Photo Archive News Wednesday August 31, 2022
Photo Archives News reports on “a growing issue concerning contributing stock photographers to photo agency EyeEm not being paid royalties.” EyeEm owners Talenthouse responded by telling the site that the problems are the result of changes to new accounting and cash management systems. Talenthouse also noted that “capital markets are also severely impacted by global events” that have further impacted its operations. PetaPixel notes there have been rumors that EyeEm is “headed for closure.” Read the full Story >>
By David Schonauer Wednesday August 31, 2022
"Photography is the only art form that constantly refreshes itself through changes in its technology, while at the same time sharing these changes with the global population. It is our world's most
democratic art form." So says legendary photographer Joel Meyerowitz, one of the acclaimed artists whose work is now being ushered into the future--or at least the blockchain--via a new Web3 platform
called … Read the full Story >>
Vogue Tuesday August 30, 2022
Photographer Eric Boman, whose dexterity, inventiveness and charisma laid the foundation for a storied career, died on August 11 at the age of 76, notes Vogue. The cause was pancreatic cancer. “The fair-haired and gregarious photographer not only captured the art, fashion and social scenes in London in the freewheeling ’70s, but was also very much a central figure with fellow creatives during that time, as well as in the decades that followed after he and his longtime partner, Peter Schlesinger, relocated to New York in 1978,” adds WWD. Read the full Story >>
Magnum Photos Tuesday August 30, 2022
Erich Hartmann, who would have turned 100 on July 29, was “a quintessentially 20th-century photographer, both in the story of how he came to be an image maker, and in his pioneering of emerging practices,” notes Magnum. Born into a Jewish household in Munich, he escaped to the U.S. only to return to Europe five years later as an American soldier. He later settled in New York City and studied photography. He was known for his poetic approach to subjects including science, architecture and industry, notes Magnum. Read the full Story >>
