Stock Index/index.php?q=IndustryNews&id_new=3384New photo-essays from Millennium Images Millennium Images has added a new string to its bow with MilimStories: their brand-new collection consisting of diverse photo essays by their photographers. The collection takes viewers on a journey through the contemporary world, exploring a variety of topics both familiar and unusual. Combining the unique personal vision of their photographers with issues of contemporary relevance they offer their audience a wide spectrum of photographic approaches to create narratives that will provoke an emotional response. The stories fall into the broad categories of health, lifestyle, education, travel, fine art and the environment. All of the photo essays have been self-initiated by their photographers and demonstrate a personal style and approach. MilimStories will be developed and updated on a regular basis as their photographers submit new work in response to their ever-changing world. Millennium Images are confident that these stories will be of use to picture editors throughout the world who have an interest in a fresh approach to picture-led narratives. If you are interested in buying reproduction rights to these pictures or would like to know more please call Robert on +44 (0) 208 985 1144 or email production@milim.com Website: http://www.milim.com /index.php?q=IndustryNews&id_new=3383Outdoor gallery shows some of the finest natural history imagesThe UK's biggest ever nature photography project, 2020VISION, has now arrived in London in the form of a spectacular exhibition on the South Bank. Today, Friday 17th May visitors can catch THE VISION, an evening of imagery and anecdotes presented by five photographers from this unique project. More than 100 images from the project can be viewed 24 hours a day in a free outdoor exhibition at More London on the South Bank of the Thames. The exhibition is supported by Friends of the Earth and runs until the end of May. NaturePL is the photolibrary licencing the content from 2020VISION. View their gallery of images from the exhibition here. Website: www.naturepl.com/index.php?q=IndustryNews&id_new=3381Celebrating the 75th anniversary of Paris-based Roger-ViolletTopFoto is celebrating the 75th anniversary of Paris-based Roger-Viollet photolibrary, with extracts from the archives of the French newspaper “Excelsior”. Founded in 1910, “Excelsior” was one of the first daily newspapers to be illustrated with photographs. In 1914, following the declaration of war, the newspaper recruited photographers and published 20-30 photographs a day. Despatched to the front, and at times behind the lines, by the army press relations department, these photojournalists kept an illustrated journal of the Great War. The photographs covered the main subjects: general mobilization, the evacuation of the French and Belgian governments, the arrival of foreign troops, women and children at work, the colonial workforce in munitions factories and the general destruction of war. They also covered trials for treason, mutual aid movements, the progress of medicine, the victory and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. All these images remained unpublished - deliniating the consequences of the conflict on the life of the French people. “Excelsior” ceased publication in 1940. Above image: World War One. Man updating a map of the front, given by the newspaper "Excelsior" to the Parisians, boulevard des Italiens, late August 1917. © L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet / TopFoto This powerful WW1 collection has been unpublished since the edition of the day. Roger-Viollet have selected 5,000 photos, chosen among the 20,000 glass negatives covering the 1914-1919 period. Click here for a selection from Excelsior Website: Click here for Roger-Viollet at TopFoto. Website: www.topfoto.co.uk/index.php?q=IndustryNews&id_new=3380The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (ERR) becomes law, but secondary legislation to comeThe important Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (ERR), which has implications for the licencing of copyright works, including stills and film has become law, although some of its effects have yet to be defined in secondary legislation. BAPLA have put a comprehensive guide to the parts of the law that researchers, photographers, photo-libraries, footage archives and other licensors and licencees need to be be aware of. In particular, end-users can utilise an image that is "Orphaned" as long as they make a diligent search. There are supposed to be further consultations so it is not clear yet how this will work in practice. Website: Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill guide /index.php?q=IndustryNews&id_new=3379Will the Japanese landmark be added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites in June? Scala Archives is showing off its collection of images of the most famous Japanese mountain: Fuji. This landmark is not just spectacular, but revered by the Japanese for its qualities, being the spiritual and mythological heart of Japan. Will Mount Fuji be added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites in June? A key UN advisory council has recommended it be registered for this special status, and the issue will be decided in June when UNESCO's World Heritage Committee meets in Cambodia, To see the full collection of Scala's Mount Fuji pix click here. Website: Scala Picture Library/index.php?q=IndustryNews&id_new=3377Previously unknown miniature go on display in OctoberA previously unknown painting of Elizabeth I attributed