Just woken up from hibernation: over 700 photographs of European brown bears can be found in the online image archive of Yannick Andrea GmbH

Bears bathing, swimming, splashing, diving, snorting, gasping, threatening, biting, pinching, walking, running, galloping, eating raspberries/fruit/grass, foraging, climbing, sleeping, lying on their backs, Licking, sitting, yawning, enjoying, observing, roaming about, acting like a man, looking, smelling, scenting, digging, scratching trees, counting claws, hitting, handing out slaps, pushing oneself under water, shaking oneself, looking under water, Hide, scratch your head, bite your claws, eat ants and larvae, balance in the air, listen, carry stones, turn over logs, sit on trees, drink and defecate. Of loners (males and females), “pairs”, baby bears, cubs and a gang of young rascals.

With detailed photos of the nose, ears, snout, front and rear paws, soles, claws and portrait photos. With the “Layout” search function, over 60 planned “double pages” can be selected and combined with any keywords.

You can find more information on https://www.bildarchiv.online

Yannick Andrea GmbH Image Archive & Photography
Via Funtana 37
CH-7477 Filisur
Telephone ++ 41 (0) 81 404 12 74
Mobile ++ 41 (0) 78 690 84 11
Email yannick@yannick-andrea.ch
www.bildarchiv.online
www.yannick-andrea.ch

Photographs from the Swiss mountain region: in single images, series of images, portraits, reports and long-term projects.

We at SAB are very happy about our new member Yannick Andrea Bildarchiv GmbH.
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Yannick Andrea presents his image database himself:
Working as a professional photographer for over 20 years, the Corona issue gave me the time to put my picture archive online.

The subjects of the picture archive are:
– People at work in the mountain area (musicians, artists, craftsmen, workers, alpine farmers, farmers, etc.)
– Woods, plants and trees in details and in all seasons
– documentation
– Natural areas and changes in the landscape
– aerial photography

The online image archive offers various search functions that can be combined with one another, 100% zoom function in the image detail view, layout download for registered users and a fee calculator integrated after activation.

The photographs from the image archive of Yannick Andrea GmbH are authentic and not processed using AI. They are offered exclusively with the rights managed model. The image archive is constantly being expanded and expanded with photographs from the inventory and new recordings.

You can find more information on https://www.bildarchiv.online

Yannick Andrea GmbH
Image archive & photography
Via Funtana 37
7477 Filisur
Switzerland

Telephone ++ 41 (0) 81 404 12 74
Mobile ++ 41 (0) 78 690 84 11
E-mail yannick@yannick-andrea.ch
www.bildarchiv.online

CEPIC Congress in Mallorca postponed again

With great regret, CEPIC must have theirs Congress postponed from May 2020 to May 2021 Postpone another time due to the uncertain situation in the corona pandemic. The CEPIC Committee hopes to be able to find a new date for this year. The venue remains Palma de Mallorca.

Further information

Winter cards with real photos

To get you in the mood for the time to come, we have another one Selection of winter cards
compiled. All cards come with real photo prints that are a local photo specialist
manufactures for us, delivered.
The formats A5 / C5 148 x 210 mm and E6 125 x 180 mm are available on cream-white
Quality cardboard and paper from Artoz in Lenzburg. The cards come with an envelope,
Insert sheet and individually wrapped in cellophane, delivered throughout Switzerland.

Business customers: please ask for our price lists for the
Resale

Private customers: You can find photos and order numbers HERE.
All information on terms and conditions and prices can be found under the following link: Price list and order form
Please note that we do not send single tickets.

Dietz + Dietz
Photographers / image archive
Alexander Dietz
Obstgartenweg 4
CH-6402 Merlischachen
+41 (0)41 850 40 36

dietz@dietz.ch – email
dietz.ch – Online image database
northern lights.photo – Picture gallery Norway
scenic-switzerland.com – Image gallery & calendar concepts
fineartprints.photo – Photo cards and large enlargements
dietz-photography.blogspot.com – News blog

Photo: farmhouse winter evening | Alexander Dietz

Currently at AURA: Two new books

AURA Foto Film Verlag is launching two new books:

The KKL story | One place | 100 years | Three buildings

Way of St. James | 900 km through Switzerland and Spain

The book “The KKL story | one place | 100 years | three buildings” was published for the 20th anniversary of the culture and congress center Lucerne KKL and documents the eventful history of the coveted building site in the most beautiful location with an abundance of articles and z. Partly unpublished images from various sources.
You can choose from a wide range of pages from the 230-page book leaf through here.

