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Industry News : Shutterstock Acquires Digital Asset Company Envato

DIYPhotography   Monday May 20, 2024

Shutterstock has announced  an agreement to acquire Envato, an Australian company that specializes in digital creative assets and templates, for $245 million. Founded in 2006, Envato enables users to buy and sell creative assets, use smart design templates and learn creative skills, notes Shutterstock. It has become a major resource for photographers, filmmakers, YouTubers and other creatives, adds DIY Photography. Shutterstock says the acquisition expands its reach “within faster growing audiences such as freelancers, hobbyists, small businesses and agencies.”   Read the full Story >>

Honor Roll: South African Artist Lebohang Kganye Wins Deutsche Borse Photography Prize

By David Schonauer   Monday May 20, 2024

South African artist Lebohang Kganye has won the prestigious Deutsche Borse Photography Foundation prize for her exhibition "Haufi nyana? I've come to take you home." Kganye, who is from Johannesburg, was awarded the GBP30,000 prize on Thursday at a ceremony at The Photographers' Gallery in London. The annual prize rewards artists and their projects that have made significant contributions to international contemporary photography over …   Read the full Story >>

Trending: Gen Z Says Weddings Should be Cheaper

The Guardian   Friday May 17, 2024

Despite a challenging economic landscape and the average cost of a US wedding being $30,000 to $50,000, Gen Z is still saying “we do,” but they want to do it differently. For wedding photographers, it’s alway worth staying on top of nuptial trends, and The Guardian notes that couples are looking for cheaper ways to wed. That includes ceremony-only weddings (or small ceremonies and big afterparties), elopements, and micro-weddings.  “Small and cozy was absolutely the right choice for us,” says one bride.   Read the full Story >>

Spotlight: He Photographed a 'Living Fossil'

BBC   Friday May 17, 2024

In 2010 four friends carrying 71 pounds of camera equipment sunk beneath the waves of Sodwana Bay, off the east coast of South Africa. It was then that photographer Laurent Ballesta stared directly into the eyes of a creature once thought to have died out with the dinosaurs – making him the first diver to photograph a living coelacanth. "It's not just a fish we thought was extinct. It's a masterpiece in the history of evolution,” Ballesta tells the BBC. Coelacanths live on the sea floor, as deep as 984 feet along steep underwater slopes.   Read the full Story >>

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