Thames & Hudson Thursday August 17, 2023
Looking for insights to improve and inspire your portrait photography? The Portrait Photographer's Manual (Thames & Hudson) offers simple projects on subjects such as “Making Self-Portraits” and “Capturing Personal Moments” to help you experiment and develop your skills and techniques. Even better are profiles of 20 internationally acclaimed photographers, from Gordon Parks to LaToya Ruby Frazier, from authors Cian Oba-Smith and Max Ferguson. It’s a compelling overview of a complex subject.
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PetaPixel Thursday August 17, 2023
Hong Kong-based Nons is best known for cameras that use Instax film, including the SL660 and SL645 models that include a Canon EF mount, notes PetaPixel. The upcoming Nons Instant Back allows photographers to use Instax film on existing Hasselblad medium format film cameras. Compatible with the Hasselblad 500, 501, and 503 series cameras, the Nons Instant Back attaches to the rear of Hasselblad cameras and offers full-range focus without adjusting the viewfinder or focusing screen.
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Nikkei Asia Thursday August 17, 2023
Shipments of mirrorless single-lens cameras are breaking records as Chinese outbound tourism revives post pandemic, reports Nikkei Asia, citing finding from Japan's Camera & Imaging Products Association. The boom in mirrorless sales comes as camera makers roll out new products with artificial intelligence features that outperform smartphones, adds NA. The largest increase by region was in China (up by 44 percent). Japan increased by 30 percent, and Europe by 9 percent.
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Harper's Bazaar Thursday August 17, 2023
Sue Kwon didn't set out to chronicle the evolution of hip-hop. In the late 1980s, Kwon, who had studied photography at New York University, was living in lower Manhattan and considering a career as a war photographer. The birth of her eldest son, Kainoa, changed that calculus. She also became immersed in the city’s blossoming second-wave hip-hop scene, featuring acts like De La Soul, Mobb Deep, Wu-Tang Clan and Salt-N-Pepa. Kwon began to document it all for The Village Voice and The Source, notes Harper’s Bazaar.
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