This Autumn, a set of large platinum prints from four of Elliott Erwitt’s best known images will be available for purchase in the UK for the first time at Magnum Print Room, London. Shown in the context of a broader selection of fine photographs drawn from Erwitt’s distinguished career, the selection includes photographs of racial segregation in North Carolina (1950), a kiss reflected in the wing mirror of a car (California, 1955, above), glamorous movie star Marilyn Monroe (New York, 1956), and one of his best loved pictures of the relationship between man and dog, Felix, Gladys and Rover (New York, 1976). Using a new technique developed by the specialist printmaker Arkady Lvov and digital printing expert Gabe Greenberg over eight years, Erwitt’s platinum prints were produced using the latest Large Format Photo Negative application from HP. Other well-known images by Erwitt included in this exhibition as signed silver gelatin prints include portraits of Marlon Brando (1954), Grace Kelly (1956), Sophia Loren (1962) and Che Guevara (1964), a selection of his best known dog images and evocative, stolen moments, such as, a couple dancing in the kitchen in Spain (1952), a dove taking flight (1955), and a mother and baby (1953).

SnagFilms is now featuring for free, instant online streaming, “Shooting Robert King”, a film about a Tennesse-based war photographer that has previously only been available to select film festival audiences. King has spent the last fifteen years of his life in conflict zones such as Bosnia, Chechnya and Iraq, and the makers of the documentary say that he is “a uniquely fascinating figure to study as he grows and evolves in so many ways over the course of his journeys”. Recommended for photography and war buffs alike, “Shooting Robert King” can be viewed online at the website below.

Website: Shooting Robert King

Ten years ago Rick Norsigian, a painter for the Fresno school district, bought a set of 65 large-format glass negatives at a garage sale for $45. Experts now say the collection is worth $200 million, as the photographs turned out to have been taken by none else than Ansel Adams himself. A team of art and forensic experts conducted an exhaustive examination to determine the origin of the photographs and concluded that the negatives are early works of the virtuoso landscape photographer, most probably taken between 1919 and the early 1930s. The final report for the investigation was released at a press conference held yesterday in a Beverly Hills gallery. However, the dispute is far from being settled, as a recently published AOL News article quotes Adams’ grandson as saying, “I think it’s irresponsible to claim that they’re Ansel’s… We think it’s a very significant claim and we think it’s not accurate”.

East London photographic gallery theprintspace will play host to a fantastic exhibition of still life and commercial photography from acclaimed photographer Ed James. East London photographic gallery theprintspace will play host to a fantastic exhibition of still life and commercial photography from acclaimed photographer Ed James. Amongst the collection of photography is a series on TV dinners, shooting the dinners under photographic studio light, paying attention to every detail and showing people who usually eat this food by the light of the television set, what it really looks like. Another photograph (above) captures a wooden deer head in a living room, illustrating the irony of hunting. The wallpaper shows the animal in its environment; with the wooden trophy suggesting the hunter cannot quite do the deed of killing the deer. The exhibition is on view from today until 17 August 2010. The gallery, located at 74 Kingsland Road, London E2 8DL, is open from 9am to 7pm, Monday to Friday.

Renowned photographer Nick Kelsh has endeavoured to provide a free assessment of your baby photos. To request a critique of your family snaps, simply upload them to his Facebook page, How to Photograph Your Baby. “By offering assistance to amateur photographers via my ‘How to Photograph Your Baby’ Facebook page, anyone can capture memories effortlessly and compose images that will be cherished for years to come,” says Kelsh.

Website: “How to Photograph Your Baby” on Facebook

Exposure: England is a photographic exploration of the Yorkshire Dales in England. From September 11-18, roughly a dozen photographers of a wide variety of backgrounds and skills will live together in a small village in Arkengarthdale in order to develop a collective impression of the Dales. Any parties interested in participating as an Exposure: England photographer are invited to complete an application online by 21 July 2010.

