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And so it ends ( updated )

Posted By pmelcher On July 23, 2009 @ 7:13 am In photojournalism, magazine, transaction, editorial, france, news | No Comments

Gamma, recently renamed Eyedea by its new owners, Green recovery, is closing forever. The official date will be the 28 of July, 2009. This is a very sad day for photography worldwide. The “corpocrates” have won. They have succeeded in destroying one of the most beautiful photo agency in the world.

Hopefully we will see a rebirth of Rapho and others thanks to the will power of its photographers.

Update : [1] an article, in French, confirming the story. More to come

Update number 2 : “In wanting to preserve it, Hachette destroyed it ” Raymond Depardon, Founder of Gamma. Read the [2] short interview here, along with a quick reaction by Eyedea current CEO.

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URL to article: http://blog.melchersystem.com/2009/07/23/and-so-it-ends/

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[1] an article, in French, confirming the story: http://eco.rue89.com/2009/07/23/lagence-photo-gamma-va-deposer-le-bilan
[2] short interview here: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&am
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