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Photographers' Gallery to close down for a year, answers criticisms
Now that it’s closing for the next year, we asked the director of The Photographers’ Gallery to explain the strategy behind its renovation work, and to answer criticisms that it has...
Organisations 01 Sep 2010
Cosina joins Micro Four Thirds camera/lens standard
[Updated] Micro Four Thirds gets a boost with news that Cosina is joining the standard, announcing its...
Lenses 31 Aug 2010
Olympus adds to Micro Four Thirds system with two new zoom lenses
[Updated] Olympus readies two lightweight zooms to join its line up of Micro Four Thirds Pen cameras...
Lenses 31 Aug 2010
Leica: "We are still producing film cameras"
Leica has denied rumours that it has stopped producing film cameras, adding that Leica M7 and MP cameras...
Cameras 26 Aug 2010
Noor photographer Alixandra Fazzina tells BJP of the difficulties covering floods in Pakistan. Fascinating read: http://bit.ly/9r2ZUC
Visa Pour l'Image: Antonio Bolfo is an ex-cop and a photographer. He tells BJP about documenting his former colleagues: http://bit.ly/9hzKlH
@pjmeade Not that we know off. The curators and director are staying on during the renovation. But maybe programming will change...
Photographers' Gallery to close down for a year, answers criticisms
Now that it’s closing for the next year, we asked the director of The Photographers’ Gallery to explain the strategy behind its renovation work, and to answer criticisms that it has lost its way. Olivier...
Organisations 01 Sep 2010
Cologne show features masters past and present
Think Photokina and you think photography kit. But this year feast your eyes on something visual too..
Exhibitions 31 Aug 2010
Corinne Day, star of British fashion photography, dies
Corinne Day hit the headlines in 1990 with a grungy shoot for The Face featuring a then-unknown Kate Moss. She built a highly respected career in fashion and art over the next years but has died, tragically...
Fashion 31 Aug 2010
Olympus adds to Micro Four Thirds system with two new zoom lenses
[Updated] Olympus readies two lightweight zooms to join its line up of Micro Four Thirds Pen cameras and M.Zuiko lenses, including 150-600mm and 80-300mm equivalents.
Lenses 31 Aug 2010
Cosina joins Micro Four Thirds camera/lens standard
[Updated] Micro Four Thirds gets a boost with news that Cosina is joining the standard, announcing its first lens will be an ultra-fast 50mm equivalent prime.
Lenses 31 Aug 2010
And now for the 120-megapixel sensor
"Canon will break new ground in the world of image expression, targeting new still images that largely surpass those made possible with film" – introducing the 120-megapixel sensor
DSLRs 31 Aug 2010
World's largest CMOS sensor unveiled
One day soon you'll be able to shoot night-time video using just the moonlight for illumination, says Canon, who have announced the development of breakthrough new CMOS sensor technology.
DSLRs 31 Aug 2010
London gallery looks to social media for next exhibition
The East London photographic gallery theprintspace is presenting, from next month, a new exhibition curated entirely from its social media interactions
Exhibitions 27 Aug 2010
Canon releases new professional lenses
Canon has announced the upcoming release of four new professional lenses, including two prime models - the 300mm and 400mm super-telephoto lenses
Lenses 27 Aug 2010
New CEO for Leica
Alfred Schopf, who brings with him a background in motion picture cameras, has been appointed the new CEO and chairman of the board of management of Leica Camera. He replaces Rudolf Spiller, who has left...
People Moves 27 Aug 2010
Leica: "We are still producing film cameras"
Leica has denied rumours that it has stopped producing film cameras, adding that Leica M7 and MP cameras continue to be built on a daily basis, BJP can confirm
Cameras 26 Aug 2010
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Olympus adds to Micro Four Thirds system with two new zoom lenses
[Updated] Olympus readies two lightweight zooms to join its line up of Micro Four Thirds Pen cameras and M.Zuiko lenses, including 150-600mm and 80-300mm equivalents.
