One of the largest photo collections in the world was just sold. Corbis, which is owned by Bill Gates, has sold off its images business to Visual China
“The downfall for some contributing photographers, like myself, is that they owned Demotix.com, which positioned itself as breaking news stock photography,” one photographer tells PetaPixel. “When many of us went to demotix.com today, the site redirects to Corbis. Demotix appears to be gone.”
In his talk during the National Geographic Seminar on January 14, Louis Psihoyos, the photographer, filmmaker and conservation advocate, urged photojournalists and nature photographers in the audience to reach beyond magazine readers and look for new, amb
In his talk during the National Geographic Seminar on January 14, Louis Psihoyos, the photographer, filmmaker and conservation advocate, urged photojournalists and nature photographers in the audience to reach beyond magazine readers and look for new, ambitious ways to get their message in front of a wider audience
Every now and again, and more frequently in recent years, we see an article that leads with something along the lines of “don’t hire a professional wedding photographer” or “you don’t need to pay for a professional photographer.” Though I understand where
Every now and again, and more frequently in recent years, we see an article that leads with something along the lines of “don’t hire a professional wedding photographer” or “you don’t need to pay for a professional photographer.”
we are again gathering 150 photographers and 75 of the most influential editors, curators, gallerists and book publishers for two days of private photo critiques on April 2 and 3
Ann Marks, who spent months researching the upbringing of the Chicago nanny who is now heralded as a master of street photography, still doesn’t have an answer. But Ms. Marks — who has no background in photography and started researching Maier only after seeing a documentary about her life — has learned a great deal about Maier’s family history
This past fall National Geographic photographer Lynn Johnson suggested I do a blog post about photographs that inspired change. I was moved by this idea and thought what better way to end the year than to reflect on the power of a still image. Photographs
For 2016, we can expect experimentation to continue. Estimated at 4 Billion photographers creating 1.2 trillion images in 2015 alone, and with 63% of social media made of images, there is no slowing down users’ addiction to photography
Donald Winslow, editor of News Photographer magazine, is tweeting about the layoffs. “No one knows how many, at this point,” he writes. “Staff sitting by phones waiting to be called down one by one to HR.”
brand marketers are just about to pour millions of dollars into the existing channels of visual web while as well as experiment with new solutions. It is not a surprise since all the elements of a perfect storm seem to be converging.
In its study, Kodak Alaris reveals that an estimated 11 billion images taken via mobile are lost forever. The reason? More than 13% of the population does not take any necessary steps to protect their images and thus lose them forever when they break their devices, upgrade to new ones or simply delete them in need of additional space
Porter Yates is a Brooklyn, New York-based photographer who takes his camera to the remote corners of the world, documenting the beauty and uniqueness of
Full disclosure: Photoville may be our favorite photo event of the year. Highlighting some of the most talented and diverse photographers from all over the world, the festival brings together creatives who share a real passion for image making. It’s no se
Full disclosure: Photoville may be our favorite photo event of the year. Highlighting some of the most talented and diverse photographers from all over the world, the festival brings together creatives who share a real passion for image making. It’s no secret why we love it.
With Apple, Facebook sees an opportunity to become the first territory for what could become a hugely successfully file format. Apple’s Live photo, a mix of stills and video, activated via touch, is perfect for the mobile experience ( key to Facebook development).
Featuring everything from a dog friendly photo booth to exhibitions on ebola, child marriage and poverty in America, Photoville, NYC’s largest annual photo event, is right around the corner, and from the lineup of happenings, it looks like once again there is something for everyone.
Numbers speak: 1 in 5 images posted on the photo sharing platform had whitespace around it because the image was captured with another app that didn’t have these restrictions. That’s 14 million whitespaces a day
After reading Stephen Mayes’ essay on the end of photography (Time, 8/25/15) I couldn’t help but respond. To begin with, his main proposition is that “in the future…
After reading Stephen Mayes’ essay on the end of photography (Time, 8/25/15) I couldn’t help but respond. To begin with, his main proposition is that “in the future there will be no such thing as a ‘straight photograph’” to which I’d add that I’m not sure there ever really has been much of a ‘straight photograph’ although in recent decades the public has become increasingly aware of this
For the third year in a row, we’re thrilled to present six professional development Luminance seminars at Photoville on Friday, September 11th in New York City! Photoville’s pop up photo destination in the Uplands of Pier 5 in Brooklyn Bridge Park is an a
For the third year in a row, we’re thrilled to present six professional development Luminance seminars at Photoville on Friday, September 11th in New York City!
