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Samuel Aranda wins World Press Photo

Olivier Laurent — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:01:00 GMT

Samuel Aranda has won this year's World Press Photo, the world's most prestigious photojournalism prize for an iconic image shot in Yemen. Interview.

World Press Photo: A judge's top tips for future entrants

Olivier Laurent — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:29:00 GMT

Photojournalist Patrick Baz was one of the judges in this year's World Press Photo. With authorisation from the organisers, he took to Twitter to give unprecedented insights into the judging. BJP selects some of his best tweets.

Pentax Ricoh Imaging to absorb Ricoh's camera business

Olivier Laurent — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:51:00 GMT

Following its acquisition of Pentax, Ricoh is to shift the production of its cameras to the Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company, the firm has confirmed today

The Times announces Eureka Young Photography Award

Diane Smyth — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:10:16 GMT

Young photographers can win a commission from The Times' Eureka magazine and an exhibition at the Royal Institution in a new competition

Kodak phases out digital businesses, keeps film alive

Olivier Laurent — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:46:00 GMT

Kodak has announced that, as part of its "ongoing strategic review," it will stop producing digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames, but will continue to invest in its film division

Exhibition: Life Without Lights in London

Olivier Laurent — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:56:00 GMT

Until Sunday, photographer Peter DiCampo is presenting his award-winning series Life Without Lights at The Strand Gallery in London.

Olympus resurrects popular OM system with its OM-D E-M5

Olivier Laurent — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:51:15 GMT

Olympus has gone back to its roots, resurrecting its most popular line of compact single-reflex cameras - the OM system.

Analogue to Digital: Reflecta MF5000 scanner tested

Jonathan Eastland — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:55:00 GMT

The Reflecta MF5000 handles film sizes from 35mm up to 6×12cm and, if you can get past the shortcomings of the bundled software, finds Jonathan Eastland, it delivers decent scans at an affordable price.

Keeping the tabs: The best account management applications for photographers

David Kilpatrick — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:05:00 GMT

Management software can help photographers with everything from organising contacts to sorting accounts and VAT, but which is the best?

Canon unveils two new prime lenses

Olivier Laurent — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:52:00 GMT

Canon is updating two of its wide-angle prime lenses, incorporating image stabilisation technology

Nikon ups the ante with 36-megapixel D800 and D800E

Olivier Laurent — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Nikon has announced the upcoming release of two new digital SLRs - the D800 and D800E - both fitted with a 36.3-megapixel FX-format sensor and retailing below £2700

Noor brings emerging market masterclass to South Africa

Olivier Laurent — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:54:00 GMT

Noor is inviting South African photographers to attend its Masterclass in Documentary Photography, ran in association with Nikon Europe

Getty Images relaunches creative grants programme

Olivier Laurent — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:16:57 GMT

Getty Images has rebranded its Grants for Good annual programme, putting greater emphasis on "the innovative use of creative and conceptual imagery and film," says the firm

Pentax unveils its "compact" K-01 mirrorless camera

Olivier Laurent — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:28:00 GMT

Pentax has thrown a paving stone in the mirrorless market with the release of its K-01 "compact" camera. BJP's Olivier Laurent speaks with Pentax UK's general manager Jonathan Martin

Sony World Photography Awards shortlist unveiled

Olivier Laurent — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:19:43 GMT

The 2012 edition of the Sony World Photography Awards is just around the corner - coming to London in April. But, the World Photography Organisation has today announced its shortlisted photographers

Crowdfunding platform Emphas.is launches publishing arm

Olivier Laurent — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:37:00 GMT

Emphas.is, the crowdfunding platform dedicated to documentary photographers and photojournalists, has now launched a publishing arm

Apple updates Final Cut Pro X

Olivier Laurent — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:47:00 GMT

Apple has released a "significant" update to Final Cut Pro X video editing application, bringing back features that had been lost, to much criticism, when the firm shelved Final Cut Pro 7

CNN Digital hires director of photography

Olivier Laurent — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:32:00 GMT

Simon Barnett, a former director of photography for Esquire and Life.com, has moved to CNN Digital where he will be tasked with developing the use of photography across CNN's web, tablet and mobile platforms. He talks to BJP

Sigma's founder Michihiro Yamaki dies

Joanna Cresswell — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:00:19 GMT

Sigma's founder and CEO Michihiro Yamaki has died after losing his battle to cancer. He was 78.

Photographers' Gallery to open in May

Olivier Laurent — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:31:33 GMT

Following multiple delays since it closed down for renovation in 2010, The Photographers's Gallery has now announced that it would reopen its premises in May with a show by photographer Edward Burtynsky

The Social tackles grants tonight

Diane Smyth — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:20:00 GMT

The Social is back this evening, with a look at grants and how to get them

National Media Museum set to start work on London-based gallery

Olivier Laurent — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:49:00 GMT

The National Media Museum has issued a call for contractors to bid for the contract to build its London-based photo gallery - Media Space

New photographic grant launched for women photographers

Olivier Laurent — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:12:00 GMT

To finance the establishment of a new photographic grant dedicated to European women photographers, the founder of the Firecracker online platform has released an exclusive 2012 diary featuring the work of 12 photographers

Impersonal portraits

Diane Smyth — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:00:00 GMT

Natasha Caruana's series Fairytale for Sale, which is going on show at Photofusion and being published as a book called ONO by Here Press, collects together wedding photographs from the internet in which the faces are blanked out - in order to sell the dress. The photographs are part of a growing trend for defaced online portraits, which some suggest are the flip side of an image-obsessed celebrity culture.

Photographer wins copyright infringement case

Olivier Laurent — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:25:01 GMT

Photographer David Hoffman has won a symbolic judgement against a government-affiliated charity - Drug Abuse Resistance Education - and the Department of Health after it used 19 images without permission