Thoughts of a Bohemian Friday May 10, 2024
It’s time for photojournalism to break free from its symbiotic relationship with disappearing news publications, writes media consultant Paul Melcher at his Thoughts of a Bohemian blog. Instead, suggests Melcher, photojournalism “should take cues from the success of video journalism, which has found new platforms to carry its message. Platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram offer spaces where anyone can discover and share video news without relying on inexperienced, budget-tight gatekeepers.” What’s your opinion?
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DIYPhotography Friday May 10, 2024
Adobe is offering a “steal of a deal” on its Creative Cloud suite for a limited time, notes DIY Photography: Until May 13, you can snag a 40-percent discount on the entire package, bringing the monthly price down from $59.99 to $35.99. The offer includes 20 top-of-the-line creative applications — Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Dreamweaver, and After Effects among them — and 100GB of cloud storage to keep your projects safe (with the option to upgrade to 10TB).
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Art Institute of Chicago Friday May 10, 2024
After World War I, a striking visual language came to prominence in photography, characterized by the use of bold geometry and abstract forms. While this style is often associated with the Bauhaus, the influential German art school of the 1920s and early ‘30s, the exhibition “Photography between Chicago, Japan, and Germany, 1920–1960” — on view through September 9 at the Art Institute of Chicago—explores this modernist aesthetic as it developed through exchanges among artists from Germany, Japan, and the United States.
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Projections Friday May 10, 2024
Join acclaimed photographer Howard Schatz at a live Projections event on May 14 in New York City. Schatz began his professional life in medicine—he was a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of California, San Francisco and a retina specialist—before taking up photography. He became widely known for his images of models and dancers underwater and has gone on to photograph athletes and other subjects. The live event will take place at the PhotoShelter office at 111 Broadway, 19th floor. Time: 6:30 pm.
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