Los Angeles Center of Photography Tuesday August 23, 2022
A new study corrects an important error in the 3D mathematical space developed by the Nobel Prize–winning physicist Erwin Schrödinger and others and used by scientists and industry for more than 100 years to describe how your eye distinguishes one color from another. The research has the potential to boost scientific data visualizations, improve TVs and recalibrate the textile and paint industries, notes the Los Alamos National Lab. “The assumed shape of color space requires a paradigm shift,” said Roxana Bujack, a computer scientist with a background in mathematics who creates scientific visualizations at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Read the full Story >>
The Washington Post Tuesday August 23, 2022
When she was 13, Georgie Wileman began suffering debilitating abdominal pain and fatigue that would forever alter her life.. At 26, she was finally diagnosed with endometriosis, an inflammatory disease in which cells similar to that of the uterine lining grow outside the uterus, notes The Washington Post. Frustrated by not seeing her own experiences reflected in endometriosis stories, Wileman, now 34 and a photographer and filmmaker, started photographing herself with the help of caregivers. Read the full Story >>
TechCrunch Tuesday August 23, 2022
As millions of people are playing with AI-powered image-generation tools like DALL-E and Midjourney, the idea of creation and copyright is bound to get complicated, writes Haje Jan Kamps at TechCrunch. “If you are using a free or a trial account for Midjourney, you are granted a Commons Noncommercial 4.0 Attribution International License, which means that you’d be able to use the images as long as you don’t sell them or make money off them, and as long as you give credit (“attribution”) to Midjourney. If you pay for your account, the company says ‘You basically own all Assets you create using Midjourney’s image generation and chat services,’” notes the author. Read the full Story >>
Hamdan International Photography Award Tuesday August 23, 2022
British photographer Henley Spiers is the winner of the world’s biggest photography prize—the $120,000 Hamdan International Photography Nature Award. Spiers’s winning image shows a gannet diving into waters off the Shetland Islands in Scotland. “I tried to display the controlled violence of the scene with a photograph which goes beyond what is seen by the naked eye,” noted Spiers, who dialed down his shutter speed and moved his camera with the movement of the bird to capture the image. See also: Newsweek. Read the full Story >>
