PetaPixel Thursday November 3, 2022
Point-and-shoot digital cameras of the early 2000s are making a comeback, thanks to Gen Z. In the last year, reports PetaPixel, these pre-smartphone cameras have been popularized by celebrities on Instagram like Bella Hadid, Devon Lee Carlson, Matilda Djerf, Emily Ratajkowski, and Nicola Peltz Beckham. On TikTok, the hashtag #digitalcamera has over 124 million views with videos declaring that “this is your sign to buy an old digital camera.” There are also clips recommending the Sony Cybershot DSC-W220, the Nikon Coolpix L15, the Samsung MV900F, and the Canon Powershot SD1300 as the best second-hand digital cameras.
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British Photography Awards Thursday November 3, 2022
Britons are facing rising inflation and getting used to their third prime minister in three months. But British photography is sound as a pound (maybe stronger, these days) judging by the shortlist for the 2022 British Photography Awards. More than 15,000 photographers submitted their photos to this year’s contest. The work has been culled down to 379 images across the competition's 19 categories, from Architecture, Documentary and Fashion to Wedding, Bird Life, Landscape, Portrait and Macro. My Modern Met features a portfolio.
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DIYPhotography Thursday November 3, 2022
Sometimes it’s the little things that make a photographer’s work easier. Nitecore’s newly announced electronic camera cleaning tool, the BB2, is like a leaf blower, only smaller, meaning you no longer need to expend energy constantly squeezing the bulb of a rocket blower; now, notes DIY Photographer, you can flick a switch to get air with speeds of up to 80km/h to blow the dust and other debris off your camera gear. It also features a built-in brush to help you dislodge that stubborn dirt.
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Bloomberg Thursday November 3, 2022
If you want to learn a litle about NFTs—and by that, we mean learn a lot—go ahead and dive deeply into a massive 40,000-word article on the subject published by Bloomberg. Finance journalist Matt Levine explains the concept top to bottom. Essentially, he concludes, the majority of the crypto space is a Ponzi scheme. Most non-fungible tokens, he writes, are bought with the express purpose of offloading them onto others for more money. In other words, they’re looking for bigger suckers. “Where does that end?” he writes. See also: Art News.
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