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This Picture Is Worth $6K
 This Picture Is Worth $6K 
Jan 19, 2009 8:02 AM CST

This Picture Is Worth $6K

Leaders traditionally release limited number of pictures

(Newser) - When the five current, former, and future occupants of the Oval Office mugged together at the White House last week, one could almost hear the cash registers cha-chinging, reports Politico. All five will sign a limited 250 copies of the photo—with each keeping 50—instantly jacking the value to...

Fed-Up Photog Ready to Sue Moore

Filmmaker used iconic pic without permission

(Newser) - Michael Moore may have gone too far this time: Prize-winning photographer Michael Yon is readying a lawsuit against the filmmaker for using one of his iconic photos from Iraq without permission, the New York Post reports. The image of an American soldier carrying the bloody body of an Iraqi child...

Photogs Settle Case of Nude Monroe Pics

Limited set of prints will be sold

(Newser) - The lawsuit over the final nude photos of Marilyn Monroe has been settled amicably, Reuters reports. Photographer Bert Stern, who shot the photos weeks before Monroe’s death in a session known as “the last sitting,” will work with the two photographers he sued to develop and sell...

For Paparazzi, Obamas Are as Hot as Pitt-Jolies

Paparazzi competition heats up for snaps of future first family

(Newser) - Hordes of photographers are gearing up to make their fortunes with photos of the glamorous new first family, Elizabeth Wolff writes in New York magazine.The transition team is trying to carefully manage images of the Obamas, but they're up against patient and wily paparazzi trying to sneak shots of...

New Photos of Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison Surface

Photographer: 'John was really on the skids'

(Newser) - Candid new photos of Johnny Cash during his famous 1968 appearance at Folsom Prison have been released by the reporter and photographer who accompanied him during the concert that turned his career around. "John was really on the skids" at the time, former reporter Gene Beley told the Sacramento ...

Baby Bronx Makes Online Debut
 Baby Bronx Makes 
 Online Debut 
Dec 26, 2008 11:21 AM CST

Baby Bronx Makes Online Debut

Wentz, Simpson post picks of month-old son ... for free

(Newser) - Sticking to earlier statements about not pimping out their wee one for mad sums of cash, new parents Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz posted a freebie pic of their one-month-old online. “We decided to share the best gift we could ever receive with you: Bronx Mowgli Wentz. We couldn’...

Journal's Year in Pictures
 Journal's Year in Pictures 
Dec 24, 2008 8:55 PM CST

Journal's Year in Pictures

See the year again, for the first time

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch always said he’d make the Wall Street Journal more visually interesting, and it doesn’t get much more visually interesting than the 2008 “Year in Photos” feature the paper began today. You can see many of the Journal’s selections, spanning global conflict, the financial crisis,...

Pix Bare Obama's Cocky College Days
Pix Bare Obama's Cocky College Days
Dec 18, 2008 5:12 AM CST

Pix Bare Obama's Cocky College Days

Long-lost 1980 student photos of debonair freshman emerge

(Newser) - Long-lost photos of college freshman Barry Obama smoking and posing with a hat have emerged with Time magazine's "Man of the Year" story. Photographer Lisa Jack says the 1980 photo shoot of her fellow student at Occidental College in Los Angeles reveals a "spirit of fun and thoughtfulness"...

One in 5 Teens Has Sent or Posted Racy Photos

And 1 in 3 say they've received such photos

(Newser) - A New Hampshire teen suspended from school last week for sending a racy photo via cell phone wasn’t the first, the Boston Globe reports—and won’t be the last: One in five teens has uploaded a compromising image, and nearly one in three has received a half-naked or...

Madonna Wants $7.5M From UK Paper Over Wedding Pics

Mail on Sunday admits it broke privacy, copyright law, but calls sum 'fantasy'

(Newser) - Madonna wants $7.5 million in damages from a British newspaper that admitted to violating copyright and privacy laws in publishing photos from her wedding to Guy Ritchie, the Guardian reports today. Her lawyer says the photos were stolen, and the damages reflect their worth. “Their true commercial value...

