in New York and brings nearly 20 years of experience working as a writer, business development consultant and communications strategist for Harper’s Magazine, National Public Radio, Kartemquin Films and the Chicago Tribune.

Soenen comments, “What compelled me to join VII at this stage of growth is the broad leadership and clarity of vision. The first ten years of VII have been largely defined by our unprecedented editorial impact globally. VII will continue that standard of excellence while strengthening our organizational partnerships in the foundation, private and NGO sectors with sizable group projects, exhibitions, film and broadcast productions with a diverse array of clientele. VII has an unsurpassed ten-year track record of covering issues, launching consumer products, promoting public service messaging and producing advertising campaigns for major international commercial brands and policymaking organizations. We are a highly specialized and effective global visual communications partner. I am honored to join VII.”
VII CEO Stephen Mayes said, “Kimberly brings the experience and energy we need to continue VII’s expansion into new areas of business with all their opportunities for richer communication. These are exciting times and Kimberly’s appointment gives impetus to VII’s mission to develop ever more effective communication about the issues facing the world in the new millennium.” VII

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