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Mary Evans Picture Library, the UK's leading historical picture source, is delighted to announce the appointment of its new Managing Director, Matt Hamer. Matt takes over from Paul Brown, who is retiring after 18 years at Mary Evans and 44 years in the industry.

The British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies (BAPLA) stands with authors, performers, and rightsholders across the EU’s cultural and creative sectors in opposing the third draft of the EU AI Act’s GPAI Code of Practice.

Lee Miller Archives are thrilled to announce the exhibition, ‘Lee & LEE,’ which will pair some of Lee Miller’s most iconic photographs with their counterparts from the highly anticipated feature film ‘LEE.’ The exhibition opened on 1st August ahead of the film's release by Sky in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on 13th September.

2024 marks our sixtieth birthday. That’s sixty whole years of supplying the very finest historical images to clients far and wide.

Today, a pivotal new report by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee has been released calling for better support and compensation for creators, through a statutory scheme to pay them for their copyright, and the establishment of new support mechanisms for freelancers.

Topfoto, the remarkable historical picture agency and archive founded in 1927, has revealed a reimagined brand identity to welcome the next chapter of this nearly 100-year young firm.