In Hyperallergic parlance, “powerless” conjures a very specific status. Historically, our Powerless 20 list has shone a light on those who exist outside of an art world that lionizes the wealthy and the privileged, whether that’s because they’re persecuted by their governments, trapped in a rigged capitalist machine that spews riches for the very few, or just shit out of luck.
“I think part of the reason news organizations are now looking so carefully at OpenAI is because they have 20 years of history indicating that if we’re not careful, we’ll give away the keys to the kingdom,” said Andrew Morse, the publisher of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the flagship newspaper of Cox Media Group, which is not in talks with OpenAI.
Many photographers and photo editors have been faced with a picture they don’t know the location of but would like to. And while this new AI technology helps with that task, others have pointed to privacy concerns.
Rian Dundon is based in Portland, OR and specializes in documentary photography. He is the author of: Protest City (2023), Fan (2015), and Changsha (2012)
The suit does not include an exact monetary demand. But it says the defendants should be held responsible for “billions of dollars in statutory and actual damages” related to the “unlawful copying and use of The Times’s uniquely valuable works.” It also calls for the companies to destroy any chatbot models and training data that use copyrighted material from The Times.
This year, our visual stories covered a range of subjects: artificial intelligence, war in Ukraine and Gaza, the transition to cleaner energy, natural disasters and the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. 2023: The Year in Visual Stories and Graphics.
Every Christmas I like to feature work that is inspiring in its beauty and soul-filling in its subject matter. Xuan-Hui Ng‘s exquisite capture of natural wonders is a balm for all the sadness and stress in the world. She helps us reset our our psyche’s, lower our blood pressure, and revel in the magic of
Nature has been pivotal to my own healing and growth. I dedicate my images to kindred spirits, the weary, the lost and the lonesome. I hope that they can experience the joy I felt when I laid my eyes on these magical landscapes.
IT’S NOT ALL words here at WIRED. Every one of our stories is brought to eye-popping life on the web and in print by our newsroom’s photo desk. Each year, this award-winning team of photo editors compiles a list of their favorite photography books. What follows is a selection of their picks from 2023. (Most were released this year; there are one or two you can preorder for delivery in early 2024.)
* Congratulations to the SIX photojournalists receiving The Yunghi Grant! * Russel Albert Daniels Tamir Kalifa Alejandra RajaL Simona Supino John Trotter Arin Yoon * We feel privileged to have read…
The Yunghi Grant judges are especially mindful of photojournalist’s growth: personally and professionally. Many applicants have applied several times before; even though you might not have won this year, continue to do so as often stories develop a critical mass over time. The perseverance and resilience to take a story to its conclusion, or nearly so, is always noted by the judges.
Even as a camera gives you considerable power — you literally get to shape how other people will be seen, it is very difficult for many photographers to be mindful of it, in particular when being confronted with the power a father figure seems to exert (even if in reality that power might have now waned if not outright disappeared).
Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays! I have to admit that I’m not a religious person, but I’m all in when it comes to Christmas. The lights, the decorations, the tree, the fantasy of Santa and the reindeer are wonderful distractions from politics and the end of the world as we know it. This is the fourth time
This is the fourth time I’ve featured Jesse Rieser’s terrific project, Christmas in America: Happy Birthday Jesus, first in 2013, then again in 2016 and in 2019. The good news is that this is an 8 year effort and it gives more gifts with each year. He completed the project this year with work made in New York. His perspective of examining this holiday/religious/commercial event from the outside, makes us see the folly and the magic of saying Happy Birthday to Jesus
Our picture editing team highlights the work of a selection of photojournalists working for news agencies worldwide whose images have stood out throughout 2023
Our picture editing team highlights the work of a selection of photojournalists working for news agencies worldwide whose images have stood out throughout 2023
Last week, Lightricks CEO Zeev Farbman candidly shared how AI is impacting Lightricks’ photo editing app business. For one, AI tech makes some of the work that used to require specialized software and expertise trivial, according to Farbman in last week’s interview with Axios.
Photographer Alexey Vasyliev offers an intimate look into the life and changing culture of the Evens, an indigenous tribe in his hometown of Yakutsk — one of the coldest places on Earth
Photographer Alexey Vasyliev offers an intimate look into the life and changing culture of the Evens, an indigenous tribe in his hometown of Yakutsk — one of the coldest places on Earth.
Every year, our photo editors try to capture the best photojournalism in one intense presentation. The Year in Pictures is a way to commemorate the big news events from January to December: the ones that traumatized us — and there are many of those — mixed in with some moments of bliss.
The journey through Georgia (Gruzja in Polish) in 2016 was a first for the Polish photographer. With eyes wide open and his camera always on hand, he covered a lot of ground on foot or moved around in taxis and small buses (marshrutka). His route took him from Tiflis in the east, via Batumi and Svaneti in the west, as far as the Goderdzi Pass in the south – followed by a couple of days across the border in Turkey. He spoke with us about his way of working and about the experiences he had on the trip.
“I could take pictures that fit that theme anywhere I was in the world, it didn’t really matter where the location was,” says Schaller. “The point is this homogenous thing is happening, whether you’re in Paris, Tokyo, or New York — it’s becoming more similar, I think.”