From bjp-online.com:
“The United Nations has launched an international photography contest celebrating the UN Year of the Potato.
Photographers are asked to submit images relating to potatoes and potato production to highlight the vegetable’s role as a source of food, employment and income in developing countries. The competition is being run by the UN Food and Agriculture [...]

By Madhusree Chatterjee of Nerve of India:
“New Delhi, March 19 – He is often dubbed the king of camera. Photographer Raghu Rai, who has captured life in all its shades over the last four decades, still tops the list of India’s best lensmen.
A retrospective show of photographs, ‘A Journey of a Moment in Time: Raghu [...]

By Daryl Lang of PDNonline.com:
“When a prostitute hired by former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was identified Wednesday, news outlets eagerly published photos grabbed from her MySpace profile. Can they get away with that? Three attorneys who specialize in copyright law say media organizations are sailing in dangerous waters if they publish a [...]

By Daryl Lang of PDNOnline.com:
“Earth to Jupiter? Getty Images is going private and will stop issuing financial reports. Corbis stopped announcing its revenue figures last year. Solid data about stock imagery trends has always been scarce, and now it’s harder than ever to pin down. Which brings us to Jupitermedia – [...]

From ArtDaily.org:
“LONDON.-Proud Central presents The ALI Folio™: An intimate portrait of Muhammad Ali as seen through the lens of internationally acclaimed photographer Sonia Katchian. The only collection of its kind, this exhibition is the most intimate photographic portrait of Ali ever seen, shot all over the world alongside his family, friends and close traveling companions. [...]

By Daryl Lang of PDNonline.com:
“Talks between news agencies and Major League Baseball appear to be moving toward a compromise about new credentialing guidelines, according to people on both sides of negotiations. MLB has backed down from a ban on all online galleries of baseball game photos. Under a proposed revision to the rules, news [...]

 Laura Nathan reports forPDN Online:
“Esko Männikkö has received the 2008 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize, which is awarded annually to an international photographer who has made a significant contribution to the medium during the past year. Männikkö was presented with the £30,000 (about $60,500) prize during a ceremony on Wednesday, March 5.The Finnish photographer won the [...]

From ArtDaily.org:
“CLAREMONT, CA.-The Claremont Museum of Art is pleased to present Vexing: Female Voices from East LA Punk from May 18 to August 31, 2008. The Museum will host an opening reception on Saturday, May 17th, with live performances by several artists in the exhibition.
The burgeoning punk rock music scene of the late 1970s and [...]

From ArtDaily.org:
“PALM SPRINGS, CA.-The Palm Springs Art Museum has received a transformative gift of 543 photographs and limited edition books with original photography dating from the mid 19th to the late 20th centuries encompassing a range of important artists and styles. The gift, received from an anonymous donor, significantly elevates the museum’s growing photography holdings [...]

By David FitzSimmons of PopPhoto.com:
“When shopping for a car, sometimes reality steps in and forces you to buy a budget model over a performance vehicle. But in the case of panorama stitching software, go ahead and splurge on the Porsche. With clean lines in its workflow, a supercharged, 3D engine for panoramic rendering, and enough [...]