PetaPixel Tuesday September 6, 2022
U.K. camera store WEX Photo Video recently opened a contender for the world’s most remote camera shop, notes PetaPixel. The company launched the store on top of Moel Hebog, a peak in the mountainous range of Snowdonia, a Welsh national park. WEX says that the habits of undaunted British photographers are what drove it to open a retail site on top of a mountain, as discerned from a recent survey it conducted. “About 40% of you were proudly happy to risk life and limb by climbing over safety barriers, suffering sunburn, or exposing yourself to insect bites and stings — as long as it resulted in a good picture,” noted the store. Read the full Story >>
Galleri Format Tuesday September 6, 2022
Stockholm-based photographer Arvida Byström says humans have a justified inferiority complex regarding machines. “Machines are better than humans in a lot of fields,” she tells AnOther. “They are better than us at chess, in maths, they can compose beautiful classical music, create beautiful imagery.” The work in her exhibition “A Doll’s House” (on view at Malmo’s Galleri Format through Sept. 11) explores humanity’s relation with tech—and sex. The images feature Byström photographed and filmed alongside Harmony, a silicone sex doll. Read the full Story >>
Louisville Courier-Journal Tuesday September 6, 2022
A federal district court has ruled in favor of a Louisville photographer who filed a lawsuit against the city in 2019, alleging its Fairness Ordinance violated her constitutional rights as a Christian because it could force her to take on same-sex wedding assignments. The Louisville Courier-Journal reports that the ruling grants a request by Chelsey Nelson, owner of Chelsey Nelson Photography, for an injunction against the city's ordinance, saying the city could not use the law to compel her to photograph same-sex weddings. Read the full Story >>
Weather Photographer of the Year Tuesday September 6, 2022
Chill out with the 22 dramatic and beautiful images shortlisted for the Weather Photographer of the Year 2022 competition—there’s everything from lightning strikes and sprawling sunsets to documentation of climate change. The competition, now in its seventh year, is sponsored by the Royal Meteorological Society in association with AccuWeather. "These photographs…represented the shared global appreciation for the beauty of weather and the sheer creativity of this growing community," says AccuWeather editor Jesse Ferrell. See also: CNN. Read the full Story >>
