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GenAI and the forced evolution of Photography: From Artifice to Authenticity – Kaptur
If GenAI can recreate or even surpass the aesthetic appeal of a captured moment, what then becomes the essence of photography?
via Kaptur: https://kaptur.co/genai-and-the-forced-evolution-of-photography-from-artifice-to-authenticity/
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For Annie Leibovitz, an Opportunity to Work and Build on the Past
After receiving a commission for new works, the photographer agreed to a show that she regards as a ‘classroom’ for those who want to follow in her path.
in Photography
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Some Israeli Journalists Express Fear About Conveying Dissenting Views
Airing criticism of the country’s response has become even more fraught than in previous conflicts, some journalists and press advocates said.
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Silicon Valley Ditches News, Shaking an Unstable Industry
News organizations are scrambling to adjust to the latest rift in the long-fractious relationship between publishers and tech platforms.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/technology/news-social-media-traffic.html
in Journalism
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Darren Aronofsky Says it Takes 12 People to Use the 18K Sphere Camera
How an award-winning filmmaker made a movie with a cutting-edge camera for a screen he hadn’t seen yet.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/10/20/darren-aronofsky-says-it-takes-12-people-to-use-the-18k-sphere-camera/
in Equipment
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How Social Media Abdicated Responsibility for the News
The Israel-Hamas war has displayed with fresh urgency the perils of relying on our feeds for updates about events unfolding in real time.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/how-social-media-abdicated-responsibility-for-the-news
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Where are NFT ‘s today? – Kaptur
It was on everyone’s lips and digital wallets, Fortunes were to be made. It was the future of photography. Where are NFT s now?
via Kaptur: https://kaptur.co/where-are-nft-s-today/
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Reuters Videographer Killed By Israeli Shelling
He was providing a live video signal of the air strikes.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/10/16/reuters-videographer-killed-by-israeli-shelling/
in Obituaries
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Erinn Springer: Dormant Season – LENSCRATCH
In her debut photobook, Dormant Season, from Charcoal Press, Erinn Springer returns to her roots in rural Wisconsin to photograph a familiar but evolving agrarian landscape. Set against the stark winter terrain, Springer leads us to witness the raw contrasting realities of modern Midwest life, a realm where past and present intertwine with fleeting moments
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/10/erinn-springer-dormant-season/
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Did China Censor a Photo of Two Women Athletes Embracing?
The image of two runners was reportedly removed online because it included numbers related to the Tiananmen Square massacre.
via Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/849175/did-china-censor-a-photo-of-two-women-athletes-embracing/
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Edwin Averette III: The American Family Cemetery – LENSCRATCH
This week, we will be exploring projects inspired by place. Today, we’ll be looking at Edwin Averette III’s series The American Family Cemetery. Edwin Averette III was an undergraduate photography student while I was at East Carolina University. He was one of the most hardworking and dedicated students. I heard a story where, during a hurricane,
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/10/edwin-averette-iii-the-american-family-cemetery/
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Leica Sofort 2: Hybrid Instant Camera | Red Dot Forum
Today, Leica has announced the Sofort 2, a hybrid instant compact camera. Combining digital capture and analog output, the Leica Sofort 2 offers the fun and spontaneous aesthetic of the original Sofort introduced in 2016, but with far more more flexibility. The camera can take an image and print it out instantly just like the original, shoot and store to a microSD card without printing like a point-and-shoot digital camera, or be used as a portable wireless printer for outputting instant prints from other Leica cameras via the FOTOS app.
via Red Dot Forum: https://www.reddotforum.com/content/2023/10/leica-sofort-2-hybrid-instant-camera/
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“Squid Fleet” Takes You Into the Opaque World of Chinese Fishing
A film by Ed Ou and Will N. Miller uses a fictional narrative based on investigative reporting, and real footage, to capture gritty work at sea.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/squid-fleet-takes-you-into-the-opaque-world-of-chinese-fishing
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Tamara Reynolds: XX – LENSCRATCH
Tamara Reynolds is a documentary photographer born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee who exhibits her work nationally and internationally. She will be returning as a visiting Lecturer to Vanderbilt University in Nashville for the spring semester of 2024. Reynolds began her career as a commercial photographer for 25 years. Although very successful, over time she
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/10/tamara-reynolds-xx/
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Landry Major: Keepers of the West – LENSCRATCH
The Center for Photographic Art, in conjunction with PhotoLucida, is pleased to announce the 2023 Critical Mass Solo Exhibition Award. This year’s recipient is Landry Major. The artist will be exhibiting a large selection of gelatin silver prints from her long-term project, Keepers of the West and will be on the walls of CPA through
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/10/landry-major-keepers-of-the-west/
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Hiroshi Sugimoto: Time Machine
Hiroshi Sugimoto: Time Machine at the Hayward Gallery, London, marks the largest retrospective to date of the internationally renowned Japanese artist. 1000 Words Editor in Chief Tim Clark speaks with Director Ralph Rugoff about the exhibition making process, stretching and reshaping our notions of time in photography, the artist’s affinities with other art forms and why Sugimoto’s approach can be framed through a ‘lens of doubt’.
via 1000 Words: https://www.1000wordsmag.com/hiroshi-sugimoto-time-machine/
in Photography
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Missouri Photo Workshop aims to ‘show truth with a camera’
For 75 years, the workshop has drawn photographers from around the world to tell the visual story of a community.
via Columbia Missourian: https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/missouri-photo-workshop-aims-to-show-truth-with-a-camera/article_6e9c89b2-5d52-11ee-a49d-a36a74459788.html