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David Schonauer Wednesday June 22, 2022
"The wild sea with hurricane-like and very cold winds, the whipping snow and the northern lights shimmering through for a short time represented a combination of situations that you will probably only
experience very rarely and so you can't resist to put it on sensor." That is how Deryk Baumgartner describes the scene he captured in his photo "Sitting on the Dock of the … Read the full Story >>
Matt Kloskowski Tuesday June 21, 2022
Many tools in the tool bar on lefthand side of Photoshop are either not made for photographers or are legacy tools with little usefulness for modern users, notes YouTuber Matt Kloskowski, who explains which ones you need and which you can forget about. Result: You’ll be more efficient and a happier person. Read the full Story >>
MY MODERN MET Tuesday June 21, 2022
American photographer Nicole Chan, who has lived in Shanghai for many years, photographed the bustling city as it shut down due to COVID-19, ahead of the rest of the world would follow. Now, Chan is sharing her new reality as Shanghai is emerging from a crushing lockdown that was initially meant to last only five days but stretched for months, notes My Modern Met. Tension over the strict quarantine policy—from April 1 to June 1, citizens were under orders not to leave their homes—led to protests, a rarity for the city.
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Aperture Tuesday June 21, 2022
During an era of political upheaval, a portrait session at Foto Estudio Luisita in Buenos Aires—run by sisters Luisa and Chela Escarria—was a rite of passage for actors, dancers, pioneering trans performers and the occasional adorned dog, writes Marina Dumont-Gauthier at Aperture. The studio continued to thrive through the political and economic upheavals that marked Argentina during the 1970s and ’80s, but the advent of the digital age led to its closure in 2009. Read the full Story >>