The book that has just appeared “Way of St. James | 900 km through Switzerland and Spain” is a combination of a travel report and information for long-term hiking. It includes pin handy shape professional photos and clippings from a diary. Texts and information should provide a well-founded preparation for the Camino de Santiago. The photographer Emanuel Ammon (AURA) and the diary author Monika Senn first made a pilgrimage in Switzerland between Constance and Einsiedeln, without knowing each other, in order to get in the mood for the 800 km long Way of St. James in northern Spain. The author and the photographer only met on the pilgrimage route. The diary was not created with a possible publication in mind and is therefore completely authentic. The book describes the 100 km Swiss Way of St. James and the entire original Way of St. James from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in southern France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. You can flip through many book pages on this landing page.

In addition: The historical picture archive of Emanuel Ammon is constantly being expanded. At the moment they are press photos from the 80s and early 90s.

AURA Foto Film Verlag GmbH
Gerliswilstrasse 23
CH-6020 Emmenbrücke
+41 41 420 65 65
+41 79 341 61 56
www.aura.ch
www.aurabooks.ch

The Swiss picture agency ImagePoint AG presents itself with a new, modern website. The appearance with the new logo shows the concern of ImagePoint: Simple – Images – Find. Accordingly, the website is kept simple. The quick search leads directly to the appropriate images, which are clearly presented. In just a few steps you can download the payment.

* Easy : with two clicks to the desired picture.
* Images: with a focus on Switzerland and People.
* Find : via quick keyword search.
Can’t find a picture or don’t have time? The image request helps further.

It’s best to try it out right away: www.imagepoint.ch

Contact:
ImagePoint AG
Lerzenstrasse 27
8953 Dietikon
info@imagepoint.ch
Tel. 044 341 80 15

Image: karpi / ImagePoint

First-hand information on what’s new in the revised Copyright Act

A Corona-compliant group of 15 SAB members and interested non-members met on October 21 in the HWZ Zurich for the workshop “Photography & Copyright” by Christoph Schütz, the SAB, the Swiss working group of image agencies and – Archives, invited. The topic was the innovations regarding photographs in the revised Copyright Act, which has been in force since April 1, 2020.

Christoph Schütz, a well-founded expert on the subject, provided information on the new legal situation. As the initiator and head of the photo protection working group of the SBF, USPP, vfg, SAB, impressum and syndicom associations, he fought tenaciously and passionately for better protection of photos without individual character (“simple photos”). With success: since April 1, 2020, all photographs in Switzerland have been protected by copyright.

Paragraph 3bis has been added to Article 2 of the CopA: “Photographic reproduction and reproduction of three-dimensional objects produced using a method similar to photography are considered works, even if they do not have an individual character.”

However, there is a difference in the duration of protection: While individually designed photographs are protected for up to 70 years after the death of the author, protection for non-individual photographs is limited to 50 years after production. The photo protection working group had proposed to set protection for the new photography category as in Germany and Austria to 50 years after publication and only for unpublished images to 50 years after production, but this proposal was unsuccessful. The new barriers to copyright law were also discussed. A transitional provision stipulates that legal uses that began under old law may be completed.
Not everything that would have been desirable made it into the URG revision – it can be assumed that further adjustments will be discussed in the future.

Christoph Schütz has designed his workshop “Photography & Copyright” for authorities, associations, companies and institutions who use photographs from third parties in digital or printed form or who are interested in copyright issues relating to photographs for other reasons and shows how to use a Image usage has to take precedence. Much of it was familiar matter to his audience of visual professionals. Nevertheless, many questions were asked and answered in the group together with experiences and examples from practice. An aperitif in the in-house bistro concluded the interesting, lively workshop.

More about Christoph Schütz, photographer, publisher and media scientist from Friborg
www.unikator.org
unikator@gmx.ch
Website “Working Group Photo Protection”: www.fotografie-urheberrecht.com

Image: “Photography is a matter of luck” | Christoph Schütz | 2020

The workshop takes place in German.

Part A
In the introductory presentation, Christoph Schütz answers the following questions:
– What has changed with the revised URG regarding photographs?
– What do I have to look at if I want to use photographs from third parties?
– In which cases can I use photographs without the consent of third parties?
– What should be done if a conflict arises due to the use of an image?

