DIYPhotography Wednesday March 2, 2022
The global chip shortage has caused chaos in a range of industries, from automotive to consumer electronics and the photo industry. The problem isn’t going to be fixed any time too soon, reports DIY Photography. The US Commerce Department has confirmed that the chip supply shortage will extend at least until the end of 2022. While the demand for chips has grown by 17 percent in 2021 compared to 2019, the coronavirus pandemic and certain political issues have led to the supply shortage, adds DIYP. Read the full Story >>
HYPERALLERGIC Wednesday March 2, 2022
If the war in Vietnam was labeled the “first television war” and if the Arab Spring represented the first revolutionary social movement organized on social media, Russia’s aggression into Ukraine is quickly earning its own epithet: the “first TikTok war.” So declares Hyperallergic, which notes that the platform has been flooded with eyewitness accounts cataloging the Russian invasion. Some of the videos feature journalists reporting live using the front-facing camera on their phones, such as one recorded by Matthew Cassel for Vice World News. Read the full Story >>
THE ART NEWSPAPER Wednesday March 2, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military attack on Ukraine has been accompanied by a sophisticated misinformation campaign, notes The Art Newspaper, which recommends the work of 8 Ukraine photographers on the front lines of the war, for those in search of “objective visual reporting." Pro-Russia themes have also spread across social media in the U.S. powered by conspiracy theories and statements from former President Donald Trump, adds The New York Times. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Wednesday March 2, 2022
Michele McNally, who transformed the use of imagery at The New York Times during a 14-year tenure in which the newspaper won six Pulitzer Prizes for news and feature photography, died on Feb. 18 in a
hospital in Yonkers, N.Y. She was 66. The cause was complications of pneumonia, her daughter Caitlin McNally said. McNally was named The Times's director of photography in 2004. … Read the full Story >>
