Bought by management. Getty Images management announced that they have formed a partnership with the Carlyle Group to acquire Getty Images from Hellman & Friedman for $3.3 billion. In fact, the co-founder and chairman Mark Getty and the Getty family are also part of the buyers. BJP interviews Jonathan Klein, Getty’s other co-founder and chief executive officer, about the reason and timing for the sale, and what the future holds for Getty Images.

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Getty Images asked AlmapBBDO to make an advertisement for it that would feature its extensive database of images. The result is a 1 minute stop motion film that tie together 873 images displayed at 15 images per second. It took about 6 months to research the images. The ad sells the concept that Getty Images has so many images that anybody is capable of telling any story they want.

In the film “Do amor ao Bingo em 873 imagens” [From love to Bingo in 873 images], a storyteller in the corner of the screen describes the images used. The Getty Images logo appears at the end of the story, but the storyteller continues to turn until reaching the exact number of images in the Getty Images archive.

Getty Images’ “this is Canada” photography competition invites Canadians to capture authentic Canada

“this is Canada” competition encourages photographers to showcase what makes Canadian life unique

Toronto, April 23, 2012 – Getty Images today announced the launch of “this is Canada”, a photography competition that gives enthusiasts the opportunity to become Getty Images contributors through the Flickr Collection and the chance win a brand new Canon EOS 7D Digital SLR Kit and 2,000 AIR MILES® reward miles**. Starting today and running until May 19, anyone with a camera can participate in Getty Images’ search for authentic Canadian imagery. “this is Canada” provides a platform for the country’s outstanding creative talent to show off their visual definition of Canada.

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Getty Images, the official Photographic Agency to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), will be deploying a team of approximately 60 renowned and award-winning sports photographers working around the clock to capture a record 30,000 images at the London 2012 Olympic Games. A “handful” of these photographers will shoot only in 3D.

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GETTY IMAGES TO CAPTURE LONDON 2012 GAMES IN 3D

Getty Images will be the official photographers at next year’s games, showcasing our unique 3D imagery

London, United Kingdom – 2 September, 2011 – Getty Images, the official Photographic Agency to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has announced that it will shoot the London 2012 Olympic Games in stunning 3D. This will be the first time Getty Images has shot the Games using this technology and Getty Images is deploying a handful of 3D-dedicated photographers to ensure the best still shots are captured.

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Marc Feldman admitted it was “a stupid mistake” that got inadvertently sent to Getty Images. One of the photo he captured of golfer Matt Bettencort had a caddie digitally removed from the background [read article]. Getty, which has a strict policy against altering its news images, later put out a “mandatory kill” notice on the photo after itr was alerted to the digital manipulation, and dropped Feldman from its roster.

According to Feldman, he was in the press tent processing the images when Bettencort and his caddie stopped by to look at the photos. The caddie then suggested the photo would look better without him in it. “So I showed them how easy I could do that,” Feldman said. “I thought I just saved it to the desktop not to the send folder. I certainly did not mean to send both of them to Getty.”

Sounds like a plausible mistake that anyone can make [Photoshop CS5 is really to "blame" here for making it so easy]. But, once the picture was published, shouldn’t Feldman have contacted Getty Images himself to point out the mistake? And shouldn’t the person responsible at Getty Images figure out this was not an original image but an altered one [different filename, EXIF info altered, etc.]?

Here is what Feldman wrote about the mistake:

“I made a mistake. It wasnt intentional it was simply, tragically an error that will cost me Its not about the money or the position, It about my reputation and sense of self. I would like to thank those who have been understanding and supportive and invite the rest to continue do dream up whatever conspiracy theories you choose.”

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Getty Images has severed ties with a freelance photographer who had digitally manipulated a golf photo. Marc Feldman’s digitally manipulated image was discovered by a photo editor at the Dallas Morning News: one photo showed golfer Matt Bettencourt with a caddy behind him, the other with just trees.

Getty Images has a zero tolerance policy on photo manipulation.

Read the article and view the images at: PDN.

Getty Images are calling for artists to submit to its Flickr Collection on Getty Images.

Submit a portfolio of 10 images for consideration and if your work catches the eye of a Getty Images editor, you’ll then receive an invite via Flickrmail to join the Flickr Collection on Getty Images.

[ Submit your Getty Flickr Portfolio at: Flickr ]