PetaPixel Monday March 21, 2022
In response to a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against fellow rapper Nas, Snoop Dogg is arguing that photographers should not own the photos they take of celebrities, notes PetaPixel. Photographer Al Pereira is suing Nas for posting to Instagram a photo Pereira took showing the rapper standing next to the late Tupac Shakur. The photo was taken in July of 1993, but Pereira republished the photo in 2017 and filed for a copyright at that time. Snoop Dogg posted a video in which he publicly shares his disgust with the situation. Read the full Story >>
The New York Times Monday March 21, 2022
The visual stories of war have mostly been told by men through the lens of correspondents like Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, but, notes The New York Times, the perspective of women in conflict zones is the subject of the exhibition “Women War Photographers,” on view at the Museum of the Liberation of Paris. The exhibition features work more than 80 photographs from photographers including Gerda Taro, killed in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War, and Anja Niedringhaus, killed in 2014 while on assignment in Afghanistan. Read the full Story >>
GIZMODO Monday March 21, 2022
Instagram has plans to allow users to display their NFTs and even mint new NFTs within the app, according to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. But Gizmodo asks, What does that even mean? “There are quite a few possibilities, and none of them make a whole lot of sense, notes the website. Engadget notes that Zuckerberg was a secretive about how exactly NFTs are going to be implemented. But he said that NFTs “could one day play a role in the company’s eventual metaverse.” Said Zuckerberg: “I would hope that, you know, the clothing that your avatar is wearing in the metaverse, you know, can be basically minted as an NFT and you can take it between your different places.” Read the full Story >>
World Photography Organization Monday March 21, 2022
The category winners and the shortlist for the 2022 Sony World Photo Open competition have been announced. “With over 100 photographers shortlisted in addition to the ten category winners, this truly is a magnificent, inspiring gallery,” declares DIY Photography, which notes that more than 170,000 images were submitted to this year’s Open competition. Among the images selected: Estonian photographer Raido Nurk’s shot of surfers, which was named winner of the Motion category. Read the full Story >>
