Fink, who died in 2023, moved easily between society galas and Pennsylvania farms—and his work was always full of the push and pull of life.
via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/remembering-the-energy-emotion-and-sensuality-of-larry-finks-photography/
Fink, who died in November, moved easily between society galas and Pennsylvania farms—and his work was always full of the push and pull of life.
Incredible action sports photos showcase the world’s most adventurous athletes.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/30/jaw-dropping-climber-portrait-wins-red-bull-illume-image-quest-2023/
A woman won the grand prize for the first time in the 17-year history of the Red Bull Illume Image Quest contest, the world’s largest action sports photo competition. Australian photographer Krystle Wright wowed the more than 50 contest judges with an incredible photo of climber Angela VanWiemeersch scaling a cliff in Long Canyon, Utah.
His camera could freeze moments in history, but he also had an eye for the humor and absurdity of everyday life. Dogs were a help there.
His camera could freeze moments in history, but he also had an eye for the humor and absurdity of everyday life. Dogs were a help there.
He was 95.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/30/widely-acclaimed-photographer-elliot-erwitt-has-passed-away-at-age-95/
“You may not even know that you have a good picture unless you take a look. Taking pictures is a response to what you see and what you think you see. And it’s very easy not to respond to the quality of the image you shot until you see it in a different circumstance.”
It’s time for Americans to rethink their squeamishness about releasing the photos of the youngest victims of mass violence.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-dead-children-we-must-see
In a series of three essays published in 1991, the philosopher Jean Baudrillard argued that the Gulf War, which ended up with more than a hundred thousand dead Iraqis, had not really taken place. In his inimitable fashion, his argument was filled with internal contradictions, annoying trolling (Baudrillard had initially written that the Gulf War would never actually happen, which, of course, it did), and some pockets of real clarity. His ultimate argument was that what had taken place wasn’t so much a war but a one-sided aerial slaughter that was scrubbed clean through intensive media control. What people in the West saw were so-called live feeds of missiles and aerial assaults fuelled by new forms of technology, whether the Patriot missile or the stealth bomber. The war was communicated to us almost like an advertisement for a new car—here are all the new features, and here are the salesmen in the form of generals or foreign-policy experts paraded on cable news. We did not see slain enemy combatants, destroyed civilian homes.
Huibo Hou is a landscape photographer based in San Diego, California. She fell in love with photography about 25 years ago as a hobbyist while working in the wireless communication industry. Then life got in the way and she had to set aside her pursuit of photography for some time. In early 2015, her love
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/11/xuan-hui-ng-in-conversation-with-huibo-hou/
A sense of wonder, mystery, solitude, calm, quietness are among the emotions that I feel in connection with nature and want my images to convey.
The photographer is remembered as a free spirit, honest artist, and great man.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/27/influential-and-compassionate-photographer-larry-fink-has-died/
Fink was celebrated for his distinct photographic style, which showed his subjects somewhat isolated from their surroundings thanks to his use of a handheld off-camera flash, and his authentic depictions of his diverse, wide-ranging subjects.
Adobe says it has listened to concerned community members.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/27/adobe-stock-changes-policy-on-ai-images-depciting-real-events/
The rise of AI imagery is of real concern to public discourse: The actress Rosie O’Donnell shared this AI image from TikTok of a Palestinian mother dragging her children and belongings down a rubble-strewn road. She believed it was real stating that it was not an AI image — but she later deleted the post.
These are the photographs that capture the year
via TIME: https://time.com/6337364/top-100-photos-2023/
Below is the 2023 Greatest Hits version of “Did you see this photo??”: an unranked collection of 100 of the images that moved us the most. We hope that you’ll take some time to reflect on the year that was, with thoughtfulness, clarity, and wonder.
via POLITICO: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2023/11/17/the-drama-around-a-photogs-firing-00127843
Ernst, the pool photographer on duty that day, pushed back. He had already set up his equipment. And while he could have operated it remotely, as he saw it, there were enormous risks involved with leaving. The Oval Office was packed with staff, reporters and teleprompter and TV equipment. If his camera were to get knocked over or bumped off angle, the entire press corps would be left without a still shot.
An open letter was signed by over 100 photojournalists and photo editors. Read more at straitstimes.com.
via The Straits Times: https://www.straitstimes.com/world/world-press-photo-contest-reverses-decision-to-allow-ai-generated-images-after-backlash
The WPP’s Open Format category had allowed submissions of images partially created with a photo-editing tool known as generative fill, which automatically creates or removes elements in a photograph, sometimes through a text prompt.
