Reports of the demise of the camera market seem to have been exaggerated. While smartphones remain the number-one photo-capture device, camera sales in Japan grew in 2023 for the first time in 13 years. According to research conducted by GfK Japan and shared by Nikkei Japan, digital camera sales in 2023 hit 1.2 million units in Japan, with a 9 percent increase for interchangeable-lens camera and a 6 percent increase for digital compacts. Nikkei attributes the growth to the number of more expensive higher-end lens cameras. Bottom line: There seems to be renewed hunger for dedicated cameras.

Up On The Roof: Petrit Halilaj | Abetare (Spider) at The Met  The Kosovo-born artist draws intricate, goofy, figures in space against the Manhattan skyline—birds, flowers, Batman—in metal for the latest Rooftop Commission, which opened yesterday. But look a little closer and fearsome shapes emerge: a hammer and sickle, an ominous spider, indecipherable characters with no linguistic heritage. Halilaj brings to his work images from childhood memories of his count...