Insider Wednesday August 9, 2023
Rona Wang, a 24-year-old Asian American graduate student at MIT, was caught by surprise recently, after she prompted the AI image generator Playground AI to create a professional headshot for her LinkedIn profile. The AI turned her into a Caucasian woman with blue eyes. “My initial reaction upon seeing the result was amusement," Wang told Insider. "However, I'm glad to see that this has catalyzed a larger conversation around AI bias and who is or isn't included in this new wave of technology.”
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David Schonauer Tuesday August 8, 2023
The judges of the American Photography Open 2023 highlighted three very different landscapes from our July entries--a dramatic shot of nature's might at a landmark in Normandy, France, by Eddy Haamel;
an awe-inspiring photo of the northern lights ablaze over Norway by John Gahm, and an image capturing a sea of blue at the annual Bluebonnet Festival in Ennis, Texas, by Juan DeLeon. "The … Read the full Story >>
New York Post Tuesday August 8, 2023
In a TikTok post that has gone viral, a disappointed bride recently revealed the photos she received from her wedding photographer—photos, she said, that made her want to “cry every single day.” The bride, Brooke, noted that she spent $3,000 on a photographer for her October wedding and ended up with the “worst” photos she’d ever seen, reported the New York Post. “They’re just bad, all the way around bad,” said the bride. Some of the photos shown by Brooke do appear to be of low quality, added PetaPixel. One person commented that perhaps the photographer’s SD card malfunctioned and she lost half the photos.
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SURF TODAY Tuesday August 8, 2023
In the mid-20th century, amid a whirlwind of social and cultural revolutions, a nascent phenomenon surged through the crumbled concrete of America's urban landscapes— skateboarding. A cast of photographers “captured the essence of the rebellious subculture,” notes Surf Today, which recently profiled the most influential skate photographers of all time, from Glen E. Friedman and J. Grant Brittain to Spike Jonze and Skin Phillips. “Beyond the sport itself, these photographers helped develop a unique street culture,” notes ST.
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