QUICK TAKES - July 29, 2009
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French photo agency Gamma, which rose to fame documenting the May 1968 uprising in Paris and the Vietnam War, said Tuesday its survival was in doubt, the latest victim of a crisis hurting traditional media.
Founded in 1966, Gamma spearheaded a golden generation of French photo-journalists whose prize-winning images of world events were showcased on the front pages of influential magazine Paris Match and newspapers around the globe.
The managers of Eyedea, a bigger photo publishing group that now owns Gamma, told staff Tuesday that the division could no longer pay its bills.
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