The Moscow Times Monday February 19, 2024
Russian photographer Dmitry Markov, known for documenting the gritty realities of everyday life in his country with an iPhone, died on Friday, Feb. 16 at the age of 42, according to media in his hometown of Pskov. In 2021, Markov was arrested in Moscow, where he came to support Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. At a police station he took a picture of a masked security police officer sitting under a portrait of President Vladimir Putin; the image became a symbol of protests against the imprisonment of Navalny, notes The Moscow Times. Markov’s death came on the same day that Navalny died in an arctic penal colony. The Moscow Times did not give a cause for Markov’s death but noted he had struggled with drug addiction during his life.
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David Schonauer Monday February 19, 2024
He came of age in one golden age of culture and went on to thrive in another. Baron George Hoyningen-Huene was born in 1900 to a wealthy family in St. Petersburg, Russia-the glittering capital of
Tsarist Russia, but his family was forced to flee their home in 1917 as revolution swept across the country. Huene eventually ended up in Paris, where he established himself … Read the full Story >>
NBC News Friday February 16, 2024
OpenAI has unveiled a new text-to-video model called Sora that can generate videos up to a minute long based on text prompts, and though it’s not yet available to the public, the company’s announcement roused a frenzy of reactions, reports NBC News. That’s because Sora creates videos “that look as if they were lifted from a Hollywood movie,” notes The New York Times, adding that the new technology could speed the work of seasoned moviemakers, while replacing less experienced digital artists entirely.
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New York Post Friday February 16, 2024
The home in chic East Hampton, New York that was formerly owned by the late photographer Elliott Erwitt is now on the market for $3.75 million, and, notes the New York Post, it comes with some extras. Erwitt, who died last year at age 95, bought the one-level, mid-century residence in 1981 and embarked on a major expansion in 1989. It features four bedrooms, four baths, two fireplaces and floor-to-ceiling windows, a great room with cathedral ceilings, and a formal dining room— as well as a studio and some framed photos by the legendary photographer.
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