“According to a leading scholar of 19th-century American photography, many works in a landmark retrospective of Eadweard Muybridge at the Corcoran Gallery of Art may not be by Muybridge at all.” So begins a letter we have received from Alexis Anderson of ArtInfo, a premier art news portal. A large body of Muybridge’s work, along with pieces of equipment he used to create his pictures with, have been accumulated in the exhibition; which will travel to the Tate Britain in September and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in February. It turns out that Weston Naef, a former J. Paul Getty Museum curator, thinks many of the photographs on display were actually taken by Muybridge’s friend Carleton Watkins, and sold to him for publication. Tyler Green of Modern Art Notes (MAN) has just started a week-long series on the emerging debate, with the first part being a Q&A with Naef himself. Interested readers should follow the link below to check out his introduction to the three-part interview.

Website: The newest Eadweard Muybridge mystery on MAN

Team Noton has announced a brand new Edinburgh venue for the ‘Chasing the Light’ Road Show. Tickets - priced at £15 - are now on sale for the event, which will take place on 28th September at the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh. The show includes David Nonon’s latest unpublished photographs, video clips from shoots around the world, the stories behind some of his most iconic images and of course, all delivered with David’s unique sense of humour:

Website: David Noton

Guardian News & Media is to host a new exhibition by photographer Sally Soames. Soames, who started out as a freelancer for The Observer and the Guardian, and later joined the Sunday Times, donated her photographic archive to the Scott Trust Foundation in 2008. The exhibition takes place in the foyer of Guardian News and Media from Friday 18 June 2010 until Friday 20 August 2010.

Magnum photojournalist Jonas Bendiksen’s exhibition, The Places We Live, recreates the living rooms of 20 families from the slums of Jakarta, Mumbai, Nairobi, and Caracas. By taking a photograph of each of the four walls of a room inside people’s homes and using the resulting large-format prints to build 3-D, life-size replicas of the rooms, Bendiksen creates for viewers a virtual experience of visiting the families.

Celebrity photographer Richard Corman has just launched a new e-commcere store. Richard Corman has been one of the top celebrity photographers of the past three decades, photographing celebrities and icons such as Madonna, Brad Pitt, Nelson Mandela, Lance Armstrong and more. Prints of some of his most famous photographs are now available exclusively on this online store in framed/matted prints and basic prints.

Website: http://richardcormanstore.com

Sigma Corporation of America has highlighted the work of four elite photographers - Chip Forelli, Paula Lerner, Stephen Mallon and Sean Perry - in its online photo gallery, “Our World: Awe-Inspiring Images.” All four photographers were given a Sigma DP2, with which they were not familiar and were encouraged to produce images that pay tribute to the camera’s image quality. The results are currently available on the company’s Web site for public viewing.

Website: Our World

Crash Taylor, recently voted one of the UK’s top ten winter wedding photographers by Professional Photographer magazine, will return to Calumet Nottingham for a wedding photography seminar. Crash is known for his use of location, light, artistic eye and unobtrusive style. The six-hour seminar will take place on Friday 21 May 2010, and is limited to 35 delegates. The cost is £95. To book your place, call 0115 9586888 and refer to the seminar code ZSMNOT0047.

Nikon Australia has announced the Nikon Ambassador Programme – a selection of Australia’s top professional photographers. To launch the Nikon Ambassador program, seven dedicated photographers have been selected based on their commitment to the art of photography and their allegiance to the Nikon brand.  Ranging from diverse backgrounds and specialities, the Ambassadors vary from Wedding and Sports to Photojournalism, Portraiture and Movie Stills. “The Ambassadors have been selected because they are experts, masters and innovators in their chosen field of photography. Their dedication and commitment to photography is not only Australian based but also respected globally. Our Ambassadors are dedicated Nikon users and leaders in their disciplines having been highly awarded and praised their services and contributions to the photographic community,” said Nick Segger, Senior Marketing Manager at Nikon Australia.

