The American photographer Wayne Forest Miller

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Wayne Miller, LIFE Photojournalist Dies

May 22, 2013 - The Magnum Photos member and documenter of Chicago's social and cultural problems, was 94. More »

Richard Prince Did Not Infringe Patrick Cariou's Photos, Appeals Court Says

April 25, 2013 - An federal appeals court has overturned a copyright infringement ruling against appropriation artist Richard Prince, ruling that his unauthorized use of photographer Richard Cariou's photographs amounted to fair use after all.   More »

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AP, Javier Manzano Win Pulitzer Prizes for Photography

April 15, 2013 - Images from the civil war in Syria have won both of the 2013 Pulitzer Prizes for photography.  More »

Collector’s Suit Against William Eggleston Dismissed

March 29, 2013 - The dismissal of a collector’s suit against William Eggleston signals to photographers and dealers that they have the right to issue new editions of a work, at least under New York law. More »

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Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs Win 2013 Foam Paul Huf Award

March 12, 2013 - The Swiss duo, known for playing with photographic techniques, have won 20,000 Euro and a project with Foam, the exhibition space in Amsterdam. The annual prize honors photographers under 35. More »

©Joan Fontcuberta

Joan Fontcuberta Wins $143,000 Hasselblad Prize

March 08, 2013 - The prize honors the Catalan photographer's innovative conceptual photography and artful fictions.
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Abir Abdullah, Sara Naomi Lewkowicz Win Alexia Foundation Grants

March 01, 2013 - Abir Abdullah won the $15,000 professional grant for his project about lax fire safety in Bangladesh, particularly for garment workers. Sara Naomi Lewkowicz won the student grant. More »

Paul Hansen Gaza Palenstine World Press Photo of the Year

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Paul Hansen Wins 2012 World Press Photo of the Year

February 15, 2013 - The Swedish photojournalist won the prestigious award for his image showing a group of men carrying the bodies of two dead children in Gaza, Palestine. More »

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Infringement Claim Fails Because Law Protects Expression, Not Ideas

January 24, 2013 - In a case hinging on the similarity between two photographs, a federal appeals court says no infringement occurred because the second photograph did not copy the elements of the original photo that are protected by copyright law. More »

AFP, Washington Post Violated Daniel Morel's Copyrights, Judge Says

January 15, 2013 - A federal court has ruled that Agence France-Presse violated photographer Daniel Morel's copyrights by distributing his images of the 2010 Haiti earthquake without permission.  More »

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Shomei Tomatsu, Provoke Movement Photographer, Dies at 82

January 07, 2013 - Shomei Tomatsu, one of Japan's most influential post-war photographers and a prominent figure in the Provoke Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, died December 14 at the age of 82. More »

Gigi Giannuzzi

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Obituary: Gigi Giannuzzi, Founder of Trolley Books, 49

December 27, 2012 - The publisher of award-winning, innovative photo books was a passionate champion of photography that examined issues of social justice and blurred the line between art and documentary work.  More »

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PDN's 12 Most Popular News Stories of 2012

December 26, 2012 - William Eggleston's auction sale and the meaning of "limited edition." Social media "terms of use." Contract fine print. When accidents happen on photo shoots. Plus other newsworthy topics from around the photo world in 2012. More »

Agencies Step Up Copyright Enforcement as Infringers Fight Back

December 20, 2012 - Stock agencies have taken a get-tough approach against businesses that use images without permission, but infringers accuse agencies of making unreasonable demands. More »

©Benjamin Lowy

Photographers Balk at Instagram's New Terms of Use

December 18, 2012 - Some photographers are unwilling to accept Instagram's  broad usage rights to images posted to the service, so they will switch to other photo sharing services instead.  More »


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