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David Schonauer Friday December 9, 2022
The big art news of the year has been the advent of AI-powered image generators like DALL-E. But the new tech has come with some ethical and legal pitfalls, including copyright issues, and companies
are trying to find solutions to the problems. This week we noted that Adobe is the latest stock image provider to accept AI-generated art, but it's doing so with conditions. … Read the full Story >>
DP Review Thursday December 8, 2022
Even when taking sensible precautions, you can still lose your gear. Kuvrd’s new CosmoCap is meant to make recovering gear easier. The camera cap has a hidden slot ino which you can place an Apple AirTag or other tracking device. The CosmoCap is available in Sony E + Cine PL and Canon EF/RF + Cine PL variants. The cap has a diamond-knurled grippy surface and is made using industrial-grade materials. Australian photographer Graham Tait was reunited with roughly $10,000 worth of gear after following AirTags he'd attached to his bag, notes DP Review.
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artnet news Thursday December 8, 2022
German photographer Candida Höfer worked as a newspaper portrait photographer, then learned about daguerreotypes and went to filmmaking school before focusing on fine-art photography, studying under Bernhard “Bernd” Becher (her classmates included Andreas Gursky, Axel Hütte, and Thomas Struth.) Her large-format images of opulent interiors — a “refreshing take on documentary photography, notes Artnet News — are on view at Galleri K, Oslo, through December 18.
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NBC News Thursday December 8, 2022
Conservative Supreme Court justices this week appeared sympathetic toward an evangelical Christian web designer’s bid to avoid working on same-sex weddings as they weighed the latest clash between religious conservatives and LGBTQ rights, notes NBC News. Lorie Smith is seeking an exemption from a state law that outlaws discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in public accommodations. If the court rules in favor of Smith, certain business owners would effectively have an exemption from elements of laws in 29 states that protect LGBTQ rights in public accommodations in some form, adds NBC.
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