Design Taxi Wednesday February 15, 2023
Following her viral campaign for Louis Vuitton featuring soccer superstars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, Annie Leibovitz is back with another collaboration, this time with furniture giant IKEA. The Swedish firm recently named the famed photographer as its latest Artist in Residence. The brand cites poll findings that 48 percent of individuals do not feel that the media accurately represent the reality of their lives at home. As such, it’s turning to Leibovitz, famed for being able to “capture the inner life” of her subjects, notes Design Taxi.
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CNN Wednesday February 15, 2023
Google’s much-hyped new AI chatbot tool, named Bard, made an embarrassing mistake over a photograph in its public debut. In the demo, a user asked Bard: “What new discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope can I tell my 9 year old about?” Bard responded with a series of bullet points, including one that read: “JWST took the very first pictures of a planet outside of our own solar system.” Wrong, according to NASA. Shares in Google’s parent company Alphabet fell 7.7% wiping $100 billion off its market value, notes CNN.
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DP Review Wednesday February 15, 2023
OM System’s newly announced M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm f/3.5 IS PRO Macro lens offers an equivalent field of view to a 180mm lens on a full-frame body with a 2:1 magnification ratio for larger-than-life macro shots, notes DIY Photography. A minimum focus distance of only 22.4cm means a working distance of around 8cm from the end of the lens, letting you get very close to your subjects.The lens features built-in optical stabilization and IP53 weather sealing, making it useful for all kinds of location macro work in all different weather conditions. DP Review has more.
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David Schonauer Wednesday February 15, 2023
The wedding was epic. Anisha Patel and Arjun Mehta were married in December in what Vogue magazine described as a "four-day wedding extravaganza on the Turkish riviera" in which the bride wore 13
custom looks. Now, though, New York-based photographer Clane Gessel is being sued by the bride's father. Dr. Amit Patel fired Gessel days before the nuptials, claiming that Gessel made unreasonable
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