Part B:
After a break, specific questions from the participants are answered in the second part and case studies from practice are played through in groups or in plenary sessions.

SAB Workshop “Photography and Copyright”
Lecturer: Christoph Schütz, initiator of the photo protection working group
Date: Wednesday October 21, 2020
Location: HWZ Zurich School of Economics, Lagerstrasse 5, room 305
Program:
1.30 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. welcome drink
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. workshop
afterwards there is an aperitif in the bistro

The number of participants is limited to 20 people.
Participation is free for SAB members.
The remaining places are open to non-members
Cost: Fr. 90.00 incl. written documents, welcome drink and aperitif

Registration with full address by Friday, October 16, 2020

Image: Imagepoint / Begsteiger

PALMA de Mallorca  27. – 29. Mai 2020

CEPIC, der europäische Dachverband der Bildagenturen, lädt ein nach Palma de Mallorca zur grössten Veranstaltung der Bildindustrie. Vom 27. – 29. Mai treffen sich Fachleute der Bildindustrie aus über 30 Ländern im Hotel Gran Melìa Victoria in Palma de Mallorca zum Networking. An einem Ort kann man zusammentreffen mit Leitern und Angestellten von Agenturen, mit Lieferanten von Filmmaterial, mit Techonlogie-Spezialitsten, mit Juristen und den Kreative, die die Bildindustrie erneuern. Dazu gibt es auch Vorträge und Workshops über die neusten Entwicklungen in der Bildindustrie.
Die CEPIC Jahresversammlung ist auf Dienstagnachmittag 26. Mai angesetzt und am Abend wird zur Welcome Reception auf die Dachterrasse des Tagungshotels eingeladen.
Eine Frühbuchung zum reduzierten Preis ist bis zum 29. Februar möglich.

Weitere Informationen

Photo protection made it into the URG

At the end of January, the photo protection working group invited to an aperitif riche at the Kornhaus-Forum in Bern to celebrate the long and persistent success of including photo protection in the revision of the copyright law. A motley crowd of helpers and comrades-in-arms appeared to be happy about the victory. After the referendum initiated by the Pirate Party against the URG revision adopted in the autumn session did not materialize, the last possible stumbling block has also been cleared out of the way: thanks to the legally anchored photo protection, it is finally clear in Switzerland that photography is no longer easy may be used and resold without being asked. Photo protection guarantees all image creators – whether professionals or amateurs – that respect for their work that has increasingly been lost with digitization and the self-service mentality. The revised law is to be introduced in April 2020.

After welcoming the happy group, Christoph Schütz, the initiator and head of the photo protection working group of the SBF, USPP, vfg, SAB, impressum and Syndicom associations, described in a brief review the persistent, tireless commitment to this important issue over the course of 7 years. He thanked everyone who contributed to the success: his comrade-in-arms Beat Ernst from the SER for his active support, the associations of the image industry for their contributions, the photographers who worked for the early morning before the vote in the National Council Had demonstrated photo protection and the members of parliament who stood up for the cause.

The next speaker was Beat Flach, a member of the National Council member of the Legal Affairs Commission, about the URG revision from the perspective of the politician involved. Photo protection was only one of the concerns of many during the revision. Mr. Flach was impressed by the serious, decent tenacity with which Christoph Schütz lobbied parliamentarians for photo protection.

Philip Kübler, Director of Pro Litteris, explained in his speech how Pro Litteris, after initially rejecting the matter, thanks to many conversations with Christoph Schütz, has changed his mind and now also agrees to photo protection.

An imaginative humorous insert on the topic brought fun to the happy group. Also present as a cardboard figure was Christoph Meili, the security guard with the UBS files, which he saved from being shredded and thus started dealing with dormant accounts. And the photographer Gisela Blau, who shot the famous picture, which was assessed as not worthy of protection in the federal court, was pleased that her famous picture will also be protected in the future.
The evening ended in a happy mood with an aperitif riche.

We at the SAB would like to thank the photo protection working group, especially their locomotive Christoph Schütz, for their enormous commitment to this important cause. How nice that it was worth sticking with it!

