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Getty and Flickr reach image deal for licensing

Seattle's Getty Images said it will exclusively offer its customers the right to license images from Flickr, a popular photo-sharing site owned by Yahoo. One analyst said the deal, of undisclosed value, will benefit both companies as well as photographers, who will now have a better chance of being paid for their work.

New Photos Reveal Horror Of Hiroshima (GRAPHIC IMAGES)

Sean Malloy, a professor at the University of California Merced, "recently unearthed 10 previously-unpublished photographs illustrating the aftermath on the Hiroshima bombing."

After 63 years, death photo of famed WWII reporter Ernie Pyle surfaces

The figure in the photograph is clad in Army fatigues, boots and helmet, lying on his back in peaceful repose, folded hands holding a military cap. Except for a thin trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth, he could be asleep. But he is not asleep; he is dead. And this is not just another fallen GI; it is Ernie Pyle, the most celebrated war correspondent of World War II.

When Are Photos Like Penny Stocks? When They Sell.

"Microstock" stock photography sites are changing the market for stock photgraphy -- low prices and high volumes.

Girth and Nudity, a Pictorial Mission by Leonard Nimoy

The infamous Mr. Spock focuses his photographic lens on large women to help shift cultural attitudes.

Photo Essay: The People Of Uganda

In October, 2006 I went on safari in Uganda for three weeks. I've always loved animals, and this was a chance to get up close to wildlife, camping in the middle of forests and savannah, with lions, elephants, monkeys, hippos and all manner of other creatures. The main highlight of the safari was trekking into the mountains for close encounters with the mountain gorillas, only 700 or so of which remain in the entire world.

A Chilling Photograph's Hidden History - WSJ.com

On Aug. 27, 1979, two parallel lines of 11 men formed on a field of dry dirt in Sanandaj, Iran. One group wore blindfolds. The other held rifles. The command came in Farsi to fire: "Atesh!" Behind the soldier farthest to the right, a 12th man also shot, his Nikon camera and Kodak film preserving in black and white a mass execution.

Apple premiers Aperture 1.5 at Photokina

The new version of Aperture can also generate high-resolution previews of each image so that users can review, rate and organize images as well as perform slideshows -- even when the master images are offline. The previews, which can be generated at a range of size and quality levels, make it possible for photographers to keep their original images safely stored on a desktop system at home or in the studio, while still being able to take a compact version of their entire photographic library on the road using a MacBook or MacBook Pro.

Photo could be world's largest

I'll keep my Canon EOS-20D

Moore's Law Corollary: Pixel Power

Nathan's article on the future of digital cameras was pretty good.

New digital camera? Know how, where you can use it

Delineates what your rights are

Top 40 Pictures of 2005

The 40 most important and interesting pictures of 2005, according to Reuters news service. There are some really interesting pictures in this collection. Check it out!