to the famous miniaturist Isaac Oliver has been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery, London. The small painting – the size of a postcard – will go on show as part of a major new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, Elizabeth I and Her People (10th October 2013 - 5th January 2014), supported by The Weiss Gallery, where it will be displayed alongside a selection of portraits of Elizabeth I. Seen together, they will show how the Queen established, during a reign of nearly 50 years, an image of a strong and powerful female monarch. An unusual allegorical painting, the portrait is a reworking of the classical story of the Judgment of Paris upon the goddesses of marriage, war and love. In the guise of Paris, the Queen is represented as both judge and winner, retaining for herself the prize of the golden apple. Image: Queen Elizabeth I (‘Elizabeth I and the Three Goddesses’), attrib. Isaac Oliver, c. 1590. © National Portrait Gallery, London, Purchased with the support of Mark Weiss Website: www.npg.org.uk /index.php?q=IndustryNews&id_new=3375Exhibition at The Photographers’ Gallery, London until 30th JuneThe four artists shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013 are Mishka Henner, Chris Killip, Cristina De Middel and the artist duo Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin. The winner will be announced at a special ceremony at The Photographers’ Gallery on 10 June 2013. Works by the shortlisted photographers will be shown in exhibition at The Photographers’ Gallery until 30th June. The Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013 is presented by The Photographers’ Gallery, London. The annual award of ?30,000 rewards a living photographer, of any nationality, for a specific body of work in an exhibition or publication format, which has significantly contributed to photography in Europe between 1 October 2011 and 30 September 2012. Above image: Cristina De Middel Untitled, from the series The Afronauts, 2011 © Cristina De Middel Courtesy of the artist Website: The Photographers’ Gallery/index.php?q=IndustryNews&id_new=3373New Act allows use after "diligent search" for copyright owner but will this lead to unscrupulous exploitation?New legislation, The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act, was passed by Parliament last week. Section 43 of that act allows the use of images, which are "orphaned" - without copyright owner information - if there has been a "diligent search" for the copyright holder. Stock industry professionals like readers of this site will know that images on the internet have often been stripped of their metadata, major photographic software used to do this automatically, and so the copyright owner is not easy to find. A group of photographers and photographic organisations called Stop43 were against part of the new legislation, arguing that it would be easy for unscrupulous companies and individuals to use images without paying for them. The idea is that a fee is paid into a fund and held in escrow should the owner be found, then the fee will be paid. It is possible to be sceptical about this, given the large numbers of unauthorised uses already. Stop43 said the act was "premature, ill thought-out and constitutionally improper". Website: Photographers' anger at law change over 'orphan works' www.stop43.org.uk//index.php?q=IndustryNews&id_new=3372Theme will be "Opportunity in Change"PACA is planning their October annual conference. This year's theme will be "Opportunity in Change": with the challenges photolibraries face in the industry today, where can they find opportunities to grow? The Conference committee is planning some informative, educational and inspiring programmes which will set the tone for "photo week". The event takes place from October 20-23rd, 2013. Returning to New York City, PACA will be teaming up with Visual Connections to bring a 3-day event, which will feature the PACA Conference on days 1 and 2 and Visual Connections on day 3. The Altman Building will be the venue for this one-of-a-kind experience. Further information will be available from PACA. Website: PACA/index.php?q=IndustryNews&id_new=3371Major display of unusual artworks exhibiting until 30th JuneThe Wellcome Collection's spring exhibition brings together more than 300 works for the first major display of Japanese Outsider Art in the UK. The 46 artists represented in the show are residents and day attendees at social welfare institutions across Japan. The wonderfully diverse collection comprises ceramics, textiles, paintings, sculpture and drawings. 'Souzou' has no direct translation in English but a dual meaning in Japanese: written one way, it means creation, and in another it means imagination. Both meanings allude to a force by which new ideas are born and take shape in the world. The exhibition has been organised in association with Het Dolhuys, the Museum of Psychiatry in Haarlem (the Netherlands) and the Social Welfare Organisation Aiseikai (Tokyo). It reflects the growing acclaim for Outsider Art – often defined as works made by self-taught artists perceived to be at the margins of society – while questioning assumptions about the category itself. Eschewing a purely biographical approach, the show will be object-led, with a startling array of works offering singular and affecting explorations of culture, memory and creativity. A series of documentary films featuring a selection of the exhibiting artists will play at the end of the exhibition. Venue: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK Website: Wellcome Collection