Smithsonian Tuesday July 2, 2024
We noted recently that a daguerreotype of Dolley Madison, wife of the fourth president, was being offered for sale at Sotheby’s. Now the results of the auction are in: The rediscovered daguerreotype has been acquired by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery for $456,000, becoming the most valuable American daguerreotype ever sold at auction, notes Art Dependence. Likely created in early 1846 by John Plumbe, Jr., the daguerreotype is thought to be the earliest known photograph of a first lady, notes Smithsonian Read the full Story >>
THE VERGE Tuesday July 2, 2024
At the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, athletes on Japan’s volleyball, track and field, and other teams will be competing in outfits made from a new fabric that can better absorb infrared light. In 2020, athletes complained to the Japanese Olympic Committee after discovering infrared camera “photos of themselves shared on social media with sexually explicit captions,” notes The Verge. Since then, Mizuno, Sumitomo Metal Mining, and Kyodo Printing have co-developed the new fabric that’s stretchable enough to be used in athletic uniforms while also protecting athletes.
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David Schonauer Tuesday July 2, 2024
Lawmakers in Washington, D.C. have been scrambling to address the various threats presented by the boom in artificial intelligence, including the spread of pornographic imagery. Now a new bill has
been introduced that seeks to hold social media companies accountable for policing and removing deepfake porn images published on their sites. The measure would criminalize publishing or threatening
to publish deepfake porn. The so-called … Read the full Story >>
The Phoblographer Monday July 1, 2024
“F/8 and be there” is truly a reality these days, notes Chris Gampat at The Phoblographer: “You can crank a camera up to nearly any ISO, make it black and white, and you can get a great street photo. You can also be totally fine with softer images. Nothing needs to be totally sharp. That means that autofocus isn’t really necessary. By all means, we’ve reached peak street photography.” Nonetheless, Gampat adds, street photography “can surely improve. But that has to do with photographers "actually being original and telling stories that we haven’t seen yet.”
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