ARTnews Thursday July 7, 2022
The Obsidian Collection aims to be the Getty Images of Black history—with a metaverse twist. Founded in 2017, the enterprise's goal is to build an expansive archive focusing on Black photographers, both past and present, while also helping build generational wealth for the artists and their estates by offering both commercial licensing and, now, NFTs. This means not only trying to chase down photographs by famous photographers, but also attempting to link up with photographers like Howard D. Simmons, a photographer who worked with the Chicago Sun-Times and Ebony. Read the full Story >>
National Gallery of Art Thursday July 7, 2022
Robert Adams has photographed the United States during some of its darkest decades, from the mid-1960s to the present, documenting American decline and recklessness through the particular lens of landscape and humanity’s imposition on it, notes The Washington Post on the occasion of a comprehensive National Gallery of Art survey of his work, “American Silence: The Photographs of Robert Adams.” Critic Philip Kennicott calls it “one of the most moving and important exhibitions at the museum in a long time.” Read the full Story >>
DP Review Thursday July 7, 2022
Blackmagic Design has announced a new version of its Pocket Cinema Camera 6K that features a flip-up screen and a bigger battery, as well as new firmware for the whole PCC series that activates an image stabilization gyro that tracks camera movement for software correction. The new Blackmagic PCC 6K (G2) model is an update rather than a dramatically new camera, notes DP Review. Along with other feature, it offers support for the existing Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera Pro EVF detachable electronic viewfinder. Read the full Story >>
By
David Schonauer Thursday July 7, 2022
The story of Vivian Maier has by now become photographic legend. A nanny working for families in Chicago and New York, Maier also led a double life as street photographer, unbeknown to her employers.
The resultant body of work--comprising more than 150,000 images and assorted paraphernalia--remained undiscovered during her lifetime, coming to light only after the contents of the storage locker in
which she … Read the full Story >>
