The Washington Post Wednesday September 18, 2024
Previously unpublshed video clips provide rare visual evidence of the slaughter routinely occurring in Sudan as its armed forces battle a paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, in a conflict the United States estimates has cost about 150,000 lives. “The killings of the young men who are seen in the videos were part of a massacre of at least 73 people, according to residents of Kutum and the U.N. refugee agency,” notes The Washington Post. The videos underscore ethnic hatred behind massacres.
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PetaPixel Wednesday September 18, 2024
Last May, the large-format F-Zero Camera hit Kickstarter, promising to “bend the laws of physics” and enable photographers to shoot at effective apertures of f/0.3-0.6. The campaign proved successful, and its creator, Nick Salazar, says all backers have received their cameras. As a result, the F-Zero is now available to the general public, notes PetaPixel. The F-Zero Camera works with just about any camera, including smartphones, action cameras, DSLRs, and mirrorless bodies.
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David Schonauer Wednesday September 18, 2024
Photographers have been a long-standing presence in institutions, but recent years have seen an uptick in significant moments for some of the medium's leading talents. So noted Artsy in an recent
overview of the photography market in 2024, citing blockbuster retrospectives from Wolfgang Tillmans, Hiroshi Sugimoto and LaToya Ruby Frazier. Much like the art market as a whole, the market for
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ARTnews Tuesday September 17, 2024
We are living amid another pivotal moment in labor history, with the widespread introduction of artificial intelligence that could displace workers, including artists. And yet there are artists and creatives who are willing to cooperate with companies developing the very tools designed to replace them—or, at least, diminish their labor—whether it’s contemporary artists accepting residencies or filmmakers joining beta testing programs. Art News wonders if that’s a particularly good idea.
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