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Remembering Ken Regan ‘always making it happen’

Photographer Ken Regan passed away this week, and we are sad at the loss of not only such an incredible photographer and person – but also a friend.

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How Paris Photo reminded me of the art of photography

We often hear about how photography has been devalued by digital technology, but rarely about what truly great art means in this avalanche of pictures.

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Behind the Lens: Diamond reception for Charles and Camilla, Down Under

The Royal Couple’s desire to see as much as possible on the last leg of the Diamond Jubilee Tour meant a great deal of jetting around in order to keep up!

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Cloak rock: The powerful rise of the witchy frontwoman

... it’s interesting to see the archetype on the rise again -- especially when viewed through the lens of the recently reinvigorated feminist movement.

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IPTC rNews — An example of agile standard development

rNews is a new standard for embedding semantic, machine-readable metadata in web documents... Here's how we got there -- and tremendously fast.

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Helping Federation Square ring in 2013 with favorite photos and music, too

So how do you pull just a handfull of images to represent a whole year? It's no easy task, let me assure you.

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Search team: Disentangling fishing nets from fishnets, one Nicki Minaj outfit...

Whether editing individual keywords or building efficient processes, we're constantly deciphering keywords to improve our customers' search results.

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Making it rain for Liv Dawson: Behind the music video? Grit, passion

“Nothing can go wrong!” cried the little voice of optimism the relentless downpour had yet to quash. Or could it…?

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Behind the lens: Shooting Bon Jovi in the shower room in 1984

I was sitting around backstage when a rep came up to me and said “You should meet the opening act -- they are going to be big someday!”

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Our most-searched person of 2012? Hint: He’s kind of a big deal

"Name-of-person" searches are important, so we do a lot of work behind the scenes to ensure that customers always get strong, relevant results.

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Celebrating 100 years of the Leica

As in all great periods of creativity, the invention of the Leica was one of several elements that came together to create the Picture Post legend.

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Year in Focus: Online book shows our best work (360, gigapixel, too)

This Year in Focus is a testament to our team and the power of our imagery. But, of course, the real magic is inside. Let’s begin with the cover.

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Advertising and design: What happened to craft?

Technology is not king. Craft is. Want powerful advertising? Art directors, designers, copywriters and creative directors must go back to their roots.

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Midem music notes: On disruption, convergence of digital content

Audio, visual, social... discovery, data, curation -- so much is happening, and we're thrilled to be part of it. Here are some highlights from Midem 2013.

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Behind the lens: Shooting Royal Shrovetide Football

Getty Images photographer Michael Regan shares his first time covering the unique and exuberant annual Royal Shrovetide Football match.

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Picture Post Magazine Anniversary Series – Part 2: The Editors

Hulton Archive celebrates the 75th anniversary of Picture Post magazine in October 2013 and in this monthly series, we’re taking a look at some of the key players who helped create the magazine’s...

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Can you imagine A Day Without News?

Getty Images and CEO Jonathan Klein support A Day Without News?, a campaign to protect journalists and photojournalists in conflict zones.

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Breed Issue 3: a new generation of images, behind the scenes with our...

In the third edition of Breed, we celebrate the best work of 2012 and surface the trends, ideas and photographers we think will be making an impact in 2013.

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From the wings: shooting dancers in a new light

Getty Images Video Output Producer Chris Scott takes us behind the scenes at Sadler's Wells Peacock Theatre in London, shooting dancers in a new light.

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Breed Issue 3: Behind the lens with photographer Luca Sage

In his latest series, photographer Luca Sage focuses on the emotive sport of street-fighting in Africa.

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