Sony Tuesday January 10, 2023
One of the more exciting ideas to come out of CES 2023 is Sony’s Star Sphere project, which, as Digital Camera World points out, aims to bring space photography to the masses. Sony is partnering with the University of Tokyo and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to develop and operate a nano satellite, adds PetaPixel. The satellite will provide a way for anyone to capture photos along its trajectory via what Sony describes as a “shooting simulator” that operates the satellite with simple controls.
Read the full Story >>
Close Up Photographer of the Year Tuesday January 10, 2023
Prepare to celebrate the up-close, the macro and the micro with the winners of the Close Up Photographer of the Year 2023 contest. Canadian photographer Samantha Stephens is the overall winner of the competition for her mind-blowing image of a pair of salamanders being consumed by a carnivorous northern pitcher plant in Algonquin provincial park, Canada.This year’s contest drew more than 9,000 entries from 53 countries. The next Close Up Photographer of the Year contest opens for entries in March.
Read the full Story >>
By
David Schonauer Tuesday January 10, 2023
Dr. Harold Edgerton made visible otherwise unseeable moments in captivating detail and turned science into art. Sometimes what he captured in remarkable photographs were wonderfully inconsequential
things--a drop of splashing milk, for instance--and sometime they were historic. During World War II, Edgerton, a professor of engineering at MIT, worked with the Atomic Energy Commission to develop a
camera capable of capturing the fleeting incandescence … Read the full Story >>
The New York Times Monday January 9, 2023
At least eight journalists were attacked or robbed by supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during an uprising on Sunday in Brasilia, the country’s capital, reports The New York Times. Photojournalists from Brazilian newspapers and international agencies were the main victims. At least five had their equipment broken or stolen. A New Yorker magazine reporter was assaulted while covering the riot. Pedro Ladeira, a photographer for Folha de São Paulo, Brazil’s largest newspaper, was also attacked. “They destroyed my equipment; they beat me, but I’m fine,” he said. Read the full Story >>
