DP Review Wednesday September 20, 2023
After being in beta testing for several months, Adobe Firefly, the software company's suite of generative AI creation tools, is now available for use by all Creative Cloud users, notes DP Review. Firefly encompasses a variety of AI-based tools, such as Text to Image, Generative Fill and Text Effects. It is available as a standalone web application and incorporated into several Adobe software applications, such as Photoshop. The company is also adjusting the pricing scheme for its Creative Cloud subscription service, with around a 10-percent price increase for several subscription plans for customers in North America.
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Christie's Wednesday September 20, 2023
In late 2021, photographer Jeff Sedlik acquired an old, faded, framed print at an estate sale in Connecticut for $2,200. After opening it, notes PetaPixel,he realized it was actually two signed Alfred Stieglitz prints that together may sell for upwards of $250,000: Sedlik’s find is now up for auction at Christie’s. The pair of platinum prints, titled “A Venetian Courtyard,” has been dated to 1894. Christies calls the work “a quintessential representation of the aesthetic movement known as Pictorialism,”
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Aftermath Project Wednesday September 20, 2023
The Aftermath Project is about to launch the fourth year of its five-year grant cycle, the 1492/1619 American Aftermaths grant, which focuses on interpretations of America's original sins, including colonialism and enslavement. This year Aftermath Project founder Sara Terry is trying something new: If you’d like to known more about the grant—including what kinds of projects fit the grant and how to apply—you can ask her, via Zoom. She’ll also have special guests, including past winners. Her “office hours for the week of Sept 25, start at 9am, PT.
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David Schonauer Wednesday September 20, 2023
We noted recently that Vogue's September issue -- featuring a cover with four OG supermodels -- has been greeted with what The New York Times called "fervid enthusiasm," even while igniting a new
debate about beauty standards. But enthusiasm for the supermodel era of the 1990s is blooming across the cultural landscape. Photographer Gavin Bond's new book offers an "insider's look" at the
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