ARTnews Thursday September 28, 2023
Getty Images announced Monday the launch of a proprietary artificial intelligence tool that will generate images from its wide-spanning collection of digital media, notes Art News. The move will allow the media company, which holds ownership rights over millions of news, stock, and archival images, to avoid copyright issues that have plagued artificial intelligence companies. Getty is partnering with Nvidia to launch the new tool, called Generative AI by Getty Images, which, adds The Verge, lets people create images using Getty’s library of licensed photos.
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Staley-Wise Gallery Thursday September 28, 2023
Paul Martineau, curator of photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum, compares the late Rodney Smith’s work to Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, noting that his photographs “lead us down the rabbit hole to a fantastical place that is just beyond our reach.” Through November 4, New York’s Staley-Wise Gallery presents “Rodney Smith,” the photographer’s first New York exhibition. Tonight there’s a reception with Paul Martineau and Leslie Smolan, celebrating their book Rodney Smith: A Leap of Faith.
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W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Thursday September 28, 2023
The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund has announced the jury for its 2023 grant cycle: Sandra Stevenson, a writer, visual editor, and curator at The Washington Post; Justyna Mielnikiewicz, a documentary photographer and recipient of the 2016 Eugene Smith Grant; and Elena Navarro, founder and Artistic Director of the International Photography Festival FOTOMÉXICO. Go here for more. Reminder: The submission deadline for all grants is October 15, 2023 at 11:59 pm EDT.
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By David Schonauer Thursday September 28, 2023
In the universe of historic photographs, few reign more iconic than the image of key White House policymakers watching and waiting for confirmation that SEAL Team Six had succeeded in capturing or
killing Osama bin Laden, notes History.com. A historic print of the photo, taken by Obama White House photographer Pete Souza's, will be offered at auction in October at Christie's New York. The … Read the full Story >>
