Reuters Tuesday December 7, 2021
Since the pandemic forced many U.S. bookshops to close or slash prices, Ghanaian New Yorker Paul Ninson has amassed 30,000 African photo books for a library he hopes will inspire the next generation of photographers back home, notes Reuters. Ninson estimates that he now owns the world's largest collection of books with images taken in Africa or by photographers of African descent. Thanks to a $1 million crowdfunding windfall, he has already started shipping the trove to West Africa. Read the full Story >>
DIYPhotography Tuesday December 7, 2021
Facebook’s camera glasses, made in partnership with Ray-Ban, have sparked privacy concerns. (The glasses, which allow users to shoot photos and videos with two 5MP cameras and upload them to a new Facebook-made app, have LED indicators meant to show others that you’re recording, but some say the lights are too small.) Now, notes DIY Photography, British photographer Rankin has shot the world’s first magazine cover using the glasses as both prop and camera. Read the full Story >>
DIYPhotography Tuesday December 7, 2021
Sales of dedicated digital cameras in China are reviving because of the rapid growth of live streaming, notes Photo Rumors, citing a report on the Japanese website Nikkei. DIY Photography adds that deficiencies in smartphones have also led to an increase in sales of DSLR and mirrorless cameras in China of about 20 percent. An increase in sales of 20 percent might not sound like a lot, but the fact that it’s going up at all may signify a big shift going forward, adds DIYP. Read the full Story >>
The New York Times Tuesday December 7, 2021
In 1992, amid a spate of violence against Black men around the country, the artist Carrie Mae Weems made a decorative dinner plate that read, “Commemorating Every Black Man Who Lives to See Twenty-One.” Now, with the entire nation confronting police violence against Black people and other racial issues, Weems is taking over the Park Avenue Armory’s massive Drill Hall with “The Shape of Things,” billed as the largest, most significant exhibition of her work. “I’ve been working with these ideas for years,” Weems tells The Times. Read the full Story >>
