PetaPixel Thursday September 7, 2023
As images made by artificial intelligence become more advanced, companies are racing to find ways to combat misinformation, notes PetaPixel, which reports that Google is testing a watermark to detect whether an image was made using AI. The digital watermark was created by the tech monolith’s AI branch, DeepMind. Called SynthID, the new tool is still in beta and is being released to a limited number of customers using Imagen, Google’s text-to-image diffusion model.
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Wonderful Machine Thursday September 7, 2023
Social documentary photographer Markel Redondo spent three years on his personal project "Sand Castles I," which delves into the consequences of the 2008 economic crash. The project focused on the
housing bubble in Spain, where Markel is based. Due to the financial collapse, thousands of new constructions were left abandoned as building companies went bankrupt. After becoming certified as an
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Digital Camera World Wednesday September 6, 2023
First published in 2010, the book Street Photography Now remains essential reading for all street photographers looking for inspiration and ideas on composition, declares Digital Camera World. The book, edited by Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren and published by Thames & Hudson, featured the work of 46 photographers from around the world, including Joel Meyerowitz, Carolyn Drake, Alex Webb, Martin Parr, and Matt Stuart. It demonstrates that this vast genre of photography is forever changing and evolving, adds DCW.
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CNN Wednesday September 6, 2023
Images taken in 1845 of British explorer Sir John Franklin and his crew on the ill-fated HMS Erebus and Terror – photos believed lost until recently – are to go under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London on September 21, notes CNN. The set of daguerreotypes commissioned by Franklin’s wife is expected to fetch up to £200,000 ($253,000). The doomed expedition to the Arctic captivated the Victorian public with its mysterious disappearance, fruitless rescue missions and gory tales of cannibalism.
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