ZUMA Gets an Eyeful

March 11, 2004 - San Clemente, CA - Today, ZUMA Press the world's premier picture agency and wire service, expanded the depth of its reportage and feature imagery by sealing a content partnership with European picture agency eyevine. Graham Cross and David Leverton--both established industry professionals--founded eyevine in London. Their fresh approach as an agency has attracted a number of award-winning photojournalists including Andrew Buurman, a 2003 World Press Photo Award winner for sports imagery of Serpentine Swimmers in London's Hyde Park. "I am proud to be working with such a dynamic and progressive agency as eyevine. They are doing a great job of selecting top-tier photographers that create wonderful in-depth stories ranging from the edgy to the unexpected," said Scott Mc Kiernan, director and founder of ZUMA Press. Some of the eyevine stories available via ZUMA include complete coverage of the first successful, unassisted mission to the South Pole, Japanese women wrestlers, the big business of India's human hair trade and Ultimate Fighting--the hottest ticket to hit the U.K. fight scene.

News, reportage and portrait photographer NIKOS PILOS has signed with ZUMA Press. Based in Athens, Greece, Pilos joins ZUMA from France's Taïga Presse Images. Pilos' work is widely published in leading European weeklies. His most recent published works include coverage of the national election campaign of the New Democracy and Pasok parties, the party culture of Greek youth and a feature on the making of Theo Angelopoulos' film The Weeping Meadow. Pilos is available for editorial assignments, including coverage of the 2004 Olympics, through ZUMA Press. For more information, please contact Trish Murphy at 949.494.7704.

In an effort to improve publicity and streamline the image distribution process the Newport Beach Film Festival appointed ZUMA Press as its Official Wire Service. Already in its fifth year the festival will showcase more than 250 films from around the world, offering an ambitious and international selection of features, shorts, documentaries and animation including world premieres, Academy Award entries, Sundance selections and more. The festival contracted ten photographers to cover the event. All of their content including red carpet arrivals will be loaded into ZUMApress.com and made available to editors within mere hours of each event. zReportage Update--Death Row USA

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