THE VERGE Wednesday August 17, 2022
Instagram might have halted its controversial redesign, but that doesn’t mean the company plans to stop focusing on full-screen content. IG CEO Adam Mosseri confirmed the app will begin testing ultra-tall 9:16 photos. “You can have tall videos, but you cannot have tall photos on Instagram,” Mosseri said. “So we thought maybe we should make sure that we treat both equally.” Currently, Instagram tops out around 4:5 when displaying vertical images that’ve been cropped accordingly. But introducing support for slimmer, taller 9:16 photos will help them fill the entire screen as you scroll through the app’s feed. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Wednesday August 17, 2022
Today's spotlight from the American Photography Open 2022 competition features images that were all made in low-light conditions. Among the entries from July that impressed our judges was Diana
Ivanova's blustery photograph of a storm off of a beach in Northern Ireland last year. A photo enthusiast originally from Bulgaria, Ivanova says she has a passion for the landscapes and seascapes of
North Ireland, … Read the full Story >>
MIT News Tuesday August 16, 2022
Imagine stretching a piece of film to reveal a hidden message. Or checking an arm band’s color to gauge muscle mass. Or sporting a swimsuit that changes hue as you do laps. Such color-shifting materials could be coming soon, thanks to a 19th-century photographic technique that’s been resurrected and repurposed by MIT engineers. The work was described in the journal Nature Materials. The breakthrough came when MIT grad student Benjamin Miller read up on Lippmann photography — an early color photography technique invented by Franco-Luxembourgish physicist Gabriel Lippmann. Read the full Story >>
Reuters Tuesday August 16, 2022
Success in baseball, Cuba’s national past time and a favorite pursuit of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, is increasingly measured beyond its borders. That mirrors a broader exodus of Cubans from the communist-run island racked by social and economic crisis, notes Reuters in a report featuring images by photographer Alexandre Meneghini. “In the past six years the number of baseball players that have left the country has also tripled,” says Francis Romero, a Cuban baseball expert. Read the full Story >>
