Astronomy Photographer of the Year Thursday September 12, 2024
Ryan Imperio is the overall winner of the 2024 Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest for his image “Distorted Shadows of the Moon’s Surface Created by an Annular Eclipse.” The photo captures the progression of a phenomenon called Baily’s beads during the 2023 annular solar eclipse. Baily’s beads are formed when sunlight shines through the valleys and craters of the moon’s surface, breaking the eclipse’s well-known ring pattern, and are only visible when the moon either enters or exits an eclipse.
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engadget Thursday September 12, 2024
“Apple is wedging AI into its phones like a new U2 album no one asked for,” notes CNN. Meanwhile, PetaPixel says the newly introduced iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max are “Apple’s best phones for photography,” calling out their new, faster A18 processors, larger screens and slimmer bezels. Tech Radar likes the new Camera Control button on the new phones, which opens the camera app and controls it using swipe and pressure sensitivity. So does Engadget. Mashable goes over the differences between the iPhone 16 Pro Max and the iPhone 15 Pro Max. The Verge thinks the iPhone 16 is not finished yet.
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British Journal of Photography Wednesday September 11, 2024
In 2014, ISIS led a brutal campaign against the Yazidi community in Iraq resulting in the recorded deaths of around 5,000 and the enslavement of thousands of women and girls. This attack was recognized by the United Nations as genocide, and the horrors inflicted on the Yazidis left deep scars that continue to impact the survivors today, notes the British Journal of Photography, which spotlights a series from photographer Emily Garthwaite, who was commissioned by Save the Children to tell the story of the Yazidi.
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AL-MONITOR Wednesday September 11, 2024
Agence France Presse photographer Mahmud Hams has won the Visa d'Or News prize presented by the 2024 Visa pour l’Image photojournalism festival for his coverage of the conflict in Gaza. “I spent my childhood in Gaza, and in 23 years of photojournalism, I have witnessed every war, every conflict there," said.the 44-year-old photographer. “But this war is unlike any other, without precedent from the very first day. My colleagues and I have had to face incredibly difficult conditions, with no red lines and no protections for anyone.”
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