The Washington Post Thursday August 25, 2022
Tim Page, one of the pre-eminent photographers of the Vietnam War, died yesterday, August 24, at his home in New South Wales, Australia, reports The New York Times. He was 78. The cause was liver cancer. One of the most vivid personalities among a corps of Vietnam photographers, Page was a model for the crazed, stoned photographer played by Dennis Hopper in Apocalypse Now, notes The Times. Among his books was the extraordinarily important Requiem, which brought together work by photographers on all sides who had been killed in the various Indochina wars. See also: The Washington Post. Read the full Story >>
British Vogue Thursday August 25, 2022
A cover of British Vogue featuring supermodel Linda Evangelista, shot by photographer Steven Meisel? Apparently, the 1990s have returned in style. The appearance of Evangelista comes after her revelation in 2021 that a cosmetic procedure had left her disfigured and has been widely hailed as a triumph, notes The New York Times. Evangelista tells Vogue that Meisel’s new images are all part of a fashion fantasy—her look, she notes, is the result of careful styling—but The Times wonders if that particular fantasy has had its day. Read the full Story >>
DP Review Thursday August 25, 2022
Thin is in: DP Review reports on a new Leica-inspired camera made of “some kind of paper card stock material with a small digital camera sandwiched between the two sides.” It features a 16MP sensor capable of capturing stills as well as 1080p video (up to 10 seconds in length) and timelapse videos. There's a fully automatic capture mode with automatic exposure and white balance and even a built-in microSD card slot capable of supporting cards up to 32GB, as well as a Micro USB port for offloading photos and video. It’s purely a novelty. But to be honest, kinda cool. Read the full Story >>
The Indendent Thursday August 25, 2022
Former White House photographer Pete Souza says he is facing legal threats over his use of…his own photo. “You can’t make this up,” he noted at Instagram. At issue is a 2009 photo Souza took aboard Air Force One showing President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Souza included the image in a photo gallery at his website after leaving the White House in 2017. By doing so he placed the photo in the public domain, and it was claimed by the WENN picture agency. It's complicated, notes The Independent. Read the full Story >>
