Australian Broadcasting Corporation Thursday June 6, 2024
As we noted earlier this year, the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Japan, decided to erect a net to foil hordes of tourists who show up to photograph Mount Fuji. The 8-foot-high black screen cost around $12,000 to put up. But photographers want what they want: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports that tourists are apparently poking holes in the net to get a view of the peak. Local residents have complained about visitors blocking the narrow sidewalk and walking into the busy road or onto neighboring properties to get their shots, officials said.
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180 Studios Thursday June 6, 2024
Over 10 smashing years, the photographer Rankin shot over 200 editorial projects for the influential magazine Dazed and Confused, capturing musical icons, supermodels like Kate Moss, and fashion in a way that defined 1990s culture. His work from this period “forms a manifesto about how to view the world,” notes London’s 180 Studios, which features the exhibition “Rankin, Back in the Dazed” through June 23. A co-founder of the magazine and its first photo editor, Rankin was instrumental in establishing its aesthetic. The Guardian has more.
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PetaPixel Thursday June 6, 2024
In April 2023, Getty Images rejected a $4 billion takeover bid from Massachusetts-based investment firm Trillium Capital, categorizing the acquisition attempt as insufficiently credible. Now, notes PetaPixel, federal investigators describe the failed takeover as a “pump and dump” scheme and have charged Trillium and its CEO with securities fraud. At the time of Trillium’s alleged crime, it offered to purchase Getty for $10 per share in cash, nearly double the stock’s previous closing price. Federal regulators allege that Trillium would have sold these newly acquired Getty shares and options into the artificially inflated market.
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The Washington Post Thursday June 6, 2024
The 10 Arab and Iranian photographers featured in “Louder Than Hearts” — an exhibition at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C. through Oct. 4 — are not only all women, but their subjects are female as well, notes The Washington Post. Among those whose work is on view: Rania Matar, known for her portraits of women and girls in the Middle East and US; Tanya Habjouqa, a Jordanian-born photographer living in East Jerusalem; and Safaa Khatib, whose series “The Braids Rebellion” looks at underage female Palestinian prisoners.
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