Camera.Mellow Wednesday October 23, 2024
If size matters to you, then you’ll want to look at a new video from YouTube’s Camera.Mellow comparing the Nikon Zf, Panasonic Lumix S9 and Sony A7C II. The results, notes Digital Camera World, “were interesting, to say the least.” The Nikon Zf is the largest and heaviest of the three cameras and the Lumix S9 is the lightest and smallest. But the Nikon, when paired with the Nikon Z 26mm f/2.8 lens, fared surprisingly well when stacked up next to the Lumix S9's Panasonic Lumix S 26mm f/8.
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The New York Times Wednesday October 23, 2024
Since the 1980s, Vancouver-baed photographer Stan Douglas has staged disorienting scenes of historical re-enactments, often drawing on archival research to “push the limits of his medium,” notes The New York Times. Recently, New York’s David Zwirner gallery has been showing Douglas’s series “The Enemy of All Mankind,” a collection of nine large prints depicting scenes from a 1729 ballad opera, “Polly,” by the English poet and dramatist John Gay. An artistic revival of the 18th century is now a trend, adds The Times.
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PetaPixel Wednesday October 23, 2024
Earlier this year, photographer Stefan Böhme sued a woman after she posted a photo of her grandmother’s apartment on a vacation property rental website. The apartment photo featured a wallpaper based on photographs taken by Böhme. The case opened a can of worms, as there are numerous wallpapers that include copyrighted work, notes PetaPixel. The German Supreme Court tackled the thorny issue across three parallel cases, each with the same plaintiff, Stefan Böhme. Now the court has ruled against the photographer, noting that he granted implied consent to specific uses of their work.
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Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Wednesday October 23, 2024
Works with themes of migration, community, inter-generational traditions, and memory have been shortlisted for the 2025 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize. The nominees are: Spanish photographer Cristina De Middel; American photographer Rahim Fortune; Peruvian photographer Tarrah Krajnak; and South African photographer Lindokuhle Sobekwa. The winner, to be announced next May, receives £30,000. An exhibition of the four selected artists will go on show London’s The Photographers’ Gallery from March 7 to June 15, 2025, notes Art Review.
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