Peter Magubane, a fearless Black South African photographer who documented the cruelties and violence of apartheid and suffered punishment including beatings, imprisonment and 586 consecutive days of solitary confinement, died on Jan. 1. He was 91. "I did not want to leave the country to find another life," he said in 2015. "I was going to stay and fight with my camera as my … Read the full Story >>
Peter Magubane, a Black South African photographer whose images documenting the cruelties and violence of apartheid drew global acclaim but punishment at home, including beatings, imprisonment and 586 consecutive days of solitary confinement, died on Jan. 1. He was 91, reports The New York Times. “I did not want to leave the country to find another life,” he said in 2015. “I was going to stay and fight with my camera as my gun. I did not want to kill anyone, though. I wanted to kill apartheid.” Read the full Story >>
“Steeling against snowstorms and the brutal cold of winter, photographer Mikko Lagerstedt devotes himself to documenting the frozen solitudes of his native Finland,” notes Colossal, adding that in Lagerstedt’s images sunlight filters through a candy-colored atmosphere, icicles clasp to the barren branches of a lone tree, and the night sky appears like a glimmering blanket of stars, softly illuminating the terrain below.” Lagerstedt’s work is on view through January 31 at Kaari in Helsinki, and at Instagram. Read the full Story >>
A project designed by three Stanford grad student has revealed yet another power of artificial intelligence, notes NPR: The technology can geolocate where photos were taken in just seconds. The project, called Predicting Image Geolocations, or PIGEON for short, was trained on data from Geoguessr, a game where the player is shown a random Google Street View image and has to guess the location, adds PetaPixel. While this could help photographers and photo editors, privacy experts are worried about how the tech could be used. Read the full Story >>
