PetaPixel Wednesday October 11, 2023
The U.S. House of Representatives went probing for aliens this summer, so why shouldn’t you? PetaPixel reports that doorbell camera company Ring is offering $1 million to anyone who can capture photographic evidence of aliens using its products. The prize will be given to a “U.S. resident who captures unaltered Scientific Evidence of a real Extraterrestrial lifeform on their indoor or outdoor Ring device.” Believers have until Friday, November 3, to come up with cold-hard evidence. The truth is out there.
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The Guardian Wednesday October 11, 2023
This year marks half a century since Michael Kenna started working as a professional photographer, and, notes The Guardian, he’s marking the occasion with a book, Michael Kenna: Photographs & Stories. It features 51 images, one for each year of his career. “We were going to call it 'Michael Kenna (1973-2023): Photographs & Stories,'” Kenna says. “But I’m not dead yet, and including dates gives a different idea.” Kenna, who turns 70 in November, has earned acclaim for his meditative black-and-white landscapes.
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The Times of Israel Wednesday October 11, 2023
Roee Idan, a photographer at the Kfar Aza kibbutz near the Gaza border in southern Israel, is missing and feared to be among those taken hostage during the Hamas invasion, reports The Times of Israel. His 3-year-old daughter is also assumed to have been kidnapped, while Idan’s wife was killed. Idan documented Saturday's terrorists crossing into his kibbutz on paragliders, his sister says, as Hamas gunmen stormed Israeli communities. A significant number of people in the kibbutz were killed, according to reports. PetaPixel reports that British photographer Danny Darlington is believed to have died during the invasion. He and his friend Carolin Bohl were last seen hiding in a bunker in the Nir Oz kibbutz in southern Israel. Friends confirmed the pair were killed in a terrorist attack.
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npr Wednesday October 11, 2023
“Air raid sirens blared in Israel's largest city, Tel Aviv, again Monday morning as Palestinian militants fired more missiles at the Jewish state and the death toll on both sides soared to over 1,500, with at least 11 Americans among the dead,” noted CBS News on Monday. Those numbers are rising as fighting in Israel and Gaza continues. NPR featured an initial photo report on the conflict on Monday, featuring images from Ohad Zwigenberg (AP), Ali Jadallah (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images), Fatima Shbair (AP) and other photographers.
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