AIPAD Tuesday May 17, 2022
The Photography Show presented by AIPAD returns on May 20 and runs through May 22 at Center415, a new midtown New York location for the art fair. (The event runs concurrently with Frieze New York, Volta New York, and other art fairs in NYC.) This year’s show “promises an exciting, fresh atmosphere for the storied fair, bringing together 49 galleries from nine countries and 23 cities across the US and around the world,” notes Hyperallergic. Now in its 41st edition, The Photography Show is the longest-running expo dedicated to photography. Read the full Story >>
DIYPhotography Tuesday May 17, 2022
Western Digital calls its newly announced SanDisk Professional PRO-BLADE a modular SSD ecosystem targeted toward creatives. The system comprises the PRO-BLADE SSD Mag, available in 1-4TB capacities that offer speeds of up to 3,000MB/sec; the PRO-BLADE Transport USB 3.2 Gen 2 (20Gbps) reader for speeds up to 2,000MB/sec; and a PRO-BLADE Station desktop SSD enclosure that holds four SSD Mags at once with Thunderbolt 3 (40Gbps) speeds, notes DIY Photography. Read the full Story >>
The New Yorker Tuesday May 17, 2022
The invasion of Ukraine has been described as the first social-media war, and a key aspect of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s leadership has been his ability to rally his country, and much of the world, via Facebook, TikTok, and Twitter, notes The New Yorker. At the same time, war photographers in Bucha, Irpin, and elsewhere are capturing the grisly realities of what Russian president Vladimir Putin calls a “special military operation” rather that war. Among those doing that work is James Nachtwey, 74, who calls himself an “anti-war photographer.” Read the full Story >>
PetaPixel Tuesday May 17, 2022
In an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett, a Ukrainian soldier named Volodymyr Demchenko recently explained how he and others from Ukraine are using drones to target Russian soldiers. But Demchenko said that in recent weeks it has become harder and more dangerous for Ukrainian drone pilots as DJI has given the Russians the tools it needs to fight back, notes PetaPixel. “We are using Chinese drones, and the Chinese give Russians a program that can search us,” he tells CNN. “Russians see from where we are starting and where we are landing and once it happened to us, we were attacked like right away.” Read the full Story >>
