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David Schonauer Thursday April 21, 2022
Women and muscle continue to be a radical combination. In the 1980s, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe's portraits of bodybuilder Lisa Lyon provocatively questioned ideals of beauty, and now the book
"Core," from London-based photographer Celia Croft and art director Kate Kidney Bishop, offers what AnOther recently called a "subversive, empathetic ode to female bodybuilders." Says Bishop, "The
whole bodybuilding industry is about muscle, strength, power … Read the full Story >>
The Guardian Wednesday April 20, 2022
In Charles Daniels’ modest home in Somerville, Massachusetts, near Boston, lie tens of thousands of undeveloped photos. While Daniels can’t be sure of everything that’s hidden in his trove, he knows that much of it chronicles a pivotal moment in pop culture – when rock acts as impactful as the Who, the Faces and Jimi Hendrix made their first mark in America, notes The Guardian. As a young man in the 1960s, Daniels took pictures obsessively and worked at the Boston Tea Party, a key venue in the psychedelic rock revolution. Read the full Story >>
The Phoblographer Wednesday April 20, 2022
Want to shoot newborns like a pro? Keep props simple, soft and neutral in color, notes The Phoblographer. Also, keep your lighting soft. And get right down on the baby’s eye level. “That will make for a more intimate and relaxed photo,” notes TP. “If you want to be more creative, you can do a fantastic shot where you put the camera in a high-speed photography mode, next to a crying baby. The camera will take pictures of the baby as they cry and slow down the frames, so it looks like the baby is yawning in slow motion.” Read the full Story >>
PetaPixel Wednesday April 20, 2022
Nikon has created a wholly-owned subsidiary called Nikon Creates Corporation that will offer the ability to plan, shoot, and produce volumetric, virtual reality (VR), and 3D content as a licensed partner of Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Capture Studios, reports PetaPixel. The launch of Nikon Creates is a major sign that Nikon is embracing video content creation at a corporate level. The wholly-owned subsidiary was launched on April 1 and is the first licensed partner of Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Capture Studios, adds PP. Read the full Story >>
