The New York Times Friday August 25, 2023
A sunflower farm southwest of London wants naked people to stop posing amid the blooms, notes The New York Times. Tourists flock to Sam’s Sunflowers, part of Stoke Fruit Farms, to take part in a quintessential British summer activity: flower picking. But a rash of guests baring it all for the cameras earlier this summer led the owner, Sam Wilson, to post signs warning them to keep their clothes on. The nudity isn’t new, but this year, it has been happening more often, adds The Times.
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CNN Friday August 25, 2023
Flipping through Franck Bohbot’s photos of arcades is like stepping into a time machine. Shot largely in 2019, though not published until now because of the pandemic, Bohbot’s new book Back to the Arcade brings together almost 150 of his photographs from Los Angeles and southern California — a project intended to “document arcade culture and the escapism it provides,” Bohbot says. One minute, notes CNN, you’re in the 1980s, the next in the present day. “That’s the power of the arcade,” says Bohbot.
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PetaPixel Friday August 25, 2023
A major Chinese photo agency is demanding an astrophotographer pay $12,000 to use his own photos after he posted his work to social media platform Weibo. The photographer says he never licensed his photos to the agency, reports PetaPixel. Visal China Group (VCG) accused the photographer, Jeff Dai, of copyright violation after he published 173 photos that he took himself. VCG has demanded he pay $7,000 (51,900 yuan) in compensation or pay $12,000 (86,500) as a “usage fee.”
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Ocean Photographer of the Year Friday August 25, 2023
The Ocean Photographer of the Year competition—a “celebration of our beautiful blue planet”— has announced the finalists for its 2023 edition across a number of categories: “Adventure,” “Conservation-HOPE,” Conservation-IMPACT,” “Fine Art,” “Human Connection,” “Portfolio,” “Wildlife,” and “Young Photographer.” The competition is produced by Oceanographic Magazine, this year in partnership with Blancpain, Arksen, and Tourism Western Australia.
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