© Bill Fitzgerald (2)
Digital Railroad founder and chairman Evan Nisselson was a featured speaker this week at PMA. Evan along with panel of experts were convened to shared their views on "The Evolution of Photo Sharing – What’s the Next New Thing?" Joining Evan was moderator: Lisa Walker, International Imaging Industry Association (I3A) and panelists Bob Goldstein, AVA Mobile; Jim Lanahan, Vuvox Network, Inc.; A. Glenn Paul, dotPhoto, Inc.; Peter Pham, Photobucket.

Thanks to Bill Fitzpatrick for sharing these images.

All photos © Tatiana Philiptchenko

Digital Railroad member Tatiana Philiptchenko had a series of images published in a recent edition of Elle Canada. Documenting the industry and creativity of fabric artisans in Mauritania.

Tatiana Philiptchenko is a photographer based in Canada. She has been shooting professional images for the past 15 years. Her work has appeared in a vast array of magazines which include : Le Point, Time Magazine, L'Actualité, VSD, Loulou, Elle , Newsweek, Canadian Geographic, Chocolat , amongst others... She has also been providing images to calendar companies, textbooks, tourist guides and adverstising agencies.

Visit Tatiana's archive and see more of her images in Marketplace.

Street performer in front of cathedral, Cologne, Germany

Antique typewriter, flea market, Berlin, Germany


Beach chairs, Schleswig-Holstein, North Sea, Amrum Island, Germany
© Joern Sackermann (3)

Featuring a diverse array of images from Germany and Europe, Joern Sackermann offers image buyer a wide range of subjects from which to choose.

Joern Sackermann began taking pictures at the age of 15. Before finishing school he assisted various photographers and published in books and photo magazines. After training at the German agency Bilderberg he started his first longer photo journey to Southeast Asia.

Assignments for several publishing houses (14 book publications exclusive with his images, and countless further books followed), as well as work for and/or publushed in magazines as Stern, Natur+Kosmos, Merian, Bild der Wisschenschaft, TIME, Newsweek, and Spiegel.

The emphasis of his photography spans from nature, journalism, travel, and PR/company communication. Joern Sackermann makes his home in Cologne, Germany and is represented in the Germany market by Bilderberg agency.

See a sample of Joern's work in Marketplace.

Digital Railroad member Noor, had two photographers recognized for their outstanding work. Francesco Zizola won the second prize in the category 'People in the News' (stories) with his feature on violence in Colombia made for Internazionale.

Stanley Greene won the second prize in the category 'General News' (singles) with his picture of an attack plan drawn in the sand on the Chadian-Sudanese border.

List of all World Press Photo award winners are accessible at www.worldpressphoto.org

© Sean Gallagher

Sean Gallagher, a Beijing-based British photographer, was born in Scotland in 1979 and graduated in Zoology (BSc.) from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 2002. He was chosen to undertake Magnum London's 1-year paid internship program in 2004-2005, after which he moved to China in 2006 to begin working as a photographer. His subsequent work on China has appeared in publications including Die Zeit, The Ecologist, The Globe and Mail and The British Journal of Photography. Most recently he was the recipient of the first David Alan Harvey Fund for Emerging Photographers, in association with the Magnum Photos Educational Program. His long-term projects aim to focus on the environmental and social issues created by China's recent rapid growth.

Click here to see Gallagher's Marketplace submitted images.

Digital Railroad member Tim Hetherington has been awarded the top prize at the World Press Awards.

Other Digital Railroad members Jean Revillard/Rezo and Benjamin Lowy (VII Network) were also recognized at the prestigious World Press Photo Awards.

Congratulations to ALL!

A premium collection of royalty free images, Cultura is now available in DRR Marketplace.

"Cultura is delighted to partner with Digital Railroad," says CEO Anthony Harris. "Digital Railroad is a great fit for Cultura. Just like DRR, we aim to avoid 'me too' imagery and instead want to celebrate outstanding photography. Cultura is high-quality RF with a fine European flavor, delivered by a select group of experienced stock photographers. We wanted to pair our images with Digital Railroad's innovative ideas and give customers new ways to find and license our imagery."

The Cultura collection includes work from some of the most talented commercial lifestyle photographers working in the industry today including Romilly Lockyer, Tim Macpherson, Soren Hald, Frank and Helena Herholdt, Judith Haeusler and many others.

To launch the collection on DRR, Cultura is available immediately as part of our "Royalty Free For All" promotion: Save 25% on any Cultura image through March 31, 2008.

Welcome Cultura to DRR!

