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Bringing crowdfunding to book publishing

Self-publishing can be a minefield for photographers. But Crowdbooks hopes to make it easier by providing a one-stop-shop for funding and producing limited-edition photobooks, its founder Stefano Bianchi...

Books 27 Jul 2011

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Higher state: Photography apprenticeships as an alternative to traditional degrees

Further education for photographers is changing, with apprenticeships and work-based learning taking an important role alongside the traditional BA and MA courses. Miranda Gavin surveys the options.

Education 20 Jul 2011

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Close focus: Hasselblad's new research department

Hasselblad has gone back to its roots, creating a new research and development department to serve niche photographers, and starting with aerial specialists. Olivier Laurent speaks with the global special applications...

Medium Format Cameras 11 Jul 2011

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10 of the Best Photoblogs

Photoblogs came of age in 2006, when bloggers started looking at other people’s images as well as their own. Joerg Colberg, the man behind the influential Conscientious blog, profiles 10 of his top recommendations....

Blog 11 Jul 2011

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The £3.3m photography fund

Zelda Cheatle and Mehmet Dalman beat the recession by investing in photography, and built up a world-beating collection in the process.

Business 17 May 2011

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Redesigning The New York Times Magazine

The New York Times Magazine is putting the emphasis on documentary photography in 
its redesign

Magazines 17 May 2011

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Galleries go online to sell photography prints

Galleries that sell photography prints online are opening up a new market of emerging collectors and, in the process, challenging received wisdom about how artists edition their work.

Fine Art 04 Apr 2011

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Crime Scene Investigation: Using the right metadata to catch criminals

Police forces risk letting the guilty go free if they don't address their procedures for using digital images as evidence in court. Mark Wood explains why a raw workflow is good for us all.

Business 25 Feb 2011

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Magnum Photos' tagging game

Magnum Photos has opened up its enormous archive of images to a wider client base using the very latest keywording technology. Philip Wolmuth speaks to the agency

Photo Agencies 17 Feb 2011

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Lumas breaks into UK market

Art for all is the concept behind Lumas, which has been a huge success in Germany, offering limited-edition art prints at affordable prices. And now it has come to the UK.

Fine Art 09 Feb 2011

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Keywording is key – but don't go overboard

Stock photo buyers say it's as difficult to find a decent picture now as it was 15 years ago, despite the billions invested in digitising images and selling them online. It all comes down to keywording...

Stock Agencies 09 Feb 2011

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Apple of your eye?

There's a lot of hype around the iPad, which is by no means the first device of its kind. But that shouldn't distract from the fact that it's a truly ground-breaking product.

Accessories 03 Feb 2011

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Criminal Minded

The Soham Murders is just one high-profile case Acumé Forensics has helped to crack using photography, computer-generated imagery and 3D techniques to help solve crimes. Mark Wood profiles the Leeds-based...

Commercial 15 Jan 2011

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Taking photographs in space

Is there life on Saturn? Diane Smyth talks to Carolyn Porco, director of CICLOPS, the agency charged with analysing images 
of the ringed planet sent back 
by Cassini–Huygens, the space probe that...

Photography 14 Jan 2011

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Crowd-funding: With a little help from my friends

Crowd funding is set to be the next big thing in photography, as new platforms such as Kickstarter and Emphas.is emerge, helping photographers cut out the middle men and raise funds directly from online...

Photojournalism 11 Jan 2011

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The female touch

Women are taking social portraiture by storm, scooping many of the major awards, and shaping the direction of the industry. Miranda Gavin investigates why.

Portrait 05 Jan 2011

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