TechCrunch Monday July 31, 2023
Twitter’s rebranding of Twitter has not been faring well. In addition to the haphazard rollout, which saw parts of the site referencing the new “X” handle while other parts still asked users to “search Twitter,” the company failed to secure the intellectual property rights to the X brand, notes Reuters. The company didn’t even make an attempt to secure the @x Twitter handle owned by photographer Gene X Hwang, reports TechCrunch. Hwang, who operates the corporate photography and video company Orange Photography, says no one from Musk’s company has contacted him, but he’d be happy to talk to them.
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By David Schonauer Monday July 31, 2023
The first major retrospective of Eve Arnold's work in the U.K. in a decade, "To Know About Women: The Photography of Eve Arnold," opened recently in the Newlands House Gallery in Petworth, West
Sussex. The show provides insights into the career of the Magnum photographer, featuring more than 90 of her images, including rarely seen photos that are being exhibited for the first time … Read the full Story >>
Cycling Weekly Friday July 28, 2023
A photographer who blocked Tour de France racers Tadej Pogaar at a crucial moment has apologized. Pogaar was staging an attack on stage 14 of the race but had to abort it after coming up behind two in-race motorbikes covering the action, notes Cycling Weekly. The drivers and the passengers of the motorbikes, a photographer from L'Équipe and a cameraman from France Télévisions, were fined and suspended. The photographer, Bernard Papon, told L'Equipe that it was a "tricky situation" but that he was sorry to Pogaar for affecting the race. We recently noted that pro golfer Sergio Garcia blew up at a photographerafter missing a short putt in a British Open qualifier. Covering sports is hard.
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The New York Times Friday July 28, 2023
Does the idea of 488 golden retrievers gathered together in the Scottish Highlands sound like heaven to you? It certainly does for the editorial staff of Pro Photo Daily. You can see for yourself in photos by Roddy Mackay at The New York Times, which recently reported on the 2023 Guisachan Gathering, “a kind of golden retriever convention” commemorating the anniversary of the founding of the breed held at the ruins of the historic Guisachan House. The event is held about every five years, but this year’s was the biggest yet.
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