The winners of the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon, with the photo staffs of Reuters and the Associated Press both being honored. Reuters won the Pulitzer for Breaking News for "raw and urgent photographs" documenting the Oct. 7 attack in Israel by Hamas and the first weeks of Israel's attack on Gaza. AP won the Feature Photography prize for "poignant photographs" chronicling … Read the full Story >>
Time speeds up when you are having fun. But, notes The Economist, it slows down when one looks at something worth remembering. According to research published in Nature Human Behaviour, people’s sense of how fast time passes can be influenced by the memorability of the images in front of them. Scientists propose this effect could be a way for the brain to sneak in more processing time before a snap decision needs to be made. A team led by Martin Wiener, a cognitive neuroscientist at George Mason University, tested how visual stimuli alter people’s experience of time. Read the full Story >>
LensCultue has announced the winners, jurors’ selections, and finalists of the LensCulture Portrait Awards 2024. The top prize for single image goes the Erçin Ertürk of Turkey for his image of Ukrainian soldier, Sergey Raylyan, who lost his eyes and feet in an explosion near the city of Maryinka in the Donetsk Oblast in 2022. Max Miechowski of the UK wins first place for a series featuring people living along the fast-eroding British east coast. “Traces of what has gone remind us of what is to come,” he tells The Guardian. Read the full Story >>
Michael DiCiurcio, whose YouTube channel features videos and live streams that seem to show him breaking FAA rules, has now been grounded. In a recent court case, DiCiurcio was not only fined $182,000 but also banned from operating any drones, notes DIY Photography. The high fine reflects the sheer number of violations DiCiurcio committed, including flying in restricted airspace, near buildings, and at night. Only a few weeks ago it seemed he was planning to cooperate with the FAA and court, reports Digital Camera World. Read the full Story >>
