Mary Evans Picture Library Collection on Ida Kar

One of the best collections of portraiture represented at Mary Evans Picture Library is an outstanding selection of over 200 works by photographer Ida Kar (1908-1974). Many major art, literary, theatrical and radical political figures of the twentieth century are featured, often in intimate settings alongside their works or within their studios, dressing rooms and…

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Mary Evans Picture Library: Collections Crossover

Collections Crossover: Pattern Feeling a little abstract? Then we may have just the thing for you in this week’s newsletter. Pattern is not only a decorative way to look at the past – be that through a Byzantine mosaic or a traditional tartan – but it’s also a great opportunity to give some period feel…

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August Highlights from Nature Picture Library

Discover Mexico’s elusive jaguars, get close to polar bears, explore a submerged Roman city, and meet the amazing creatures of the Photo Ark in our August 2022 Highlights blog. You can also take a deeper dive in our August 2022 Highlights gallery, with more than 200 great news stills and clips, or check out some…

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Report Digital: Latest Images from Summer of Strikes

BAPLA member Report Digital is an independent picture library depicting the contradictions of life in the UK and elsewhere through their News and Editorial photos. With the cost-of-living crisis hitting a 40-year high and rising energy costs workers across the UK in diverse sectors are demanding better pay and better working conditions. We have seen…

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Mary Evans Picture Library Collections Crossover

Fairy Tales and Children’s Stories Are you sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin. Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Mary who loved books, and especially books with pictures. Lots of pictures. When she grew up she kept all the lovely books and they now live happily ever after on the shelves in…

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Mary Evans Collection: Spaarnestad Photo

Spaarnestad Photo, founded in 1985, is an independent institution in the Netherlands, a photo collection of 13 million images documenting the 20th century. The archive grew from the original collection of De Spaarnestad, a publishing and printing company founded in 1906. Unsurprisingly, many of the photographs show life in the Netherlands but there are also…

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Mary Evans Picture Library Collections Crossover: Flowers and Gardens

June marks the time of peak abundance in our gardens, and whether you’ve got a few pots on a balcony, or couple of acres of manicured lawns and herbaceous borders, with the sun shining on at least on some of us this week, it’s likely that pottering or sunbathing in your outdoor space will be…

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How to source images – A guide for authors, an article written by The Photo Collective

Do you need to source and clear images for your new book or product and don’t know where to start? Read on for tips and advice from the Photo Collective on image sourcing. You are finally fulfilling your dream of writing a book or maybe you have written a few and you have never sourced…

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Mary Evans Picture Library: Colouring The Past

Mary Evans Picture Library have  recently injected a boost of colour into over 8000 of their black and white historical images by utilising AI. The sensitive results are impressive and have lifted some of these images to a new level of immediacy. Have a browse through this edited selection to see some lovely examples of…

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CEPIC Congress 2022 – Palma de Mallorca

Stephen Rafferty of Eye Ubiquitous has kindly shared with BAPLA images of CEPIC Congress 2022 which took place in Palma De Mallorca at the end of May. These images can be viewed on the PICSEL website here, and are also available to view on the Eye Ubiquitous site. BAPLA and CEPIC Executive Board member Paul…

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