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breaking news

Franke & Heidecke to close

The German manufacturer responsible for 6x6 format camera bodies for both Leaf and Sinar is to close, BJP can confirm. The firm broke the news to its 131 employees earlier this week. The closure could dramatically affect the medium format camera market, days after Phase One announced it would buy Leaf's assets

4 July 2009

Phase One and Leica scrap 10-month old partnership [update]

The two imaging firms have confirmed to BJP that a partnership unveiled in September last year has been scrapped because of unworkable differences

3 July 2009

Pride London responds to photographers' concerns [update]

Pride London has moved to reassure photographers that they will be allowed to work unhindered along tomorrow’s parade route

3 July 2009

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Cover story
Reinventing style: Three decades at the top
Nick Knight made his name as one of the world’s great fashion photographers via an innovative new breed of style magazines in the mid-1980s. But now, he tells Diane Smyth, he’s throwing his lot in with the internet instead

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Camera test
A brighter view?
Sigma’s second stab at a pro calibre digital compact camera, the DP2, introduces a faster lens and a rethink of the overall design. Jonathan Eastland puts it to the test
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News
Future uncertain for Leaf’s AFi camera system
Phase One’s upcoming acquisition of Leaf’s assets could mark a major shift in the digital medium format camera market, as well as the end of the Leaf AFi system
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Technique
The pro photographer's guide to soft proofing
In the second article in his series on colour management, Mark Wood illustrates the print choices available to photographers and explains how using soft proofing helps
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News report
Beating the picture ban
Protestors in Iran are using Facebook and Twitter to ensure that news of their demonstrations and repression reach the outside world, finds Julian Lass
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Business matters
Net gains
How photographers are cashing in on demand for video and multimedia online
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Business matters
Site unseen? How to up your Google ranking
OK, so you’ve got a website. But is anyone looking at it? If you’re online to market yourself as a photographer, advises Olivier Laurent, you need to be SEO savvy
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Comment
A silent theft – Guardian’s photo rights grab
The Guardian and The Observer have stopped paying repro fees to some photographers writes Olivier Laurent
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Photographer: Lauris Naglins My project: The situation in Latvia • This week's Project Assistance Award entry

Project Assistance Award - Win £5000
Do you have an idea for a personal photographic project that could use £5000 cash support? If the answer is yes, then you may be eligible for our new Project Assistance Award.

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