PetaPixel Tuesday November 7, 2023
Acclaimed nature photographer and National Geographic contributor Paul Nicklen is warning people that fraudsters are using his likeness to scam people, notes PetaPixel. At Instagram, where he has 7.3 million followers, Nicklen posted a photo that purports to show him in a hospital bed with injured legs. “THIS IS FAKE!!,” he writes. Nicklen says that he is “receiving five to 10 emails a day” from people asking if he had written them a romantic message in a private Instagram message.
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Projections Tuesday November 7, 2023
Projections returns tomorrow via Zoom with a new event featuring photographers Amy Arbus and Michael Ruggiero. Arbus will present images from four bodies of work and talk about the “agony” of creative block, as well as the ecstasy of finding a new project. She will also discuss the perils of portraiture. Ruggiero will look back at his career—including working as a chef to support his dream of joining the Magnum agency—and living through the digital revolution. Time: 7:00 pm EST.
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David Schonauer Monday November 6, 2023
In October, Facebook's top news executive said she was leaving the company, while Twitter, a.k.a. X, removed headlines from the platform. Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram and Instagram's Threads
app, an X competitor, reiterated that his social network would not amplify news. "Even, Google -- the strongest partner to news organizations over the past 10 years -- has become less dependable,
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EATER Monday November 6, 2023
The gauzy, filtered light favored by social media food influencers just a few years ago has given way to what looks like perpetual late morning or late afternoon, notes Eater. "In food photos, warm, direct sunlight makes for deeply saturated colors, and the occasional glint off of a shiny glaze, and everything is given extra definition by long, sharp shadows. This style of lighting has been embraced by restaurants, independent bloggers and more established chefs, everyone from Rick Martinez to Molly Baz to the New York Times," adds the website.
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