BAPLA FOCUS 2023

Anna started her practice as a solicitor in the mergers & acquisitions at the international law firm of White & Case LLP. Over time she specialised in transactions involving IP assets leading her to focus on the protection of creativity.

In 2016, drawn back to private practice, Anna founded Open Plan Law with the ambition of offering innovative, engaged and collaborative legal services to creators of all kinds.

As legal relationships become increasingly complex in the globalised and tech-dominated economies, she firmly believes that those who treat legal advice as an indispensable element of their business will be at a competitive advantage.

She is a firm believer that legal services should be accessible, affordable and practical while delivered to the highest standards.

In 2018, Anna was shortlisted for the Law Society’s Excellence Award (Private Practice) and singled out for her contribution to the photography industry.

Anna is a photographic copyright expert on the British Copyright Council, and is a member of the Copyright Editorial Board at Lexis.

She is an Associate Lecturer in Media Law and Ethics at the University of the Arts (UAL) where, since the star of the Covid-19 pandemic, Anna has led a journalistic student project on the impact of the coronavirus on human rights.

First joining the company in 2004, James is Head of Content at Alamy. Responsible for strategy, development and performance of the Alamy Content, Distribution and Infringement departments. This includes management of the global contributor base of 500k+ photographers and 700 agencies / archives. He has a strong interest in visual media and holds a degree in digital media and photography.

With over 20 years in high-tech legal strategy, Adv. Vered has spent eighteen years as a partner in Israel's Big Law firm.

Her expertise has recently transitioned into crafting alliances for AI startups, enhancing both risk mitigation and defensibility in the field of generative AI.

Corky is an independent Intellectual Property consultant, specialising in copyright licensing and third-party rights, with particular expertise around archive photo and film content, sports and music rights, and personality clearances.  He has over twenty-five years experience in the broadcast, commercial and corporate industries’ exploitation of copyright, from the point of view of both licensor and licensee.

Corky is also a writer, development producer, and educator, and a keen photographer.

As Director of Creative Insights for EMEA at Getty Images & iStock, Jacqueline heads up a team of researchers and works with an international team of videographers, photographers, illustrators, data analysts, and curators.

The Creative Insights team review worldwide communications and analyse social, cultural and technological data. Combined with Getty Images’ invaluable access to customer buying patterns, the team’s work helps identify and shape visual trends that better connect customers to brands under Getty Images’ VisualGPS offering.

Jacqueline has a unique insight into how images work in innovative communications, and the key factors in choosing powerful imagery for compelling campaigns. Her expertise covers a wide range of fields such as advertising, cinema, social networks and press.

A former Director of Art and Photography, Jacqueline is a media communications graduate with 20 years’ experience working in academia, advertising and media.

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Clemency Wright is a Keywording Consultant helping creative businesses optimise access and visibility to digital content online using strategic Keywording methodologies. Providing bespoke Keywording as an outsourced service, as well as Keywording training workshops and consultancy. Specialising in developing Controlled Vocabularies for creative photography and video, and developing Metadata schemas for in-house image databases and Digital Asset Management systems.

Clemency trained as a Keyworder at Getty Images in 2001, before becoming a Search Vocabulary Editor responsible for creating and editing Getty’s vocabulary of Keywords powering the customer website. In her customer-facing role at V&A Images, Clemency managed design and advertising customer accounts, and advised upon Keywording methodology for the V&A Images online collection.

Clemency blends Keywording expertise for both commercial and non-profit organisations. Clients include Save The Children, World Vision and The Art Fund, as well as stock photographers, videographers and photo licensing agencies.

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Image credit: ©Cameron Dowson

Carrie Kania is the Creative Director at Iconic Images, working with more than 40 different photographers and their archives and as an agent with C&W Agency, representing several writers. When her worlds collide, she edits books. Prior to London calling, she worked in bright lights, big city as a publisher in New York City. She has a dog named Foxy.

Carrie Kania is the Creative Director at Iconic Images, working with more than 40 different photographers and their archives and as an agent with C&W Agency, representing several writers. When her worlds collide, she edits books. Prior to London calling, she worked in bright lights, big city as a publisher in New York City. She has a dog named Foxy.

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Image © Charles Moriarty

Boris Eldagsen (*1970) studied fine arts at art academies in Mainz, Prague and Hyderabad and philosophy at the universities of Cologne and Mainz.

His background as a university lecturer, photo artist and digital media freelancer makes him one of the AI experts in the German photo scene.

He is "Head of Digital" of the DFA and a member of the DGPh.

In April 2023, he turned down the Sony World Photography Awards (Open Category /Creative) and admitted that he had applied with an AI-generated image to initiate a debate about the relationship between AI-generated images and photography. The stunt became worldwide news and his image THE ELECTRICIAN one of the most famous of the year.

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Image credit: Boris Eldagsen ©Alex Schwander, courtesy of the artist