Landscape and travel photographer David Noton has announced the next location in his series of inspirational evening events – the ‘Chasing the Light’ Road Shows. The event will take place at the Pennine Lecture Theatre, City Campus, Sheffield Hallam University on Thursday 25th February, with take-off scheduled for 8.00pm. “The Chasing the Light Road Shows will take guests on a global adventure, using the latest high definition projection and satellite navigation to whisk them around the world,” Noton says. “Of course we’ll be talking photography and travel, but the Chasing the Light Road Shows will be much more than that.” Tickets are priced at £16.50. To book your place, visit the website below.

Website: David Noton

George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film is commemorating its 60th anniversary in 2009 with a deluxe portfolio of 12 photographs created by celebrated international artists. The featured artists are Edward Burtynsky, John Divola, Harri Kallio, Mark Klett & Byron Wolfe, Astrid Kruse Jensen, Richard Misrach, Abelardo Morell, Lori Nix, Erwin Olaf, Martin Parr, John Pfahl, and Alex Webb. Their portfolio photographs represent the wide range and variety of approaches, techniques, and aesthetics that characterise today’s photographic art practice. Special preview events are being held in New York City and Los Angeles in November to showcase the portfolio. For more information, and to view the photographs, visit the Eastman House website.

Website: George Eastman House 60th Anniversary Portfolio

Award-winning photographer George Logan has created a series of images depicting Glasgow’s iconic Red Road flats in an “unexpected” light. George Logan’s photographs of the buildings, notorious for being uninhabitable and earmarked for demolition, are more than just another series of architectural shots. They re-imagine Red Road as a place where Urban Miracles can, and do, happen. The images were created using students from a drama group as models, super imposed on George’s stunning photographs of the Red Road flats. The images are to be exhibited at a special show on October 22, 2009 at Village Underground in London. They are also available as archival c-type colour prints in three sizes in limited editions of 25.

Actor and photographer Aaron Eckhart, will join Julia Dean, founder of the Julia Dean Photo Workshops, for an exhibit and silent auction of more than 100 iconic images taken by leading photographers from around the world. The auction, which will take place at the Stephen Cohen Gallery in Los Angeles on 20 February 2010, will feature images from such nationally and internationally known photographers as Alex Webb, Art Streiber, Brian Lanker, David Hume Kennerly, Don Barletti, Douglas Kirkland, Gerd Ludwig, Greg Gorman, Mary Ellen Mark, Nevada Wier, Phil Borges, Robert Farber, Ron Haviv and Sam Abell. The auction will benefit Project 5: Photography for Social Change, which supports talented photojournalists and builds documentary photography through grants, exhibits and publications. Photographs will be available for pre-viewing on Friday and Saturday (19 & 20) prior to the auction.

Website: Silent Auction

Lexar announced today it will host presentations from critically acclaimed Lexar Elite Photographers Jerry Avenaim, Douglas Dubler, and Rick Sammon during PhotoPlus Expo 2009 at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. These world-renowned digital photographers will share their latest work, imaging tips and techniques, and best practices with visitors in the Lexar Media booth (#1036) on October 22-24, 2009. Additional information on these and other Lexar Elite Photographers, as well as their photography and techniques can be found at the website below.

Website: Lexar Digital Photography

Twelve reproductions of photographs printed by Ansel Adams are now available from The Ansel Adams Gallery at affordable prices. The most recent additions to the the Ansel Adams Gallery’s collection of Ansel Adams Archival Replicas include four black-and-white images, “Banner Peak, Thousand Island Lake” made by Adams in 1923, “Frozen Lake and Cliffs (1935), “Leaves, Mt. Rainier” (1942) and “Vernal Fall” (1948, see above). Ansel Adams Archival Replicas are digital reproductions of photographic prints made by Ansel Adams. “The imaging process used is coupled with digital printers that use 12 inks, including four shades of gray to give the Archival Replicas the full range of tone and hue of gelatin silver prints,” said Matthew Adams, grandson of the artist. Ansel Adams Archival Replicas range in size from 7 by 9” to 30 by 38” and cost from $79 to $999, depending upon size, mounting, matting and framing. Ansel Adams Archival Replicas can be viewed in Yosemite Valley at The Ansel Adams Gallery and online at the website below.

Website: AnselAdams.com