The Washington Post Wednesday July 12, 2023
Myles Minishotta calls himself “the world’s youngest professional photographer,” notes The Washington Post. The 10 year old from Washington, D.C., has documented racial-injustice protests in the nation’s capital, fashion week in New York City, and more, from local architecture to local squirrels. The young photographer has more than 6,000 followers at Instagram, has spoken to youth panels and last year received an annual arts award from Washington, D.C., mayor Muriel Bowser.
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PetaPixel Wednesday July 12, 2023
Famed music photographer Alec Byrne has sued Getty Images for allegedly selling some of his most iconic images without entering into an agreement with him, reports PetaPixel. Byrne, who documented the London music scene of 1960s and 1970s — among the artists he shot were ABBA and Fleetwood Mac— alleges that “at least 175 Getty Images customers downloaded and copied the one or more the Subject Photographs through its ‘Premium Access’ subscription option,” notes Law.com
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HYPERALLERGIC Wednesday July 12, 2023
After the liberation of the Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions, Ukrainians discovered graffiti and inscriptions left by Russian soldiers on the streets and inside the buildings they had occupied. Hyperallergic notes that the Ukrainian cultural nonprofit Mizhvukhamy is documenting these findings in Wall Evidence, an open archive created for future research and analysis of the Russian invasion. “These writings need to be documented before people wash them away,” says Anastasia Olexii, the archive’s project manager.
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Projections Wednesday July 12, 2023
Join a PROJECTIONS event tonight featuring two photographers: Dallas-based photojournalist Jamie Carrero will share his coverage of social unrest, and Carell Augustus, an LA-based celebrity photographer, will present work from his recently published book Black Hollywood: Reimagining Iconic Movie Moments. “I wanted a challenge so I chose black celebrities and entertainers to help facilitate the vision,” he says. The event starts at 7:00 pm EST via Zoom.
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