Lenses 31 Aug 2010
Cosina joins Micro Four Thirds camera/lens standard
[Updated] Micro Four Thirds gets a boost with news that Cosina is joining the standard, announcing its first lens will be an ultra-fast 50mm equivalent prime.
Lenses 31 Aug 2010
And now for the 120-megapixel sensor
"Canon will break new ground in the world of image expression, targeting new still images that largely surpass those made possible with film" – introducing the 120-megapixel sensor
DSLRs 31 Aug 2010
World's largest CMOS sensor unveiled
One day soon you'll be able to shoot night-time video using just the moonlight for illumination, says Canon, who have announced the development of breakthrough new CMOS sensor technology.
DSLRs 31 Aug 2010
Canon releases new professional lenses
Canon has announced the upcoming release of four new professional lenses, including two prime models - the 300mm and 400mm super-telephoto lenses
Lenses 27 Aug 2010
Leica: "We are still producing film cameras"
Leica has denied rumours that it has stopped producing film cameras, adding that Leica M7 and MP cameras continue to be built on a daily basis, BJP can confirm
Cameras 26 Aug 2010
Canon confirms rumours, unveils video-enabled 60D
Canon has released the EOS 60D digital SLR, which, as expected, includes a full HD movie mode as well as a 18 megapixels APS-C sensor
DSLRs 26 Aug 2010
Canon releases Final Cut Pro plug-in
Canon has released a new Final Cut Pro plug-in to enhance and simplify the editing of footage shot using the firm's HD-DSLRs
Software 26 Aug 2010
Sony's NEX Handycam heralded as new creative "platform"
Sony has released more details, as well as pricing, of its NEX-VG10E camcorder, the first, its UK marketing manager says, of many camcorders to use a large APS-C type sensor and to be compatible with Sony's...
DSLRs 25 Aug 2010
Sony puts the focus on high-speed shooting
Sony has unveiled what it claims to be the first digital SLRs - or DSLT - to use a translucent mirror to enable high-speed still and video shooting (Update: prices revealed)
DSLRs 24 Aug 2010
Phase One, Mamiya find new partner in Profoto
Phase One and Mamiya have announced a new partnership with lighting specialist Profoto that will see the release of the first vertical camera grip with a built-in wireless flash trigger
Lighting 23 Aug 2010
UK arrival for Quantum's latest battery pack
Quantum's smallest and most compact battery pack for portable flash now available in the UK through Flaghead Photographic
Accessories 19 Aug 2010
Special report: FoI requests show extent of Section 44 use
Photographers in two-thirds of the country are subject to the rule of Section 44, despite Home Office instructions earlier in the year advising police forces against using the powers to prevent or curtail...
Street Rights 21 Dec 2009
Morgue picture at centre of Venezuelan censorship
A controversial image of bodies piled up in a morgue in Caracas, Venezuela, has sparked an intense debate over the government’s efforts to clamp down on news outlets it does not control
Rights 25 Aug 2010
Stop me if you've heard this one before...
Police v Photographers: Officers to be re-issued guidelines that have apparently been ignored, less than nine months after the last time they were sent out.
Street Rights 17 Aug 2010
Football club bans press photographers [update]
The Southampton Football Club has banned press photographers after it signed a deal making local Digital South Limited the sole accredited purveyor of images for the club's home games
Rights 09 Aug 2010
Police investigating press photographer incident
A spokeswoman for Hackney Police has confirmed to BJP that it is "currently looking into the circumstances" surrounding a freelance photographer who was prevented from taking pictures at the scene of a...
