An assignment from Soho magazine sent Bogota-based photographer Jorge Oviedo to a military base camp in the mountains of Colombia to document the day-to-day lives of women soldiers responsible for finding and collecting anti-personnel mines left by guerrilla groups prior to the signing of the peace agreement that brought a degree of peace to the county after decades of civil war. "There is nothing … Read the full Story >>
Data recently released by Japanese analysis firm BCN+R shows that Fujifilm saw massive growth in market share in December 2021 thanks to the wild success of the Instax Mini Evo. It was so popular, Fujifilm surpassed Sony in overall market share, notes PetaPixel. The Instax Mini Evo, Fujifilm’s latest digital and analog hybrid, offers a digital capture experience with a built-in printer that works with both photos captured with the Mini Evo and those imported from mobile devices. Read the full Story >>
The pandemic has given rise to a vast array of personal art projects, a number of which we’ve spotlighted at PPD. Now BuzzFeed takes note of another, which comes from four Bay Area photographers who decided to make the most of the shutdown by re-creating famous images using toilet paper. They call themselves the Tubes and Rolls Collective. It all began when Christy McDonald, Colleen Mullins, Jenny Sampson, and Nicole White formed an informal group to critique each other's work before the pandemic. Read the full Story >>
The newly launched Vimeo Experts program aims to help users (whether they be individual filmmakers or small production companies or businesses) “connect with a community, level up some professional skills, and earn rewards through a new referral program,” notes NoFilmSchool. The program features several in-depth training courses leading to different “Expert” badges that will be viewable to the public on your Vimeo profile. The badges also offers promotional benefits in the “Vimeo for Hire” marketplace. Read the full Story >>
