Recent Stock Photo Industry Press Releases

Art4Love Inc. to Recruit Top Fine Artists Worldwide to Join Art4LoveImages.com Through Online Marketing Campaign

New digital imagery licensing subsidiary of Art4Love, Inc., Art4LoveImages.com, aims to rejuvenate the world of digital imagery licensing by making available a new universe of fine art images and by creating the potential for recurring royalty income for fine artists from around the world.

January 31, 2006. Art4Love Inc.'s (ALVN.PK), Art4LoveImages.com subsidiary plans to rejuvenate the world of digital imagery licensing by making available a new universe of images and by creating the potential for fine artists to enjoy recurring royalty income from their works.

PUNCHSTOCK/UPPERCUT IMAGES OPENS NEW YORK OFFICE

New Location Marks Agency's Fourth Office, Ends Year of Growth and Expansion

Madison, WI- Stock photography agency PunchStock & UpperCut Images announced the official opening of its New York office. The office, located in the Murray Hill section of Manhattan, at 386 Park Avenue South, houses the company's rapidly growing marketing department and New York sales office.

Sam Pugliese and Marc Wexler Acquire Retna

Veteran Investment Team Seeks to Grow Brand Through Targeted Marketing Efforts

NEW YORK, Jan. 31. Sam Pugliese and Marc Wexler today announced that they have agreed to acquire a controlling interest in Retna, one of the largest independent photo agencies in the world. Marc Wexler and Sam Pugliese will serve as company presidents. Jessica Daly, has been named CEO.

RAW Survey launched

An International Study of the Experiences, Requirements, Preferences, and Concerns of Photographers regarding RAW Imaging Technology

On January 31, 2006, the OpenRAW initiative launched an international survey on its Web site (http://openraw.org/survey/) to collect information about the experiences, requirements, preferences, and concerns of digital photographers and other interested parties regarding RAW imaging technology — a concept that many writers are comparing to a "digital negative".

OnRequest Images and Aprimo Forge Strategic Alliance

Leading Brand Imagery Provider and Enterprise Marketing Management Experts Team Up to Build Stronger Brands and Eliminate Marketing Waste

SEATTLE, WA, 01/30/2006. OnRequest Images, the world's leading provider of custom imagery, and Aprimo Incorporated, the global leader in Enterprise Marketing Management (EMM), today announced that they have signed a strategic alliance in which the two companies will jointly market their offerings to their collective customer base. OnRequest Images, the pioneer behind building Custom Image Libraries™ that enable corporations to successfully build strong brands with "on-brand" imagery, will co-market its custom imagery services to Aprimo's enterprise customers and enable them to integrate on-brand custom photography into their marketing campaigns. In addition, OnRequest Images and Aprimo will collaborate to develop solutions tailored to help marketing organizations better manage their image assets within the context of their EMM system.

iView MediaPro’s new Alamy Wizard speeds professional photographers’ time to market

LONDON, Jan. 30, 2006. Professional photographers must no longer endure the cumbersome and time consuming submission process to market their images via online stock photography services.

A pioneering collaboration between image cataloguing software developer iView Multimedia and stock photography service Alamy has radically reduced the time required by professional photographers to prepare images for sale online.

PhotoShelter Announces Seamless Customization

New option provides integration between existing websites and PhotoShelter's powerful image search and e-commerce services.

NEW YORK ­ Jan. 30, 2006 ­ BitShelter LLC today announced the addition of the "Seamless Customization Option" to PhotoShelter (www.PhotoShelter.com), their professional, online image archiving service and marketplace.

The new product, developed for photographers who maintain their own websites, makes it easy for PhotoShelter subscribers to add a searchable e-commerce-enabled archive to their website while matching its look-and-feel.

Getty Images Reports Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year of 2005

Industry Leader Accelerates Revenue Growth Rate and Achieves Record Cash Flow from Operations, Operating Margin, Net Income and Earnings per Share in 2005

SEATTLE. Jan. 26, 2006. Getty Images, Inc. (NYSE:GYI), the world's leading creator and distributor of visual content, today reported results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2005.

"Our 2005 results are a tremendous way to begin our second decade," said Jonathan Klein, Getty Images' co-founder and CEO. "2005 was, by far, the best year in our history. Our accelerated growth came from all products and services across all geographies. We met or exceeded the goals we set for ourselves and are very well-positioned for the future. Getty Images is still very much in the early stages of our growth and we are confident that we have the right strategy, resources and people in place to continue to take advantage of the many attractive opportunities that lie ahead."

Ask Jeeves Launches Proprietary Image Search Technology

Wednesday, January 25, 2006. Ask Jeeves, Inc. today announced the launch of its first proprietary image search technology, available on Ask Jeeves at http://pictures.ask.com/. The new technology debuts Ask Jeeves' first internally-created index of Web images, further improvements to its image search ranking algorithms and new Zoom related search suggestions specifically for image searching. Collectively, these improvements deliver a superior image search experience, helping people find the pictures they are looking for faster.

Announcing Stock Artists Alliance London Event - 14 February 2006

Jan. 25, 2006. Stock Artists Alliance, the international trade organization for stock photographers, is planning an event in London on 14 February 2006 that will interest professional photographers looking for an orientation to the business, as well as stock photographers looking to update their knowledge of the industry and plan for the future.