KICKSTARTER Tuesday May 3, 2022
Delaware-based company Trexo Innovation says its newly announced Trexo Slider, now being crowdfunded at Kickstarter, is the world’s most compact camera slider designed with modern-day content creators in mind, notes PetaPixel. The motorized mini slider is designed to handle everything from DSLR and mirrorless cameras to smartphones, adds DIY Photography. Unlike many other sliders on the market, the Trexo Slider does not use a belt-operated system. Instead, it relies on a lead screw. Trexo claims this should help limit the causes responsible for problems such as vibrations, jitters, bumps, and noise. Read the full Story >>
artnet news Tuesday May 3, 2022
To call Cunningham underrated or overlooked might be inaccurate; despite the meager money she made, she’s rightly considered among the 20th-century greats. Still, her name doesn’t ring as familiar as that of, say, Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, or Dorothea Lange, notes Artnet News, which spotlights a major retrospective of Cunningham’s work at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Curator Paul Martineau says the range of her work obscured her singular talent. She “didn’t make one type of picture,” he says. Read the full Story >>
Reuters Tuesday May 3, 2022
Chinese drone giant DJI said it will temporarily suspend business in Russia and Ukraine to ensure its products are not used in combat, reports Reuters. This makes DJI the first major Chinese firm to cite the conflict in halting sales in Russia. In contrast to the many Western firms that have pulled out of Russia to protest its invasion of Ukraine, Chinese companies have stayed there, in line with Beijing's stance of refraining from criticism of Moscow over the conflict. Ukrainian officials and citizens have accused DJI of leaking data on the Ukrainian military to Russia—allegations DJI has called "utterly false,” adds Reuters. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Tuesday May 3, 2022
"As a photographer, you have such a responsibility to the person you're representing," Francesca Allen once noted. "Ultimately, you are asking for something from them." Allen has used the bond that
forms between photographer and subject to investigate themes of friendship and female bonds, and in her most recent book, "I'd like to get to know you," she explores her own "complex yet flourishing" … Read the full Story >>