More information on the subject of photo protection

Picture Bern in a festive mood: Christoph Schütz

Main picture: Christoph Schütz (r) + Beat Ernst pose with Meili cardboard cutout
Photo Severin Nowacki

Michael Szönyi at alpineSTOCK.com – making natural processes tangible

Photographs by Michael Szönyi convey the beauty and dynamics of nature. They show the care with which his work is created. He captures natural processes that are sometimes fast, sometimes slow over millions of years. These processes take place not only, but mainly in mountainous regions. As the name suggests, alpineSTOCK.com is home to the Alpine region with images of glaciers, hikes and waterfalls, but also spectacular eruptions and mystical underwater formations on the volcanic islands of Hawai’i. It doesn’t always have to be the distant destinations like the northern lights in Iceland or the geysers of Yellowstone that are able to tell a story, smaller beauties in the immediate vicinity of civilization are also part of it.

Michael Szönyi is primarily a natural scientist and deals full-time with natural hazards such as floods and earthquakes. Secondly, he is a photographer, and thirdly, he is the author of several volumes in the “Georeisen” series. His photographs have been represented by the photo agency alpineSTOCK.com for many years.

All pictures by Michael Szönyi at alpineSTOCK.com can be found here:
Books in the “Geoland” series by Michael Szönyi :

alpineSTOCK.com
Toblerstrasse 76a
CH-8044 Zurich

info@alpinestock.com
Website
Phone +41 44 500 50 99

Main image: Ice in the glacier cave, Zinal Glacier, Val d’Anniviers | Michael Szönyi/alpineSTOCK

We would be happy to let you know that membership in the Swiss Association of Image Agencies and Archives SAB now includes free legal advice per year for every active member. Legal advice is provided by a qualified specialist and relates to the specific areas of law with which SAB members typically come into contact. It mainly includes copyright and contract law. The SAB covers the costs of a half-hour initial consultation. Our board member Wilfried Haferland from alpineSTOCK, as a lawyer familiar with the specialty of intellectual property law, is responsible for the new service.

With this offer, SAB membership offers an important additional service for active members. Who is part of it today are listed here .

According to the statutes, any natural or legal person who operates a picture agency or a picture archive in Switzerland or in the Principality of Liechtenstein can become an active member. Active members can also be those who work full-time to provide image or agency-related services such as E.g. the operation of a hosting platform or an RSI service (reverse search engine) for images or who is full-time stock photography. Two years of active business activity are required for admission.
The annual fee of the SAB is currently CHF 300. and is to be paid upon entry.

Registration forms can be obtained from the  office

SAB Swiss Association of
Picture Agencies and Photo ARchives
P.O.Box 15
5303 Würenlingen
Tel 056 281 20 88
info@sab-photo.ch
www.sab-photo.ch

Image: ImagePoint / Begsteiger

Bildarchiv Nutzpflanzen Beat Ernst: Neu gestaltete Webseite

Endlich ist es soweit, das Bildarchiv Nutzpflanzen präsentiert sich in neuem Kleid. Angepasst an die heutigen Technologien und Designs, haben wir unseren Webauftritt komplett neu gestaltet.
Wie bislang können Sie selbstverständlich sowohl alphabetisch als auch nach den verschiedenen Kategorien wie beispielsweise

– Arzneipflanzen und deren Indikationen
– Genussmittel und Aromastoffe
– Blütenfarben
– Pflanze und Lebensräume

und den darin enthaltenen Untergruppen suchen.

Ebenfalls zu unserem neuen Auftritt gehört auch unser neues Logo, welches nicht nur auf das Bildarchiv, sondern auch auf Beat Ernst als Fotografen, spezialisiert in den Bereichen Architektur, Industrie, Wissenschaft, Close up und Natur, hinweist.

Besuchen Sie unsere neue Seite und lassen Sie sich inspirieren. Wir sind überzeugt, dass wir auch nach bald 30 Jahren auf dem Markt noch immer frisch, ansprechend und jugendlich daher kommen.

Klein und spezialisiert, finden Sie bei uns Bildmaterial, welches anderweitig nur schwer zu finden ist und profitieren auch noch vom botanischen Fachwissen von Beat Ernst.

Für Fragen stehen wir gerne zur Verfügung.

Bildarchiv Nutzpflanzen Beat Ernst
www.beat-ernst-basel.ch
mail@beat-ernst-basel.ch
Tel. +41 61 691 40 00

Hauptbild: Gewürznelkenbaum, Syzygium aromaticum (= Caryophyllus aromaticum) | Beat Ernst