With a number of exhibitions in recent years, artist Barbara Kruger is having a moment—actually, another moment in a long career, notes Bloomberg. Dealer Mary Boone, who long represented Kruger, said, “Next to Warhol, there’s not another artist, aside from perhaps Cindy Sherman, who’s been as influential for what things look like and how people see the world as Barbara.” Read the full Story >>
Photographer Daniel Jack Lyons makes his monograph debut with Like a River, a visualization of the social and political rights of underrepresented communities in the Amazon, notes Vanity Fair. Released in July by independent publisher Loose Joints, the collection of images was created while Lyons was in residency at and working with Casa do Rio, a community-based organization that celebrates and supports the cultural lives of Amazonian women and youth just south of Manaus, Brazil. Read the full Story >>
“It’s starting, interest is waning in the Ukraine / Putin war – we cannot allow this,” declares Frank Meo of Projections, the streaming series in which photographers present and discuss their work. This week, Aug. 8 to 12, the series presents five photographers (one per night) who have been covering the war in Ukraine—Sasha Maslov, Alex Lourie, Heathcliff O’Malley, Heidi Levine and Marcus Yam. The presentations are available via Zoom, starting at 7:00 pm. All presentations will be recorded and can be seen when you subscribe at the Projections YouTube channel. Read the full Story >>
It's been nearly a year since Facebook and Instagram owner Meta teamed with Ray-Ban to introduce Ray-Ban Stories, smart glasses featuring two cameras and a microphone that can record video up to a minute in length. The company's first smart glasses, they look pretty much like fashionable Ray-Bans, and almost immediately there were concerns about privacy issues: Critics noted that an LED light warning … Read the full Story >>