Mexican man wearing a sombrero, Los Cabos, Baja Peninsula, Mexico

Horseback riding on Playa Espadilla Norte (beach), Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica

Winemaker, Clos du Val Winery, Napa Valley, California
© Blaine Harrington (3)

New Digital Railroad member Blaine Harrington has an eye for people-- and knows the value of model releases when doing travel portraits as *most* of his images available in Marketplace include releases. Blaine's personal philosophy:

"IT HELPS TO HAVE A ZEST FOR LIFE IN THIS BUSINESS! Many of the exciting things I've photographed, I've also done. Such as, running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain; jumping off the highest bungee jump in the world in Queenstown, New Zealand; ski mountaineering the 'Haute Route' in the Alps; hiking the Milford Track in New Zealand and the Tour du Mont Blanc in Europe; plunging in the icy water with the Polar Bear Club on New Year's Day in Boulder, Colorado; scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and off Cozumel in Mexico. I've photographed everything from icebreakers in Arctic Finland to Turkish Baths in Istanbul to stock exchanges in Singapore and Hong Kong to tango dancing in Buenos Aires. My goal for life: go everywhere, meet everyone, try everything!"

We're delighted to have Blaine bring his adventurous spirit to DRR. To experience more of Blaine's work visit his archive.

Blaine Harrington is a travel/location photographer, based in Metro Denver (Colorado, USA). He is the 2005 and 2006 SATW Travel Photographer of the Year. He has worked on assignment for most major news and travel magazines. With over thirty years in business (including working in Amsterdam, New York, Paris and Zurich), Harrington has expert knowledge of Europe, as well as most regions of the world. We maintain files of over 200,000 images from over sixty countries, and are continually traveling to add new and updated material to the files.

Mexican man wearing a sombrero, Los Cabos, Baja Peninsula, Mexico

Horseback riding on Playa Espadilla Norte (beach), Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica

Winemaker, Clos du Val Winery, Napa Valley, California
© Blaine Harrington (3)

New Digital Railroad member Blaine Harrington has an eye for people-- and knows the value of model releases when doing travel portraits as *most* of his images available in Marketplace include releases. Blaine's personal philosophy:

"IT HELPS TO HAVE A ZEST FOR LIFE IN THIS BUSINESS! Many of the exciting things I've photographed, I've also done. Such as, running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain; jumping off the highest bungee jump in the world in Queenstown, New Zealand; ski mountaineering the 'Haute Route' in the Alps; hiking the Milford Track in New Zealand and the Tour du Mont Blanc in Europe; plunging in the icy water with the Polar Bear Club on New Year's Day in Boulder, Colorado; scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and off Cozumel in Mexico. I've photographed everything from icebreakers in Arctic Finland to Turkish Baths in Istanbul to stock exchanges in Singapore and Hong Kong to tango dancing in Buenos Aires. My goal for life: go everywhere, meet everyone, try everything!"

We're delighted to have Blaine bring his adventurous spirit to DRR. To experience more of Blaine's work visit his archive.

Blaine Harrington is a travel/location photographer, based in Metro Denver (Colorado, USA). He is the 2005 and 2006 SATW Travel Photographer of the Year. He has worked on assignment for most major news and travel magazines. With over thirty years in business (including working in Amsterdam, New York, Paris and Zurich), Harrington has expert knowledge of Europe, as well as most regions of the world. We maintain files of over 200,000 images from over sixty countries, and are continually traveling to add new and updated material to the files.

Total Training has released Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Essentials featuring Digital Railroad member Ric Kasnoff. Ric is a professional photographer with over 35 years of industry experience. He has trained thousands of photographers in seminars and workshops and has been presented with over 100 awards for his work.

Free sample clips are now available:

1. Creating & Placing a Catalog
2. Setting Preferences
3. Catalog Settings
4. Personalizing Lightroom
5. Notes on Color Management

Our friends at Cultura prepared this latest news update highlighting new images from Chev Wilkinson, Karan Kapoor along with a brief profile of Frank & Helena Herholdt. Enjoy!

In one of the first shows of its kind, Digital Railroad member Buzz Foto, a Los Angeles-based paparazzi agency, is hosting a retrospective of contemporary celebrity photos in “Paparazzi As An Art Form.” An opening night celebrity reception was held Friday, February 15, 2008 at the Maryam Seyhoun Gallery on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. The show will run February 16 to 21 and is open to the public. Buzz Foto produces iconic images for magazines worldwide, bringing a certain elegance and art form to paparazzi style photography.

Brad Elterman, Buzz Foto co-founder, greets the press at opening, Feb 15, 2008
© Buzz Foto

Encapsulating the present moment of our culture and the worldwide phenomenon of celebrity fixation, “Paparazzi As An Art Form” profiles the evolution of pop culture imagery and showcases the modern-day icons in a historical context, including enticing images of Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan.

