PetaPixel Thursday June 22, 2023
A Italian photographer has been awarded multiple prizes in a photo competition for work that was not his own, reports PetaPixel. The photographer, Davide Francese, has entered numerous photos into the WPE Awards “and while some of them appear to be his own, others have been stolen from other photographers,” notes PP. Francese has apologized for his transgression, saying he purchased an online tutorial operated by Alex Koloskov from Photigy and believed he could use images from the tutorial for any purpose. However, it wasn’t just Koloskov’s photos that Francese misused.
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David Schonauer Thursday June 22, 2023
For photographers, creators and every other human, there's no getting away from tech's headlong rush to develop artificial Intelligence: Today we feature a roundup of news and opinion from the world
of AI, which of course is the world we live in. Vox looks at how Google, Microsoft and Adobe might stop AI from flooding the internet with fake images, if they can. The … Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Wednesday June 21, 2023
The winners of the 2023 Audubon Photography Awards have been announced, and we feature them today. Now in its 14th year, the competition awards eight prizes across five divisions, with winning entries
and honorable mentions chosen from 2,200 entrants from all 50 states, Washington D.C., and eight Canadian provinces and territories. The images, from professionals, amateurs, and young people, show
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Guitar World Wednesday June 21, 2023
Mick Hutson, who photographed icons of the rock world including David Bowie, Ozzie Osbourne, Slash, Metallica and Henry Rollins, died on June 1 at age 58, reports Guitar World. Hutson’s images were featured in a number of magazines and on official album releases by Nirvana, AC/DC, Primal Scream, Queens of the Stone Age, Mike Oldfield, Judas Priest and more. Hutson started his working life as a "roughneck" on oil rigs but eventually went to work for music photographer David Redfern before setting out on his own.
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