TImeOut New York Friday March 1, 2024
Manhattan photography museum Fotografiska is now offering $10 admission to all visitors on the second Sunday of every month—meaning you can visit the museum on March 10, April 14, May 12, or June 9 if you want to get the deep discount, notes Time Out New York. The price of admission, which is usually $28, includes access to the curated shop in the building’s lobby, access to The Café, which offers artisanal pastries and coffee, and the museum’s photography exhibitions. Go here to see what’s coming up.
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CNN Friday March 1, 2024
The infamous Wonderbra ads of 1994 gave culture a shock, but, notes CNN, that was the point. Shot by photographer Ellen Von Unwerth and featuring model Eva Herzigová the campaign was intended to promote the trademarked plunge push-up bra — a lingerie piece first popularized in the 1960s — to a new generation of consumers. The upheaval caused by the campaign was a boost for the Sara Lee Corporation, which launched the Wonderbra in the US and UK markets via its own lingerie brand, Playtex.
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PetaPixel Friday March 1, 2024
Fujifilm has launched a service through its Printlife branding called Capture Canada that offers consumers the opportunity to digitize prints, film, slides, and videotapes. Customers place an order on the Capture Canada website, then put the items they want digitized in a box and send the package via Canada Post. Staff at Printlife will “work their digital magic” to convert the old photos, film, and slides into digital files, complete with enhancements where necessary, notes PetaPixel. For now, it’s an entirely Canadian venture.
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British Journal of Photography Friday March 1, 2024
The extent of human extraction and infrastructure and their impact on the planet has been Edward Burtynsky’s subject for over four decades. His largest ever show — “Edward Burtynsky, Extraction / Abstraction,” at London’s Saatchi Gallery through May 6 — is “a rallying cry” about the health of the planet, notes the British Journal of Photography. “I don’t approach my image-making as conventional documentary, saying ‘I’m going to take you through a tour of how people make salt in twenty images,’” Burtynski explains. “I’m interested in the picture.”
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