A crowd gathered in Times Square recently to watch workers cut through the base of a pay phone on the southwest corner of Seventh Avenue and 50th Street--according to a press release from the city, the last public pay phone in New York. Now, the only official pay phones on New York City streets will be four phone booths maintained in perpetuity on the … Read the full Story >>
Working with artificial light can be overwhelming, so mastering a few basics is a good idea. Philippines-based portrait and wedding photographer and YouTuber Jiggie Alejandrino explores three techniques that will help give you a foundation in flash. He goes over settings and shows before and after photos to illustrate how he creates his own images. Read the full Story >>
The third issue of Baroness (published by Baron Books) presents work by photographer Yushi Li in which she enacts her sexual desires using men she’s procured from dating apps. “Her debut book explores the bizarre and illusory sense of intimacy fostered by the internet, and toys with the notion of the male gaze and the pervasive, gendered power dynamic of photographer and model,” notes AnOther. “A lot of people read my work as a reverse of the male gaze, which I understand because the man is naked, the woman is clothed,” she says. Read the full Story >>
Imagine Instagram, if it had been designed for film photographers. Now out in beta, the photo-sharing app Grainery displays photos much like Instagram and has Instagram-like elements including follower suggestions, direct messaging, explore page, and notifications. But unlike Instagram, notes PetaPixel, the app included details relevant to film photography, such as the type of film used, the analog camera body, and the lens model. Read the full Story >>
