Author: Trent
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Leica M11-P Is World’s First Camera to Embrace Content Credentials | PetaPixel
Leica M11-P Is World’s First Camera to Embrace Content Credentials Leica breaks ground with the first camera that creates a seamless chain of authenticity. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/10/26/leica-m11-p-is-worlds-first-camera-to-embrace-content-credentials/ Leica has announced the Leica M11-P, the world’s first camera to create a seamless chain of authenticity from capture to publication.
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European Street Photography Week: Kristen Van den Eede: A Limit to the Dark – LENSCRATCH
European Street Photography Week: Kristen Van den Eede: A Limit to the Dark – LENSCRATCH While investigating the array of European photographers involved in diverse collectives focused on street photography, I came across Kristin Van den Eede‘s eerie and engaging world view. What intrigues me about her work as a street photographer is her preference…
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A Small Voice: Conversations With Photographers podcast – 216 – Corinne Dufka
Link: https://bensmithphoto.com/asmallvoice/corinne-dufka Over the course of her subsequent twelve year career as a photojournalist she covered more than a dozen of the world’s bloodiest armed conflicts across three continents and was honored with the Robert Capa gold medal; a World Press Club Award; a Pulitzer nomination; and the Courage in Journalism Award.
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Episode 78: Svet Jacqueline (Conflict Photography) – A Photojournalism Podcast for Everyone
Link: https://10fps.net/2023/10/24/episode-78-svet-jacqueline-conflict-photography/ Svet Jacqueline joins the podcast this week remotely from Ukraine, where she covers social and humanitarian issues
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GenAI and the forced evolution of Photography: From Artifice to Authenticity – Kaptur
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/ As the lines between the real and the artificial blur, photography’s role in preserving and portraying reality becomes…
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Calm Before the Storm – The Leica camera Blog
Link: https://leica-camera.blog/2023/10/23/calm-before-the-storm/ The photo book, ‘Calm before the Storm. How we lived at normalization. Photos from the 70s and 80s’, by Czech photographer Jaroslav Kučera, is an impressive testimony to the decades known as “normalization”.
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The Photographer Annie Leibovitz’s New Show Builds on the Past – The New York Times
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. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/20/arts/design/annie-leibovitz-exhibition-crystal-bridges-museum.html “I do feel the portrait has its own genre,” Ms. Leibovitz said. “And…
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Some Israeli Journalists Express Fear About Conveying Dissenting Views – The New York Times
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. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/business/media/israeli-journalists-express-fear-about-conveying-dissenting-views.html Last weekend, at least a dozen people surrounded the home of a left-wing Israeli commentator who had expressed concern about civilian deaths in…
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Silicon Valley Ditches News, Shaking an Unstable Industry – The New York Times
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 Even in the long-fractious relationship between publishers and tech platforms, the latest rift stands out — and the consequences for the news industry are stark.
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Darren Aronofsky Says it Takes 12 People to Use the 18K Sphere Camera | PetaPixel
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/ Aronofsky’s 18K resolution film plays back at Sphere at a blistering-fast 60 frames per second, more than twice the speed of…
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How Social Media Abdicated Responsibility for the News | The New Yorker
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 An “algorithmically driven fog of war” is how one journalist described the deluge of disinformation and mislabelled footage on…
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Where are NFT ‘s today? – Kaptur
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/ According to a recent report, 95% of NFT owners have lost money.
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Reuters Videographer Killed By Israeli Shelling | PetaPixel
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/ According to Reuters, videographer Issam Abdallah was killed on Friday evening as he and a group of international journalists were working near the village of Alma al-Shaab in south Lebanon.
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Erinn Springer: Dormant Season – LENSCRATCH
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…
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Did China Censor a Photo of Two Women Athletes Embracing?
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/ The image of two runners was reportedly removed online because it included numbers related to the Tiananmen Square massacre.
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Edwin Averette III: The American Family Cemetery – LENSCRATCH
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…
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Leica Sofort 2: Hybrid Instant Camera | Red Dot Forum
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…
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“Squid Fleet” Takes You Into the Opaque World of Chinese Fishing | The New Yorker
“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 A film by Ed Ou and Will N. Miller uses a fictional narrative…
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Tamara Reynolds: XX – LENSCRATCH
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…
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Landry Major: Keepers of the West – LENSCRATCH
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…