ABC News Wednesday November 30, 2022
Nearly $180,000 in merchandise was stolen from the San Francisco Leica Store a lightning-fast armed robbery, reports ABC 7 News. Surveillance from the area shows four individuals get out of a gray sedan around 1:20 p.m. on Saturday near Bush and Grant Streets. The robbery comes shortly after a wedding photographer was robbed and pistol-whipped while working at the city’s Palace of Fine Arts. In addition to the $178,000 in goods stolen, $20,000 in damages was also caused by the robbery.
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By David Schonauer Wednesday November 30, 2022
The women in Hannah Starkey's beloved photographs of women include dreaming girls, young mothers and teenage shoppers. "Whatever they are doing, they have a briefly glimpsed radiance that seems to set
their whole environment aglow," noted The Guardian recently, on the occasion of a new exhibition, "Hannah Starkey: In Real Life," at the UK's Hepworth Wakefield museum. Starkey has been training her
camera on … Read the full Story >>
By David Schonauer Tuesday November 29, 2022
Fashion brand Balenciaga has faced a backlash for a clothing ad campaign that depicts children gripping teddy bears clad in S&M gear. Even celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Bella Hadid are even
feeling the heat because of their connection to the company, noted TMZ recently. Balenciaga executives quickly pulled all the ads and issued an apology, then announced the company would be suing the … Read the full Story >>
Poynter. Tuesday November 29, 2022
“We’ve heard about generative AI for some time, but I’ve always felt it would impact us in the distant future. But with web-based tools that generate high-quality output now readily available, that future is here,” writes Andrew DeVigal, director of the Agora Journalism Center at the University of Oregon's School of Journalism & Communication, in a post at Poynter. There’s no doubt that generative AI innovations will change how we create and consume media, raising a host of ethical and legal questions, DeVigal notes.
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