Sony prepares its shield against AI-generated fake photos.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/21/sonys-in-camera-authentication-technology-passes-aps-tests/
Sony’s new in-camera solution creates a digital signature at the time of capture, and unlike Leica’s M11-P, Sony’s answer to the “fake news” problem does not require specialized hardware inside its cameras. Existing cameras, like the Sony a1 and a7S III will support in-camera signature and C2PA authentication alongside the upcoming Sony a9 III, which is slated to be a compelling new camera for many photojournalists.
Check out some of National Geographic’s best pictures of 2023.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/16/nat-geo-photo-directors-thoughts-on-the-2023-pictures-of-the-year/
“We’ve been pioneers in custom builds to help our photographers overcome all challenges and get the images they need. We’ve made history with our photo firsts — our first flash photograph, which was made by the ‘father of wildlife photography‘ George Shiras, was published in 1906. We published the first underwater color photographs, which were made by Dr. William Longley and staff photographer Charles Martin, in 1927. Fast forward to 2019 when photographer/filmmaker Renan Ozturk took the highest drone shot ever made — a 360 of Everest.”
Digital disinformation and restrictions on photojournalists have complicated decision-making about the visual chronicle of the Israel-Hamas war.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/business/media/israel-hamas-media-photography.html
Gruesome photographs of Palestinian children killed in rocket strikes and Israeli infants murdered by terrorists. Digitally doctored images that whip around social media before they can be verified. Accusations — since rejected by multiple news outlets — that photojournalists had advance knowledge of the Hamas surprise attack on Oct. 7.
In the 1980s and 1990s, I chronicled conflicts from El Salvador to Africa to the former Yugoslavia. Those images should remind us to work harder for peace and honour those who did not live to see it
via The Globe and Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-im-a-former-war-photographer-the-world-looks-more-familiar-than-it/
I spent a decade as a war photographer, capturing conflicts from El Salvador to Africa to the former Yugoslavia. Far too many of those images could have been taken today
In the quiet, lonely hours of dawn, Dave Coyle faces his personal struggle while plotting a path towards the future in atmospheric meditations on the landscape of the Pacific Northwest
via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/dave-coyle-yesterday-you-said-tomorrow
In the quiet, lonely hours of dawn, Dave Coyle faces his personal struggle while plotting a path towards the future in atmospheric meditations on the landscape of the Pacific Northwest.
Established in July 2020 by Polly Irungu, Black Women Photographers (BWP) is a global community, directory, and hub of over 2,000 Black women and non-binary identifying photographers, spanning over 60 countries and 35 U.S. states. BWP was launched with a $14,500 COVID-19 relief fund to help Black Women Photographers who were in dire need of
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/11/black-women-photographers-leading-the-way/
Established in July 2020 by Polly Irungu, Black Women Photographers (BWP) is a global community, directory, and hub of over 2,000 Black women and non-binary identifying photographers, spanning over 60 countries and 35 U.S. states. BWP was launched with a $14,500 COVID-19 relief fund to help Black Women Photographers who were in dire need of financial relief due to the pandemic. To date, BWP has provided over $115,000 in financial grants to Black creatives. Today we talk to the team at BWP to learn more about their goals, their hopes for the future, and how they are changing the photo industry still largely dominated by white men.
‘We just felt that there was a lack of understanding of what actually happens in these shootings,’ the Post’s executive editor told Poynter.
via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2023/washington-post-terror-on-repeat-mass-shootings-images/
Today, The Washington Post went further than any mainstream news organization has ever gone before in showing the brutality and devastation of something that plagues this nation: mass shootings.
Eman Mohammed, Palestinian-American award-winning photojournalist, Senior Ted fellow based in DC her journey began at 19, capturing the reality of war in Gaza.
via A Photojournalism Podcast for Everyone – A Photojournalism Podcast by Photojournalists for Everyone: https://10fps.net/2023/11/14/episode-81-eman-mohammed-conflict-photography/
This week, Eman Mohammed, an award-winning photojournalist and Saudi-born, Palestinian-American, joins the podcast
Dean Conger was a world-renowned photographer with a resume of awards so extensive, it’s hard to list them all. He was a trailblazer in the field of photography, leaving an indelible mark on the world through his lens.