Hamas Attack Survivors’ Lawsuit is ‘Fatal Blow’ to Photojournalism, Says AP | PetaPixel:
The Associated Press (AP) have asked a court to dismiss a $6.8 million lawsuit over the agency’s use of freelance photojournalists who were allegedly “embedded with Hamas” to cover the October 7 attacks — arguing that the legal action strikes “a fatal blow” to freedom of press.
Tice, a Marine veteran, was covering the Syrian civil war as a freelance journalist when he disappeared on Aug. 14, 2012.
via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2024/austin-tice-journalist-syria-missing-12-years/
Tice, a Marine veteran, was covering the Syrian civil war as a freelance journalist when he disappeared on Aug. 14, 2012.
https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2024/austin-tice-journalist-syria-missing-12-years/
Joel Goodman says giving photos to South Yorkshire Police could put him and others in danger.
Investigators at South Yorkshire Police (SYP) have said they were considering applying for a court order to force north-west based freelancer Joel Goodman to disclose photos of the disorder in Rotherham outside a hotel housing asylum seekers.
Photojournalist Thalia Juarez selected for one-year fellowship in which she will produce original climate photojournalism
Artists Score Win Against AI Firms in Training Data Copyright Case | PetaPixel:
The makers of Stable Diffusion, Stability AI, are being sued along with Midjourney, Runway, and DeviantArt by 10 artists (including one photographer) for using their work to build AI image products without permission.
I Hope Adobe Can Overcome Some Photographers’ Vitriol | PetaPixel:
The response to the podcast was immediate — so fast that it isn’t even possible that a majority of those who left comments and hit the dislike button could have listened to the whole podcast. Simply for setting foot in Adobe’s building, we were called shills as the hate flowed in. It feels very much like a “shoot the messenger” situation — one I’ve been in before, but that doesn’t make it any easier to come to terms with.
Adobe Answers Your Questions on AI, Controversies, and Photography | PetaPixel:
Over the past few weeks, we’ve compiled the questions you want Adobe to answer related to its push into AI, recent controversies, and the state of photography in general. We had a chance to sit down with Maria Yap, Adobe’s Vice President of Digital Imaging, to give the company a chance to respond.
As the content tsunami overwhelms our ability to connect and understand shared experiences, finding solutions to manage and preserve meaningful interactions is crucial.
via Kaptur: https://kaptur.co/the-content-tsunami-navigating-the-information-overload/
To manage this overwhelming influx of content, we need innovative strategies, but we must also be mindful of their potential drawbacks:
https://kaptur.co/the-content-tsunami-navigating-the-information-overload/
While claims of unjust enrichment and breach of contract were thrown out in the landmark lawsuit, the copyright infringement complaints were deemed plausible.
via Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/943250/judge-says-artists-can-sue-ai-companies-for-using-their-work/
While claims of unjust enrichment and breach of contract were thrown out in the landmark lawsuit, the copyright infringement complaints were deemed plausible.
https://hyperallergic.com/943250/judge-says-artists-can-sue-ai-companies-for-using-their-work/
The Long Ride Home brings together selections from Ron Tarver’s 15,000 images chronicling Black cowboy culture across the US.
via Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/941553/ron-tarver-photographing-the-lives-of-black-american-cowboys/
The Long Ride Home brings together selections from Ron Tarver’s 15,000 images chronicling Black cowboy culture across the US.
https://hyperallergic.com/941553/ron-tarver-photographing-the-lives-of-black-american-cowboys/
See the Summer Olympics in a series of composite images.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/08/09/sports/olympics/olympics-paris-photos-frames.html
At the Summer Olympics, the critical moments that decide who wins or loses often flash by in the blink of an eye. In the men’s gold-medal table tennis match, above, China’s Fan Zhendong scores on Sweden’s Truls Moregardh with a quick shot to the corner. Below, we revisit some of the most visually stunning scenes captured by New York Times journalists, frame by frame.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/08/09/sports/olympics/olympics-paris-photos-frames.html
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/jacob-aue-sobol-arrivals-and-departures
Magnum photographer Jacob Aue Sobol made a trek from Moscow to Ulan Bator to Beijing in one month — often making more than 1,000 photographs each day for 28 days straight. He reveals his process in this great 5 minute video interview.
https://petapixel.com/2024/08/10/photographer-captures-stark-portraits-of-german-underground-metal-fans/
A photographer sought to document the people involved with the underground metal music scene in Germany. Over 90 metalheads have had their portrait taken for Peter Seipke’s Faces of a Scene project, all in a gloomy, black-and-white style.
