MY MODERN MET Wednesday April 13, 2022
Love knows no bounds, and photographer Hilary Gauld has captured this notion in a portrait series featuring the relationships of people with Down syndrome. The project, titled “Love Means,” seeks to raise awareness and dispel the misconceptions of those with the genetic disorder, notes My Modern Met. Gauld worked with the Canadian Down Syndrome Society (CDSS) and profiled nine different “love stories” about individuals who either have Down syndrome or are in a relationship with someone who does. Read the full Story >>
CNN Wednesday April 13, 2022
Google wants to make it easier to search for things that are hard to describe with just a few words or an image. The company has rolled out a new search option that lets you combine text and images in a single query. The multisearch option is Google's latest effort to make search more flexible and less bound to words on a screen, notes CNN. Google has long offered an image search engine. There's also Google Lens, a feature that debuted in 2017 that can identify objects in a picture or immediately translate text as it's viewed through a phone's camera lens. PetaPixel has more. Read the full Story >>
The Guardian Wednesday April 13, 2022
Photographs from the Ukrainian city of Bucha have shocked the world and provided evidence of war crimes committed by Vladimir Putin’s military. The New Yorker reports on a team of Ukrainian volunteers who are picking up bodies in the city, with imagery from photographer James Nachtwey documenting the scene. Meanwhile, at The Guardian, photographer Anastasia Taylor-Lind, who covered Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution in 2014, covers forensics teams uncovering Bucha’s grim secrets. Read the full Story >>
DIYPhotography Wednesday April 13, 2022
Lensbaby’s newly announced Composer Pro II offers “a ton of creative options” when combined with the new Soft Focus II 50 Optic, notes DIY Photography. The Composer Pro II features a tilt function that ranges from 0-15 degrees in any direction. The Soft Focus II 50 Optic features a 12-blade internal aperture, “so you no longer have to rely on the drop-in magnetic aperture system alone,” adds DIYP. The internal aperture is manually adjustable and you can still combine it with the drop-in aperture effects. Read the full Story >>