“The Buzz Foto collection clearly illustrates that paparazzi photography can be a form of art. Executed properly, images of today’s celebrities can exude an incredible amount of style and elegance that portray our ever-changing and exciting pop culture. Photos such as these are destined to one day grace the walls of major museums and galleries,” said Brad Elterman, Buzz Foto co-founder who sold his first celebrity photo in 1974. “Consider Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans and Helen Levitt; each took photos of individuals without permission and set out to sell them. Their iconic photographs imitate the paparazzi style and today hang in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Our Buzz Foto photographs have the potential to hang next to those great masters.”

Henry Flores, co-owner for Buzz Foto and a former engineer, said, “We’re pleased to host a first-ever gallery showing of paparazzi art. All of our photographers maintain an excellent working rapport with the celebrity community, so we’re certain they’ll come out to see their photos.”

Buzz Foto was founded by Elterman and Flores in 2006. Elterman is a thirty-year industry veteran who sold his prior celebrity photo agency, Online USA, Inc., to Getty Images in 2000.

Fine art printing of Buzz Foto gallery images provided by Media Street, Deer Park, New York.

In one of the first shows of its kind, Digital Railroad member Buzz Foto, a Los Angeles-based paparazzi agency, is hosting a retrospective of contemporary celebrity photos in “Paparazzi As An Art Form.” An opening night celebrity reception was held Friday, February 15, 2008 at the Maryam Seyhoun Gallery on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. The show will run February 16 to 21 and is open to the public. Buzz Foto produces iconic images for magazines worldwide, bringing a certain elegance and art form to paparazzi style photography. Buzz in the WSJ

Brad Elterman, Buzz Foto co-founder, greets the press at opening, Feb 15, 2008
© Buzz Foto

Image © Daniel Beltra/Greenpeace

Digital Railroad Member Daniel Beltra was awarded with Global Vision Award from Picture Of the Year International. The aerial image of a gold prospectors camp was taken in August 25th 2007 during a flight from Cuiaba to Alta Floresta (Brazilian Amazon). The image is available in Daniel's archive as pictured above.

Congratulations, Daniel!

With a body of work created over the last 40 years, you might ask "what possibly could Dennis add to his already masterful and impressive portfolio?" Well, Dennis keeps us posted at Digital Railroad and we're delighted to share the collage of new images he just put together from his travels to China:

All Images © Dennis Brack

Dennis also owns one of the largest photographic studios in Washington located within one hundred yards of the U.S. Capitol complex. Such close proximity to the nation's Capital gives him access to capture images of world leaders--both current and past.

All Images © Dennis Brack

Dennis Brack photographs have won awards from the White House News Photographers Association, the National Newspaper Photographers Association and the World Press Association . He is the President of The White House News Photographers Association. For the past sixteen years, Mr. Brack has been one the five members on the the Standing Committee of Press Photographers of the U.S. Senate.

See more of Dennis' work in his archive and in Marketplace.

Thanks for keeping us posted, Dennis!

Ruth Anne Kocour, a photographer and author, has shared her adventures in books, articles and on radio and TV shows including CNN’s International Hour and The Discovery Channel. Her photos and stories have appeared in People, Harper’s Bazaar, Health, Adventure West, Sunset, Nevada Magazine, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, St. Petersburg Times, Reno Gazette, Tahoe Quarterly Magazine and Tashi Delek of Bhutan.

Tiger's Nest Monastery, Bhutan
© Ruth Anne Kocour

Monk, wearing a festival costume, dances during a Tschu, Bhutan
© Ruth Anne Kocour

"After 20 years of trekking the globe I still travel with an open mind, never sure what I’ll run into. Just when I think I’m on the wrong trip (again), some wonderful surprise opens up a whole new adventure.

Tibetan nomad on Dingri plains, Tibet
© Ruth Anne Kocour

Such was the case this October when I wandered through rural China alone with a young Chinese guide. In the shadow of the Himalayas, just south of Tibet, we happened upon a traditional Bai village so remote that it had never seen a Western visitor. The people didn’t speak Mandarin, only their local dialect. Even my guide had difficulty communicating with them. Quickly we all opted for partying over words.

As luck would have it, the village was holding a temple festival in honor of the Chinese national holiday. After the Village Head Man and his wife presented me with a Moon Cake, all the women took turns singing and performing traditional dances for me, their only spectator. I was invited to stay for lunch, dinner and the night. I could have moved right in!"

Ethnic Minorities--Bai Village Head Man and Wife with moon cake
© Ruth Anne Kocour

See more of Ruth's images in her archive and in Marketplace.