The New York Times Friday November 12, 2021
Facebook (now renamed Meta) is facing another challenge, this one a lawsuit filed the founders of the now-defunct photo app Phhhoto. They claim that Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook executives approached them about a partnership in 2014 but instead went on to launch a competing product that mirrored Phhhoto’s features, notes The New York Times. Facebook also suppressed Phhhoto’s content within its photo-sharing app, Instagram, the suit says. Read the full Story >>
The New Yorker Friday November 12, 2021
“Is nakedness invisibility’s opposite? Maybe not, but, if it’s unapologetically displayed, it can be a kind of antidote to erasure.” So notes The New Yorker, which spotlights photographer Jocelyn Lee’s latest book, Sovereign, a selection of her images of women who range in age from their mid-50w to their early 90s, posing naked, frequently outdoors. “A nude portrait of a woman older than, say, sixty is an unusual image—even a taboo one. To make such photographs, and, even more so, to pose for them, is an act of defiance,” writes Margaret Talbot. Read the full Story >>
DIYPhotography Friday November 12, 2021
The SteallPro Reflex from Light and Motion isn’t cheap (it’s available now for $1,096) but it does seem to be an interesting concept, notes DIY Photography: The company says the StealPro Reflex is the first true continuous strobe hybrid. There are two models: The Reflex and Reflex S offer up to 9000 Lumen output depending on your power source. They’re IP65 rated, meaning they’re completely dust-tight and are protected from “low-pressure jets” of directed water. They’re also drop-proof and D-Tap compatible. And they accept Bowens, Chimera and Profoto modifiers. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Friday November 12, 2021
Changes are coming to Indigogo. The crowdfunding site is changing the way it does business, shifting from an open platform where anyone can raise money for just about any purpose to a closed model
where every campaign will receive a manual review before it can go live. "Crowdfunding is not shopping -- people generally understand that now -- but it also shouldn't be a … Read the full Story >>
