Selling Stock Monday December 27, 2021
“It may not be long before stock photographers are no longer needed to produce photos for commercial use. Photographers will still create photos for personal use and their own entertainment, but visual content for commercial purposes will be created by graphic artists using AI to tell the story and produce the effects their customer needs.” So notes Jim Pickerell at his Selling Stock site. Pickerell points to Generated Photos, a stock site with 2,687,848 (and growing) fake head shots of people of all ages, sex and ethnic groups that most viewers "would certainly believe are photos of real people." Read the full Story >>
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Monday December 27, 2021
In case you missed it: The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2022 shortlist is out. The finalists for the award, now in its 26th year, are: Deana Lawson, Gilles Peress, Jo Ractliffe and Anastasia Samoylova. The winner of the £30,000 prize (around $39,700) will be announced on May 12, 2022. Peress was shortlisted for his piece of ‘documentary fiction’ Whatever You Say, Say Nothing. (See our closeup.) Lawson was selected for her exhibition of ‘choreographed portraits’ Centropy at Kunsthalle, Basel. See ArtReview for more. Read the full Story >>
DIYPhotography Monday December 27, 2021
If you use Indeed.com, beware of the latest photo-world scam, notes DIY Photography, citing the recent experience of Reddit user paraworldblue, who received emails giving “a very detailed description of a way too good to be true job with a well-known company.” The emails noted that the paraworldblue’s resume had been seen on Indeed. “I was initially fooled by that first one, out of hopeful desperation, so I replied to the email, answering all the many interview questions,” paraworldblue noted. Then, within six hours, a job offer arrived. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Monday December 27, 2021
Last January, we wondered about the future of fashion. In particular, we wondered what would happen to high-end influencers and street-style photographers--people who'd become as powerful as
traditional fashion magazine editors and photographers--as covid-19 reshaped the world. "Like so many, their livelihoods were derailed when the pandemic hit," noted The New York Times. But unlike
other corners of the fashion industry, noted The Times, … Read the full Story >>
