Center for Photography at Woodstock Wednesday February 8, 2023
The Center for Photography at Woodstock has purchased a historic, four-story former cigar factory building in Kingston, New York, to serve as its future headquarters. The Center, which for 45 years was located in nearby Woodstock, in New York's Hudson Valley, is a leading venue for the presentation, teaching, and critical discussion of photography. It will use the 40,000 square-foot space in Kingston to stage exhibitions, conduct workshops, screen films, present lectures, and hold community gatherings.
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David Schonauer Wednesday February 8, 2023
Robert Pattinson is worried about deepfake technology. In an interview with the Evening Standard's ES Magazine, the "Batman" actor talked about his unease over the digitally altered videos of his face
that have been popping up across the internet. "It's terrifying," he said, adding, "You just realize that we're two years away from it being indistinguishable from reality -- and what on Earth am … Read the full Story >>
The New York Times Tuesday February 7, 2023
George Zimbel, a photographer who often captured ordinary people doing ordinary things, but whose two best-known subjects were megastars, died on Jan. 9 in Montreal, reports The New York Times. He was 93. In 1954, he photographed Marilyn Monroe on Lexington Avenue and 52nd Street in Manhattan, her skirt being blown upward during the filming of a scene for director Billy Wilder’s “The Seven Year Itch.” During the 1960 presidential campaign, he famously photographed John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline, as they greeted the crowd from an open convertible during a ticker-tape parade in Manhattan.
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npr Tuesday February 7, 2023
Despite war, the winter tradition of plunging into icy rivers continues in Ukraine, notes NPR in a report featuring photos from Claire Harbage. The Christian holiday of Epiphany celebrates the baptism of Jesus Christ, though the annual ice swim's religious ties are loose. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine has been vocal in its objections to it, including in a recent Facebook post that said, "there is no religious reason for the immersion in winter water and never has been.” Said one plunger, “Of course, it doesn't feel like a holiday this year.”
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