Rare Monroe Pics Up for Auction
Rare Monroe Pics Up for Auction
Dec 6, 2008 5:16 AM CST

Rare Monroe Pics Up for Auction

Shots date back to star's first modeling assignment

(Newser) - Christie's is selling a collection of Marilyn Monroe photographs that span the star's life from her first modeling assignment to weeks before her death, the AP reports. The collection, taken by the some of the world’s most famous photographers, captures Monroe in all her various moods and is expected...

Jolie Photo Deal Hinged on Positive Coverage

Star's 'editorial plan' part of careful campaign to mold public image

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie wanted more than mere millions of dollars for the first photos of herself  and her new twins, the New York Times reports. As part of a carefully orchestrated campaign to mold her public image, the star demanded, and won, a promise from People that the magazine's future coverage...

Mags, Schmags: Minnie Debuts Kid on MySpace

Goes straight to fans rather than make money from mag

(Newser) - Rather than make a mint off his mug, new mom Minnie Driver posted photos of son Henry on her MySpace page, the Sun reports. Thousands of fans have logged on to the actress's profile to check out the sleeping 1-month-old. Driver still refuses to reveal her babydaddy, saying, "He's...

Fed Porn Probe Targets Spears Photo Thief

Underage breastfeeding pics could carry pornography charges

(Newser) - A stolen photo of teen mom Jamie Lynn Spears breastfeeding has turned what seemed to be a breach of Wal-Mart security into a federal case, TMZ reports. Copies of a dozen snapshots, allegedly purloined when baby daddy Casey Aldridge had legit copies made at a Louisiana store, could result in...

Jolie-Pitt Clan Masters 'Studied Casual' Look

Their 'Benetton' photo shoot carefully stylized

(Newser) - The photos in People of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s ever-expanding multi-cultural brood put out a vibe of a normal family relaxing and having fun, notes USA Today. Don't buy it for a second. "This was very well planned and very well executed," says publicist and author...

'DC Madam' Mom Sues to Stop Release of Suicide Photos

Says disclosure is an invasion of privacy

(Newser) - The mother of 'DC Madam' Deborah Jeane Palfrey is suing to stop police from releasing photos of her daughter's suicide scene, the St. Petersburg Times reports. A public records law allows disclosure, but the Blanche Palfrey's attorney argues it's "inappropriate, unacceptable, and personally harmful." The late Palfrey faced...

$15M Twins Debut Monday
 $15M Twins Debut Monday 
Aug 1, 2008 10:44 AM CDT

$15M Twins Debut Monday

People mag will release record-breaking first photo

(Newser) - The world will see the first images of Knox and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt on Monday. People and  Hello! magazines teamed up to win the bidding war for exclusive rights to the photos by offering $11 million to $15 million, the New York Post reports. Though initial reports speculated the price could...

Military Blocks Iraq Casualty Photos

Journalists complain war is being sanitized

(Newser) - Over 4,000 US troops have died in Iraq but only a handful of photographs of dead Americans have reached the media, the New York Times reports. Military regulations do not forbid taking photographs of casualties, but access to death sites is often denied. Photographers who do publish grim images...

Kidman Kid Pics Not for Sale... Maybe

Actress says she'd never, but gossip mag says it turned down her demand for $3M

(Newser) - Nicole Kidman says she would never sell pictures of daughter Sunday Rose—but the price may not have been high enough. An editor at a celebrity glossy tells the New York Post the Aussie Oscar-winner “wanted $3 million and we weren't going to pay that.” A Kidman rep...

Miley Spread Jams VF's Inbox
 Miley Spread Jams VF's Inbox 
Jul 15, 2008 1:00 PM CDT

Miley Spread Jams VF's Inbox

Readers' response sets record for volume, though not for vitriol

(Newser) - Readers really responded to Vanity Fair’s now-infamous Miley Cyrus photo spread—but not in a bad way. The 915 letters were by far a record, but editor Graydon Carter tells Women's Wear Daily he's seen much worse on the outrage scale: “They were much kinder than the letters...

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