Copying TikTok, Instagram has announced that it is adding automatic captions to videos uploaded to the platform. The company says that the addition of captions was done to make Instagram more accessible for those in the deaf and hard of hearing communities, but it will also likely be appreciated by users who browse the app with volume off. Users will have the option of turning captions on or off, notes PetaPixel. Read the full Story >>
The world of print magazines keeps shrinking. Six magazines operated by the media mogul Barry Diller through his Dotdash Meredith group are ending their print editions and going online. The move, which affects Entertainment Weekly, InStyle, EatingWell, Health, Parents and People en Espanol, will lead to 200 job cuts, according to a memo sent to employees. Meanwhile, The New York Times reports that online … Read the full Story >>
Not long after photography was invented, people, being people, wanted more. The search was soon on for a way to record the world not only in black and white, but also color. While scientists and inventors got busy, some photographers simply started painting the B&W prints. Then came the birth of the three-color process, notes the UK’s Science+Media Museum. Read the full Story >>
If you’ve seen photographs of performances by the likes of John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, Yoko Ono, Trisha Brown, and Nam June Paik, you probably have Peter Moore to thank. Beginning in 1960 and until he died in 1993, Moore shot essential images of avant-garde artists at work in the U.S., notes Art News, which reports that Northwestern University has acquired 15,000 master contact sheets, 5,000 color slides, and other ephemera related to the artist. New York’s Paula Cooper Gallery also has a new Moore survey. Read the full Story >>
