PetaPixel Thursday September 7, 2023
Aputure has announced that it has acquired film and broadcast lighting maker Prolycht for an undisclosed amount in order to bolster its professional lighting technology. Prolycht is far from a household name, even among lighting professionals, since the brand is relatively new, notes PetaPixel. The company was founded in 2017 by Chinese lighting research scientist Anqing Liu, who graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Smart Lighting Research Center and also worked at Philips Lighting Research Center in Boston.
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CNN Thursday September 7, 2023
Whether she’s shooting an advertising campaign for Nike or a photo spread for Vogue, photographer Bassie Maluleka’s images have a common theme, notes CNN: By highlighting Black women, she seeks to bring an often-underrepresented demographic to the forefront. “I feel like Black people are always shown in light of struggle, and just everyday suffering,” Maluleka says. “And I just want to change the narrative in that way – I want to shine a light on the stories that we can tell, like the beautiful side of being a Black woman.”
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Online Journalism Awards Thursday September 7, 2023
Independent visual journalist Finbarr O’Reilly has received the James Foley Award for Conflict Reporting at this year’s Online Journalism Awards. O’Reilly has covered the war in Ukraine extensively, among other conflicts over his career. The awards celebrate excellence and digital innovation in journalism across 23 categories including local organizations, nonprofit news outlets and international media and media collaborations. Among the categories are several for digital video storytelling.
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High Museum of Art Thursday September 7, 2023
The South has occupied an uneasy place in the history of photography as both an example of regional exceptionalism and as the crucible from which American identity has been forged, notes Atlanta’s High Museum of Art, which features the exhibition “A Long Arc: Photography and the American South Since 1845” from Sept. 15 to Jan. 14, 2024. The first major survey of Southern photography in 25 years, the exhibition, notes the museum, poses timely questions about American culture and character.
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