IMAGING USA Wednesday December 7, 2022
The Professional Photographers of America has announced it will present its Lifetime Achievement Award to Eric Meola. The award is given to “an individual whose life's work has enriched the photographic industry and the profession as a whole,” as well as innovation to the field of professional photography. Meola will be presented with his award at the Award & Degree Ceremony at the Imaging USA event in Nashville, TN, on January 23, 2023. Read our interview with Meola from 2019, when he published his book Fierce Beauty: Storms of the Great Plains.
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DP Review Wednesday December 7, 2022
Earlier this year, Shotkit—a website devoted to showcasing work by photographers and what they carry in their bags—asked 1,000 photographers what camera equipment they used throughout the year and why they opted to use said gear. Now, notes DP Review, results are in. Mirrorless cameras were much more popular than DSLRs: 63 percent of pros reported using a mirrorless camera, while only 36 percent reported using DSLRs. Nikon was the most popular camera brand used by pros, followed closely by Canon and Sony. But Sony’s a7 III was the most popular camera among professional photographers.
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Environmental Photographer of the Year Wednesday December 7, 2022
The winners of the Environmental Photographer of the Year competition have been announced, and the judges have pulled no punches. Top honors go to photographer Mehdi Mohebi Pour for his image “The Bitter Death of Birds,” which shows three of the thousands of birds that perished Iran’s Miankaleh Lagoon because of contamination and lack of water. The competition is sponsored by The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), WaterBear, Nikon, and Arup.
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TechCrunch Wednesday December 7, 2022
The UK government has announced that it will amend its existing Online Safety Bill to criminalize the sharing of any deepfake porn made without the subject’s consent. The government says the latest amendment to the Bill will broaden the scope of current intimate image offenses “so that more perpetrators will face prosecution and potentially time in jail,” notes TechCrunch. Other abusive behaviors that will become explicitly illegal include “downblousing” (where photographs are taken down a women’s top without consent) and the installation of equipment, such as hidden cameras, to take or record images of someone without their consent.
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