Smart Museum of Art Thursday April 20, 2023
“For many parts of Africa, to refer to the 1960s is to gesture broadly toward a time of great transformation: the postcolonial turn.” So notes the University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art, which features the exhibition “Not All Realisms: Photography, Africa, and the Long 1960s,” through June 4. Photography was at the center of these upheavals as new nationalist governments, transnational movements, aging colonial and repressive governments, and Western onlookers jostled to capture their version of the new reality, adds Art News.
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GIZMODO Thursday April 20, 2023
Advanced tech means you no longer need a TV studio, millions of dollars of equipment, and a team of editors, animators, colorists, and artists to produce professional looking video content, and now, notes Gizmodo, that tech is taking a big leap: A new version of Adobe’s Firefly text-to-image software brings tools that let you enhance, manipulate, and even edit videos with just a few typed commands. “Apps like Photoshop and Lightroom still require quite a bit of artistic talent and skill to make an image look its best, but Firefly simplified that process through AI,” notes the site.
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David Schonauer Wednesday April 19, 2023
Do you like what Instagram has become? Neither does Kevin Systrom, the man who founded the app in 2010. In a recent interview with podcaster Kara Swisher, Systrom opened up about his thoughts on
Instagram, and he didn't hold back. "I think we've lost the soul of what made Instagram Instagram," he said. Systrom said he used to go on Instagram to see what … Read the full Story >>
The Washington Post Wednesday April 19, 2023
Monday, April 8, 2024, will be a dark day for some Americans—at least for about four minutes: Residents in major cities including Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Little Rock, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Buffalo and Rochester will see day turn to night for up to four minutes as the moon transits the sun and extinguishes its light, notes The Washington Post. It will be the first total solar eclipse to sweep across the country since Aug. 21, 2017. As we’ve mentioned, there will also be an annular solar eclipse on Oct. 14, 2023 that will track from Oregon to Texas. Make your photography plans accordingly!
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