Street Rights 04 Aug 2010
Press photographer forced to delete images
A press photographer, Carmen Valino, was forced to delete images of a crime scene after a police sergeant argued that she was disrupting an investigation despite being behind a police cordon
Street Rights 03 Aug 2010
Police briefings on photography rights not systematic
Police forces across the UK rely mainly on email to brief their officers on photography rights in public places, according to a series of Freedom of Information requests BJP filed last year
Street Rights 28 Jul 2010
Met Commissioner: "I cannot guarantee photography guidelines will be rightly interpreted"
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson has reaffirmed street photography rights at a Metropolitan Police Authority Committee meeting last week, but was unable to guarantee that all police...
Street Rights 27 Jul 2010
Rail staffers continue to use "anti-terrorism" powers they don't have
A blogger, who contacted BJP today, was detained last weekend by two Rail Enforcement Officers after taking photos, despite the fact that REO don't have the power to do so
Street Rights 26 Jul 2010
Home Office reviews photography rights in anti-terror law rewrite
The Home Secretary has announced that she has launched a review of the use of terrorism legislation in relation to photography, making it a priority in the government's attempt to "restore the balance...
Street Rights 14 Jul 2010
Home Office hands victory to photographers, restricts use of Section 44
In a speech to the House of Commons, the Home Secretary Theresa May has put an end to one of Britain's most controversial piece of legislation, which has been increasingly used by police officers to restrict...
Street Rights 08 Jul 2010
British Transport Police admit "unlawful" action against photographer
The British Transport Police has upheld a complaint from a National Union of Journalists' member, who was ordered to delete his photographs in a May 2009 incident
Street Rights 08 Jul 2010
Section 44 remains in place say Met Police officers
In a statement to BJP following Jules Mattsson's stop and search on 06 July, the Metropolitan Police has reaffirmed that Section 44 of the Terrorism Act "remains legal and in place" at the moment
Street Rights 07 Jul 2010
AOP Open winners 2010
Black-and-white wins out in the AOP's Open contest, with an Australian photographer catching the judges' eye with a candid shot capturing familly summer fun.
Awards 20 Aug 2010
Win a London show!
Roll up, roll up - deadline extended on BJP's prestigious International Photography Award...
Competitions 17 Aug 2010
Calling all wedding photographers
BJP's first ever wedding photography competition is open for another month.
Wedding 16 Aug 2010
First UK HD-DSLR Film Awards launched
Open Shutter, the first UK HD-DSLR Awards run by BJP in association with Canon, aims at celebrating the emergence of filmmaking using a new generation of DSLR cameras
Awards 04 Aug 2010
National Media Museum offers £20,000 in fourth Photo Awards
Photographers have the opportunity to share up to £20,000 to start or continue a body of work in the National Media Museum's fourth photography awards
Awards 03 Aug 2010
Wanted: Images promoting scientific research
A German competition aimed at promoting better understanding of scientific research is offering €20,000 in a science photo contest
Awards 02 Aug 2010
Prostitution in Morocco subject of 20th Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize
Photographer Tiana Markova-Gold and writer Sarah Dohrmann have won this year's highly prestigious Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize for their investigation of female prostitution in Morocco
Awards 28 Jul 2010
Argentinian university wins Sony World Photography Awards' Student Focus contest
Two students from the Escuela Argentina de Fotografía have won this year’s Sony World Photography Awards 2010, edging out their peers from 120 institutions across the world
Awards 27 Jul 2010
Ed Swinden wins Shoot the Street!
A young photographer based in Manchester has won the Shoot the Street! competition
Street 23 Jul 2010
Don McCullin on photojournalism
Legendary photojournalist Don McCullin is one of the patrons of the Ian Parry Scholarship, so BJP caught up with him at the recent judging
Photojournalism 22 Jul 2010
Sebastian Liste wins Ian Parry Scholarship
A young Spanish photographer was named the 'standout' winner of this year's Ian Parry Award by legendary photojournalist Don McCullin
Photojournalism 18 Jul 2010
British photographer wins United Nations $100,000 award
Alixandra Fazzina, a British photographer who joined the Noor agency last week, has won the prestigious Nansen Refugee Award from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Awards 09 Jul 2010
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