The Guardian Monday July 25, 2022
Visitors and residents no longer have to sneak their photos of Egypt’s streets, after the tourism ministry announced that amateur photography in the country’s public spaces is now allowed, notes The Guardian. Egyptian nationals and foreign tourists alike have complained that authorities have requested permits for shooting in public areas, and at times seized cameras and forbidden shooting even if a permit is in place. Restrictions will remain in place for photographing children and for commercial photography. The Tourism Ministry also said it would be “completely forbidden to take or share photographs of scenes that can, in one way or another, damage the country’s image.” Read the full Story >>
The New York Times Friday July 22, 2022
You have to get up pretty early in the morning to photograph the early bird getting the worm, notes Phil Ryan of The New York Times, who got some free bird photography lessons from three wildlife photographers and bird experts—Melissa Groo; Melissa Hafting; and Sean Graesser. “One thing they all agreed on is that any would-be bird photographer should follow Audubon’s guidelines for ethical bird photography,” notes Ryan. Read the full Story >>
Denver Art Museum Friday July 22, 2022
You know Georgia O’Keeffe, the American painter. Now meet Georgia O’Keeffe, the American photographer. Through Nov. 6, the Denver Museum of Arts presents the exhibition “Georgia O’Keffeee, Photographer,” which examines the modernist artist’s career through nearly 100 photographs, as well as several paintings, drawings, and related ephemera. The exhibition is organized by the key tenets of O’Keeffe’s photography: reframing, the rendering of light, and seasonal change, revealing the ways she used photography as part of her artistic vision. Read the full Story >>
PetaPixel Friday July 22, 2022
Computer scientists at the University of Groningen have created a system to analyze the noise produced by individual cameras to help law enforcement fight child exploitation, reports PetaPixel. Groningen is a city in the Netherlands, which is the biggest distributor of child sex abuse images in the world, adds PP. To fight this type of exploitation, forensic tools are used to analyze digital content from the cameras. The researchers believe that camera noise is an untapped source of information that can be used to fight crime. Read the full Story >>
