DAZED Thursday June 1, 2023
Photographer Tom Woods’s portraits of life in working-class Merseyside—a metropolitan county in the Liverpool City Region of England—are taken “with manifest tenderness, sympathy and respect,” notes Dazed, which spotlights the exhibition “Photie Man: 50 Years of Tom Wood” at Liverpool’s Walker Gallery. In an interview, Woods offers thoughts on photographing communities: “Every time I take a photograph, I’m asking a question. I don't know how it’s going to turn out. And if I knew how it would turn out, I wouldn’t be interested in exploring life,” he says.
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The New York Times Thursday June 1, 2023
Two U.S. Park Police officers violated department policy when they used force against two journalists — pushing a videographer’s camera and striking a reporter with a baton — during a crackdown on racial justice protesters outside the White House nearly three years ago, said the U.S. Interior Department inspector general in a recent report. The journalists, who are unnamed in the report, were covering protests over the police killing of George Floyd for an Australian television network when the officers used force against them ahead of then-President Donald Trump’s photo op on June 1, 2020.
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npr Thursday June 1, 2023
A man with a prosthetic leg hooks up a portable generator. A woman with a walker shines a flashlight in a dark kitchen. These are some of the new stock images recently released by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. While the photos may not sound particularly groundbreaking, notes NPR, they represent a major step forward in physical disability representation. The government agency took the action after noticing a lack of stock photos showing people with disabilities using common home safety devices.
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CBS News Thursday June 1, 2023
A photographer is suing Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams after the football star shoved him to the ground last October. The incident took place following a Raider loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, notes CBS News. The photographer, Park Zebley, was at the game working as a freelance photographer for ESPN. Zebley claimed to have suffered whiplash, headaches and a minor concussion following the push. In the days following the incident, Adams was charged with misdemeanor assault.
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