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Aurora In Deal To Distribute Agence VU Photography
Aurora will become the U.S. distributor for Paris-based Agence VU. VU represents over 80 photographers around the world.
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Newspapers Plan Corrections Over Iran Missile Photo
Newspapers and Web sites around the U.S. were duped into running a propaganda photo handed out by the Iran Revolutionary Guard that turned out to have been digitally manipulated.
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Kenya Police Say They Have Five Suspects in Keegan Death
Police are calling the crime a robbery, but still won't name the suspects, saying they have not been charged. Trent Keegan was found murdered on May 28.
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Who Murdered Trent Keegan?
A photojournalist from New Zealand was in the middle of a controversial story when his badly beaten body was found on a Nairobi street. Who killed Trent Keegan, and why?
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Video: World Press Photo Exhibition
PDN spoke to photographers Tim Hetherington and Jeff Hutchens at the World Press Photo Exhibition opening at the United Nations.
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James Nachtwey Opens Up At LOOK3 Festival
The Festival of the Photograph wrapped up Saturday with an emotional conversation between war photographer James Nachtwey and MaryAnne Golon, one of his longtime editors. (Includes links to PDN's LOOK3 video coverage.)
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Photographer: China Allowing Free Press Coverage of Earthquake
Documentary photographer Ryan Pyle spoke to PDN from Chengdu, in the region hit by the May 12 earthquake. View a video slide show with his interview and photographs from China.
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Friends And Family Remember Alexandra Boulat
Photographers and family came together Thursday to share memories of Alexandra Boulat, who died last year. A grant program is being established in memory of her and her father, Pierre.
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Lawyer: Only Two Witnesses Testified Against Bilal Hussein
Paul Gardephe, who was hired by the Associated Press to represent Bilal Hussein, says the photographer showed strength and high spirits in prison. "I don't know why they held him," Gardephe says. "And we'll probably never know."
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After Two Years In U.S. Custody, Photographer Bilal Hussein Goes Free
Hussein: "I want to thank all the people working in AP ... I have spent two years in prison even though I was innocent. I thank everybody."
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Military To Free Iraqi Photographer Bilal Hussein Wednesday
A U.S. military commander has agreed to release Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein, saying the imprisoned journalist "no longer presents an imperative threat to security." (Updated.)
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Bilal Hussein Granted Amnesty On Kidnapping Allegation
With this latest ruling, an Iraqi panel has dismissed all the allegations against AP photographer Hussein. Hussein has now been a prisoner for two years.
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Pulitzer Winner Adrees Latif On Covering Myanmar
Reuters photographer Latif discusses how he got the photograph that won the Pulitzer Prize. (Includes a multimedia interview with Latif.)
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AP: Court Orders Bilal Hussein Freed, Release Details Unclear
The Associated Press photographer who was captured by the U.S. military two years ago this week has been ordered freed, the AP reports. It is unclear when Hussein might be released. (Updated April 11.)
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Newseum Ceremony Honors Four Vietnam Photojournalists
Remains from the helicopter crash that killed Larry Burrows, Henri Huet, Kent Potter and Keisaburo Shimamoto were interred in a Journalists Memorial at the Newseum, which opens to the public April 11.
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AP CEO: Charges Still Unknown In Bilal Hussein Case
In his first extensive remarks on Bilal Hussein in months, Tom Curley said Tuesday that the AP photographer was arrested as part of a "strategy of information control."
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Press Taps MySpace For Photos Of Spitzer Call Girl
Media agencies grabbed photos from the MySpace page of the prostitute allegedly hired by Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Copyright law experts say it's a risky move, given the unclear ownership of the images.
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Baseball Backs Down From Photo Gallery Ban
The talks between news agencies and Major League Baseball about coverage terms have been productive, parties on both sides say.
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Three Months Of Silence In Bilal Hussein Case
On Dec. 9, an Iraqi judge successfully imposed a news blackout on the court hearing of the AP photographer accused of being a security threat. Since then, puzzling silence.
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Sports Media Fighting Baseball Coverage Rules
Major League Baseball is trying to ban online photo galleries and impose other restrictions. Photographers and editors associations are objecting to the new guidelines.
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How Common Is Microstock Intellectual Property Infringement?
Recently a photographer's images appeared on iStockphoto without her permission, but microstock sites say this is a rare incidence. More common: Stock image infringement on Flickr.
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London Features Closing New York Office
"It's another Getty casualty," says agency owner and director John Halsall. London Features will continue to operate in Europe.
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Report Shows 2007 To Be A Deadly Year For Journalists
Violence claimed the lives of photojournalists in Iraq, Haiti and Myanmar last year, according to a new report by Reporters Without Borders.
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Presidential Primary Is A Test For Photo Staffing
The New York Times is apparently the only newspaper with photographers traveling with all four likely presidential candidates. Photo editor David Scull explains why.
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