The Washington Post Monday December 20, 2021
Chipmaker Qualcomm has revealed that its latest Snapdragon processor, which will power many of the high-end Android smartphones you’ll see in stores in 2022, has a feature built into it that could allow smartphone makers to keep front-facing cameras on all the time in a sort of low-power mode, waiting and watching for a face to appear in front of it, notes The Washington Post. The idea of a camera that stays on as long as your phone does seems deeply unsettling, adds The Post. The Verge goes further, saying the chip presents a “privacy nightmare.” Qualcomm says its all about security. Read the full Story >>
The Guardian Monday December 20, 2021
Photography Sally Mann has won the 2021 Prix Pictet, a global award in photography and sustainability, for her series “Blackwater” (2008-2012). Shot between 2008 and 2012, the work considers the wildfires that enveloped the Great Dismal Swamp in southeastern Virginia, where the first slave ships docked in America. “The fires in the Great Dismal Swamp seemed to epitomize the great fire of racial strife in America,” notes Mann, whose work explores family, social realities and the passage of time. She receives 100,000 Swiss francs (about $108,000). Read the full Story >>
ARTnews Monday December 20, 2021
The Andy Warhol Foundation in New York is lobbying the Supreme Court to review a copyright infringement case involving a 1981 photograph of Prince by Lynn Goldsmith and a 1984 series of paintings by the Pop artist based on it, reports Art News. In 2017, Goldsmith sued the Warhol Foundation, claiming that Warhol’s “Prince Series” hewed too closely to photographs she took while on assignment for Newsweek. While the Southern District Court of New York ruled in favor of the Warhol Foundation in 2019, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Goldsmith earlier this year. Read the full Story >>
Katelyn James Friday December 17, 2021
Photographer and YouTuber Katelyn James thinks it might be time for wedding photographers to think about raising their prices. Other kinds of photographers might consider this as well—if, as James notes, they’ve made investments in gear over the past year that adds value to their work, or if their bookings have increased and level of experience has grown. Read the full Story >>
