Photo agency history: Ajax News & Features Service

AJAXNETPHOTO. PHOTOJOURNALIST JONATHAN EASTLAND AT SEA WITH ROMANIAN NAVY 2005.
PHOTO:JONATHAN EASTLAND/AJAX

On my main photo industry news site PhotoArchiveNews.com I have started a new series recording photo agency histories …. Ajax in the UK are up first Here

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At the turn of the 20th century, there was vast growth in press agencies and photographers due to the massive thirst for images in newspapers. Many are still in existence but others have been sold, absorbed or simply disappeared, effectively leaving gaps in the history of this industry… many agency offices were bombed during the WWII London Blitz resulting negative and print files being water damage from the hoses quenching the fires …most archives were in the building basements.

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