Nagoya, Japan-based photographer Ben Weller has lived in East Asia for 15 years and has a passion for sharing the region's beauty and cultures. He recently traveled to the southern island region of Kyushu for return client National Geographic Traveller (UK). For this assignment, Weller documented the Sugar Road, a historic trade route in Kyushu that became famous for importing its sweet namesake throughout … Read the full Story >>
A newly unearthed photo of the iceberg said to have sunk the Titanic is up for auction. The photo is believed to have been taken by Nova Scotian undertaker John Snow Jr. while he was working on the body-recovery ship that arrived on the wreck site after the sinking, notes the Mirror. The image was passed down through the Snow family until it was acquired by a collector of Titanic memorabilia about 30 years ago. It is now up for sale by Henry Aldridge & Son Auctioneersof Devizes in Wiltshire, U.K. with an estimate of $5,000 and $8,500. Read the full Story >>
U.K.-based research charity Breast Cancer Now has teamed up with photographer Jillian Edelstein to create AI-generated images showing what 10 people living with incurable secondary breast cancer want to experience in their own futures, from wedding days to graduation ceremonies. The AI-generated images, which were show at London’s Saatchi Gallery in the exhibition “Gallery of Hope,” were based on original portraits taken by Edelstein, noted PetaPixel: AI models were trained specifically on photographs shot by Edelstein. Read the full Story >>
Zeiss calls its new Nano Prime line of cine lenses “an entry-level set,” meaning the lenses are more affordable—though, notes DIY Photography—the lenses still cost between $4,500 and $5,000 each. The Nano Prime line features lenses with six focal lengths: 18mm, 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 75mm, and 100mm, all with a large T1.5 maximum aperture. The lenses work on just about any Sony E mount camera, and Zeiss said that more mounting options may come in the future via DIY mount replacement kits, depending on which camera companies want to share a license with Zeiss. Read the full Story >>