Ryan and I engage in a conversation around our collaborative project, ‘Tracy Hills,‘ an in-depth exploration of nearly three years the eponymous new master-planned community in the Central Valley near San Francisco. With the 50th anniversary of The New West drawing near, we reflect on the New Topographics legacy and reconsider the topics and issues
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2024/08/photographers-on-photographers-yogan-muller-in-conversation-with-robert-adams/
Robert Adams made a profound statement when he called his book “The New West”, as it marked a pivotal moment of change. I assume he longed for simpler times and a return to a time before the land became sprawling with freeways, billboards, tract homes and strip malls. Adams witnessed the birth of the suburbs. Today, these areas he photographed are no longer recognizable as the suburbs, as they have been fully incorporated into the metropolitan city. I was not born when Adams documented the New West, so the images Adams portrayed don’t necessarily convey much urgency or concern to me, but rather a sense of nostalgia of my childhood town.
Ken Light’s work has appeared in books, magazines, exhibitions, numerous anthologies, exhibition catalogues and a variety of media, digital and motion picture.
via A Photojournalism Podcast for Everyone – A Photojournalism Podcast by Photojournalists for Everyone: https://10fps.net/2024/08/14/episode-116-ken-light-documentary-photography/
Ken Light‘s work has appeared in books, magazines, exhibitions and numerous anthologies, exhibition catalogues and a variety of media, digital and motion picture. He got his start in 1969 photographing for alternative/underground newspapers and magazines. His work was widely published in posters, books and hundreds of periodicals.
As an individual who is driven by color, composition, and light, I have always greatly admired the work of New York photographer Rob Hann, and his ability to craft the meticulous tales of the American west. Through his work, stories emerge of not only the natural and man-made environments of this region, but also the
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2024/08/photographers-on-photographers-sierra-r-aguilar-in-conversation-with-rob-hann/
I’d say follow what you love. That way you’ll do the strongest work. Try to be patient. It may take you much longer than you might want to really find your groove and to produce your strongest work. Be persistent and you will get there in time. And have fun!
https://petapixel.com/2024/08/09/olympics-was-a-dream-assignment-for-this-pro-surfing-photographer/
“Early on in my career, I was so focused on strictly action photos. As I have matured as a photographer, capturing high-impact action photos in gorgeous light is what I’m interested in now,” Haffey says. “Tackling light has become my obsession, and since every event is different, it’s a quest with no end.”
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/jacob-aue-sobol-i-tokyo
“As much as possible, I worked from instinct. Taking photos resembles an improvised game. I feel that the more a photo is spontaneous and unplanned, the more it becomes alive, the more it moves from showing to existing.”
Debi Cornwall has had a remarkable journey from a twelve-year career as a civil-rights lawyer to an acclaimed visual artist. Her meticulous research and negotiation skills, honed through her legal background, now enrich her visual practice. I had the privilege of being her student at the International Center of Photography in 2023, where her innovative
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2024/08/photographers-on-photographers-paola-chapdelaine-in-conversation-with-debi-cornwall/
for those who are visual makers, look at the broad range of media, to look at film, to look at visual arts, look at sculpture. What moves you? How is it operating? How is it making meaning? The world of your making is open, commensurate with how vast your your inputs are.
I have long admired Victoria Sambunaris’s work, and felt she might be a kindred spirit in her long traverses of the American landscape. Her work tackles the difficult task of explaining the vastness and uniqueness of the American west, in its complicated mix of beauty, exploitation, preservation, respect, and challenge. Our conversation ranged across the
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2024/08/photographers-on-photographers-jessica-hays-in-conversation-with-victoria-sambunaris/
Each time I drive west, I’m still awestruck when I go back out. And I can see more of the evolving relationship we have to land in how people are interacting with it differently every year. And I’m sure you can relate to the changes in the same way, because you see it, too