Saatchi Art Tuesday July 5, 2022
The crypto world may be upside down, but the art world is marching on: Online art gallery Saatchi Art has announced Visions of the Future, a new jury-curated NFT auction featuring works by 50 fine art photographers, opening in August. The project follows on the heels of the gallery’s first NFT collection, which sold out to the public in just 20 minutes earlier this year, notes the gallery in a press release. The auction event, “inspired by the massive changes society has undergone in the last decade since the online gallery’s founding,” looks to artists “to envision and explore what the future might look like,” adds the gallery. Read the full Story >>
The Washington Post Tuesday July 5, 2022
A U.S. Federal Communications commissioner is calling on Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores over concerns that user data from the platform is being accessed in China, notes The Washington Post. FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr raised worries over TikTok’s Chinese ownership, saying “it harvests swaths of sensitive data.” Carr referenced a recent BuzzFeed News report that revealed that Beijing-based employees of TikTok’s parent company had repeatedly accessed private information on U.S. users. Read the full Story >>
Eventbrite Tuesday July 5, 2022
Robert Ripps, whose work we have previously featured at Pro Photo Daily, will be among the three photographers featured at a “Projections” event on July 6, starting at at 7 pm. Joining Ripps will be William King and Nancy Scherl, who will be showcasing her new book: DINING ALONE: In the Company of Solitude. Projections is a once-a-month event that showcases the varied talents of image makers from around the world. Connect via Zoom. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Tuesday July 5, 2022
Adobe has started testing a free-to-use version of Photoshop on the web and plans to open the service up to everyone as a way to introduce more users to the app. The company is now testing the free
version in Canada, where users are able to access Photoshop on the web through a free Adobe account, and plans to eventually roll it out everywhere … Read the full Story >>
