International Women’s Media Foundation Friday June 2, 2023
The International Women's Media Foundation has announced that French photojournalist Laurence Geai has won the 2023 Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award. The award, which recognizes women photojournalists who document humanity amid conflict, was created in honor of photojournalist Anja Niedringhaus, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2014. Geai’s winning portfolio included reporting from the Central African Republic, Iraq, Israel, Palestine and Syria, and the war in Ukraine.
Read the full Story >>
THE VERGE Friday June 2, 2023
Leica’s newly announced Q3 sacrifices good looks for improved functionality, declares The Verge: The Q3 latest version of Leica’s fixed-lens, full-frame compact camera, it features 60- megapixel photos, 8K video, a new hybrid autofocus system, Qi-compatible wireless charging support via an optional handgrip, and — yes finally — a flip-and-tilt articulating LCD. While it looks exactly like the Leica Q2 from the front, the rear has been entirely redesigned to accommodate a new updated electronic viewfinder.
Read the full Story >>
By
David Schonauer Friday June 2, 2023
Who's afraid of AI? This week we noted that Adobe's AI tool Firefly is now coming to Photoshop as a feature called Generative Fill. The new tool will allow users to quickly extend images and add or
remove objects using text prompts, noted The Verge. For now, these feature will be available only in the beta version of Photoshop. Meanwhile, Google is introducing new … Read the full Story >>
The New York Times Thursday June 1, 2023
When Google released its Photos app in 2015, people were wowed by how it analyzed images to label the people, places and things in them. Then a software developer, Jacky Alciné, discovered that Google had labeled photos of him and a friend, who are both Black, as “gorillas,” a term echoing racist tropes. In the ensuing controversy, Google prevented its software from categorizing anything in Photos as gorillas, and it vowed to fix the problem. But The New York Times reports the problem persists, despite advances in AI.
Read the full Story >>
