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BAPLA releases its first Online Copyright Infringement Report

This in-depth report examines the impact of online copyright infringement now and over the past 10 years. It is significant in highlighting the long-held belief that BAPLA members have economically suffered as a consequence of constant copyright infringement on the internet, contributing to the ‘value gap’ in the image industry.

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Wilson and Nelstrop asleep on a boat on Coniston, Lake District, or more likely pretending to sleep - another photograph giving the lie to Edwardian conformity. Date: circa 1907

Mary Evans Picture Library collection of the week: The Battersby Collection
Shutterstock Announces Top Creative Trends for 2020

Shutterstock announces top Creative Trends for 2020
General view of Atmosphere at the Sundance Film Festival ©Mark Sagliocco / Getty Images

Getty Images renewed as Official Provider of Photography Services at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival
Sri Lanka, Western Province, Colombo, Duruthu Perahera Full Moon Celebrations at Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara Buddhist Temple, Kelaniya

4Corners Images: Spectacular Sri Lanka
hegehog wearing sunglasses

Ardea’s favourite pictures of 2019
1944: BARRY FITZGERALD [Best Supporting Actor, GOING MY WAY], INGRID BERGMAN [Best Actress, GASLIGHT], BING CROSBY [Best Actor, GOING MY WAY], Grauman's Chinese Theater, 3/16/45 Date:

Mary Evans Picture Library collection of the week: 2019’s Greatest Hits
Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) hunting Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) male, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, sequence 3 of 12. Joint winner of the Mammal Behaviour Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2019. Winner of the Mammal Category of the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2019.

Nature Picture Library 2019 Competition Winners
DMLA and ACSIL logos

DMLA & ACSIL join forces
FOTOFRINGE 2019 @ Kings Place, London Thursday 21st March 2019 picture by Robert Piwko

fotofringe London 2020 is now live
RF - Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) foraging in snow covered valley. Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, USA. February 2019. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

December highlights from Nature Picture Library
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La fille du régiment by Donizetti, Natalie Dessay as Marie & Juan Diego Florez as Tonio, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 2007 ©Clive Barda / ArenaPAL · Candied Grannies, 2009 (oil on panel) by Mickilowski, Denise (b.1959) ©Courtesy Fischbach Gallery, New York / Bridgeman Images · A local passing by a wall of script, Vietnam ©Jordan Banks/ 4Corners Images ·  Colourful chairs at a playground ©Alan Burles/Millennium Images, UK · Collection of natural items: bark, string, pinecone ©Loupe Images · Cup coral ©Carlos Villoch / imagequestmarine.com · Parkroyal hotel, an iconic work of tropical green architecture in Singapore ©Finbarr Fallon / Arcaid Images · Control cabin of a space rocket, circa 1950 ©Mary Evans Picture Library · People inside a hot air balloon ©Mark Luscombe-Whyte / www.ewastock.com