4Corners Images: the best British beaches

United Kingdom, England, Cornwall, Great Britain, New Polzeath beach

From North to South and East to West, Shetland to Scilly and Lough Foyle to Lowestoft, the UK has the most fabulous seashore. 4Corners presents photos of some of the finest beaches around the British coastline. Here’s our select image gallery of British beaches and here, you can see all 4Corners images of Great Britain. 4Corners Images newsletter – 29 April,…

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April highlights from Nature Picture Library

Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) female with infant. The female Marconi had been rehabilited by SOCP program. She had a baby in 2017 born in the forest of Jantho, Aceh province where she was been released., Jantho Forest Reserve, Sumatra.

More than 3000 new images were added to the Nature Picture Library site in the last month. Highlights include Maxime Aliaga’s work on orangutan behaviour and conservation, lots of European wildlife with a strong focus on the Nordic countries, dramatic aerial landscape images, strong macro coverage on insects, fungi and slime moulds, and coverage from…

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FOCAL Online Workshop – Pathway to Becoming a Media Archivist

Focal International logo

This workshop will look at employment in moving image archives. What training opportunities are there for the archivist and researcher, both corporate and freelance? What kind of roles exist within the industry? And how does a new entrant, or even an old hand, progress and thrive in this field. The panel will offer insights though…

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Shutterstock integrates with Google Drive™ for Enterprise

Through this integration, Shutterstock’s Enterprise customers can automatically sync previously licensed and newly licensed Shutterstock creative images directly with Google Drive for Enterprise.

Shutterstock press release – 22 April, 2021. The integration will make licensed Shutterstock creative images readily available to new and existing Enterprise customers for use company-wide, speeding up workflows and increasing productivity across teams Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK), a leading global creative platform offering full-service solutions, high-quality content, and tools for brands, businesses and media companies, today announced an…

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Brand New Anniversaries

Collage of images relating to historical anniversaries

We do like to plan well ahead here at Mary Evans, and endeavour to keep the Historical Anniversaries pages on our website a good number of years ahead. These illustrated reminders, with a smart new layout, have recently been updated to include the most interesting and important anniversaries up to 2025, giving you over four…

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Nature Picture Library: Icelanders view the eruption of Geldingalir

Long line of people, mainly local, walking with headlights, heading back from a visit to the Fagradalsfjall volcano, Iceland. Long exposure showing direction of movement. 2 April 2021

The ongoing eruption of the Geldingalir volcano near Reykjavik, which started on March 19th, has drawn large numbers of Icelanders to marvel at the lava flows, in spite of the challenging terrain and the ongoing pandemic. Read all about this spectacle in our latest blog post, featuring the dramatic images of Theo Bosboom, or explore the…

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April highlights from Image Quest Marine

Photo of the Month Our photo of the month shows a discarded fishing net, captured by photographer, Lou Luddington, on a recent dive. The shot belongs to a special ‘Seaspiracy’ photo collection we recently launched, with images related to the new Netflix film. The trending documentary is generating lots of debate on the fishing industry’s…

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Shutterstock celebrates Oscar-nominated films with annual Oscar Pop! series, reimagining the Best Picture movie posters

“Minari” by Thanh Nguyen/Shutterstock with artist inspiration from Peter Max

Shutterstock press release – 20 April, 2021. Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK), a leading global creative platform offering full-service solutions, high-quality content, and tools for brands, businesses and media companies, today announced the launch of its ninth annual Oscar Pop! poster series to celebrate the Best Picture nominees in the 93rd Academy Awards. Turning to world-famous pop artists…

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Mary Evans collection of the week: National Museums Northern Ireland

Spring (1633). Brueghel, Pieter II 1564-1638 (after). Date: 1633

We have been sending out a Collection of the Week for almost four years, and although we love telling you about brand new collections, we also think it’s important to remind you about others that have been with us for a while. With this in mind, we’re revisiting a former COTW which we truly believe…

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Shutterstock launches FLEX Subscriptions, a customizable, royalty-free plan for small and medium-sized businesses

Shutterstock FLEX Subscriptions is a first-to-market, all-inclusive offering that drives flexibility, creativity and diversified asset access across photography, footage, music and visual effects.

Shutterstock press release – 14 April, 2021. Shutterstock FLEX Subscriptions is a first-to-market, all-inclusive offering that drives flexibility, creativity and diversified asset access across photography, footage, music and visual effects Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK), a leading global creative platform offering full-service solutions, high-quality content, and tools for brands, businesses and media companies, today announced the…

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