FOX News Thursday September 26, 2024
A Virginia elementary school photographer reportedly lost her job after being accused of making improper remarks to young students, including allegedly asking one boy, "Can I eat your soul?" The principal of Chittum Elementary School in Chesapeake, Bridget Outlaw, said in an email to parents last week that a photographer hired to take school pictures was escorted off campus for making "inappropriate comments" to students, notes Fox News. The photographer, who was not named by school or company officials, was employed by Lifetouch, a family and school photography service owned by Shutterfly.
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David Schonauer Thursday September 26, 2024
Lee Miller lived an incredible 20th-century life. In the new biopic "Lee," which opens tomorrow, Kate Winslet conveys Miller in every iteration of her life: A successful model, she learned from the
most sought-after photographers at the time. Moving to Paris, she apprenticed herself with Man Ray and made her start as a fine-art photographer. Moving to London on the day Britain declared war … Read the full Story >>
WIRED Wednesday September 25, 2024
When Elon Musk shared an image showing Kamala Harris dressed as a “communist dictator” on X recently, it was quite obviously a fake. “AI still is unable to accurately depict Kamala Harris,” one X user wrote. “Looks like they’re posting some random Latina woman.” Why is AI bad at generating images of the vice president and Democratic presidential candidate? AI models are trained on many thousands of photos, and despite being a prominent figure, Harris hasn’t been as widely photographed as the Republican candidate, Donald Trump, notes Wired.
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W Magazine Wednesday September 25, 2024
Think back to 2013: What were the major cultural moments of that time? “Indie sleaze, health Goth fashion à la Vetements, and party photography tailor-made for blogs might spring to mind,” and, notes W magazine, Sofia Malamute “captured it all.” For Malamute, the mid-aughts marked the beginning of a prolific career as a fashion photographer—by age 20, she’d been shooting for Prada, Saint Laurent, Marc Jacobs, Chanel, and other brands—and now she is looking back at her formative era with the book Behind the Scenes.
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