THE SPACES Friday November 5, 2021
Fotografiska has opened a members-only bar next to its Manhattan photography museum, with interiors that revel in the space’s holy history, notes The Spaces. Named Chapel Bar, the elegant watering hole inhabits a gothic revival church that dates back to the 1860s – although it was only used as a chapel for several years before becoming a school. The bar is filled with references to its religious past, from the soaring ceilings and aisle-like rows of seating to the portraits of Catholic saints created by photographer Miles Aldridge for his “Immaculeé” series. Fotografiska CEO Josh Wyatt has described the space as “a sanctuary for culture.” Read the full Story >>
PetaPixel Friday November 5, 2021
With the 18th iteration of the Call of Duty franchise headed back to its World War II roots, Activision invited actual war photojournalists to step inside the game to photograph the fighting “like we’ve never seen before,” notes PetaPixel. In a three-minute video highlighting the changes coming to the latest iteration of the game,,photojournalists Sebastiano Tomada and Alex Potter are handed a special custom-made “camera” to walk around the combat zones in a photorealistic environment, with lifelike details, textures, and lighting. Read the full Story >>
THE VERGE Friday November 5, 2021
The newly announced Z9 is Nikon’s first camera to omit a traditional mechanical shutter, allowing it to achieve new levels of speed and autofocus performance, which is especially good for sports photographers. But The Verge wonders where this this technology could be used to take traditional-style cameras in the future. “This might be the first step towards larger format cameras adopting the computational smarts that smartphone cameras have been embracing for years,” notes TV. Read the full Story >>
The Washington Post Friday November 5, 2021
Since 2009, photographer Peter van Agtmael has released a series of books that explored how the United States, as a country, glamorizes conflict without fully acknowledging its consequences. But now, with his new book Sorry for the War, that social commentary has fully matured, notes Olivier Laurent at The Washington Post. “Now things are somewhat quieter and more reflective. A lot of other ideas have opened up, of class, race, nationalism, militarism, mythmaking, empire, exile and history,” notes the photographer. Read the full Story >>