PetaPixel Monday February 19, 2024
A wedding photographer must pay $30,000 in civil penalties for advertising her services using images taken by other photographers and failing to disclose that the pictures were not her own. The Kansas-based photographer, Caitlyn Payne, allegedly misrepresented her wedding photography business with deceptive advertising, specifically showing sample images taken by other photographers and passing them off as her own, notes PetaPixel. Last year, Payne was accused of “scamming” couples by faking a family emergency and not showing up at their weddings.
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Blind Monday February 19, 2024
The Bibliotheque Nationale de France sponsors a diverse range of prizes in photography, including the Niepce Prize, the Nadar Prize, the Bourse du Talent, and the Camera Clara Prize. The most recent winners of those prizes are on view in a new exhibition. Blind features some of the winning work and explains what the prizes encompass. Among those whose work is spotlighted: Juliette Agnel, winner of the Niepce Prize 2023, who “photographs what is invisible” to explore he relationship to earth and the heavens.
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Chicago Sun-Times Monday February 19, 2024
The Art Institute of Chicago has received a monumental gift that will transform its Photography and Media Department, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. The $25-million donation from the Bucksbaum family is one of the largest contributions to photography and media within a museum in the country, notes the Art Institute. It will fund the creation of the Bucksbaum Photography Center, which will promote the visibility of the Photography and Media Department by supporting its collections, exhibitions, staff and facilities.
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Smithsonian Monday February 19, 2024
Smithsonian magazine explores the heritage of Black Americans in a photography project called "Tracing a Lost Ancestry: The Descendants.” Created with British photographer and videographer Drew Gardner, the project features recreations of portraits of African Americans who served in the Civil War, using their direct descendants as models. Gardner and Smithsonian worked with a team of genealogists, researchers, costumers, prop builders, museums, and historical societies to create the series, notes DIY Photography.
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