MSN Thursday November 14, 2024
A photographer who sparked a huge search when he disappeared on a solo boating trip off the coast of Wales washed ashore in Ireland two days later. Chris Ellery, 54, failed to return from a trip from Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. He ended up drifting across the Irish sea for two days after his three-meter black inflatable boat suffered engine trouble. His phone also stopped working. A subsequent rescue mission was ended after Ellery washed up in Ireland and handed himself in to a nearby police station, notes MSN.
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David Schonauer Thursday November 14, 2024
There was a time before Instagram, before digital cameras and even the internet. It was called the 1980s, and it was, as decades tend to be, a time of human triumphs and tragedy, cultural clamor,
remarkable unity, stark division and existential fear. It was also, as writer and photographer Henry Carroll notes in his new book "The 1980s: Image of a Decade," a time … Read the full Story >>
THE ART NEWSPAPER Wednesday November 13, 2024
A Spanish photographer’s studio was devastated by the catastrophic flash floods that recently ripped through the country’s eastern regions, killing more than 200 people and destroying millions of euros worth of property and infrastructure in their wake. Ricardo Cases, who lives and works close to the town of Torrent on the western edge of Valencia, escaped the floods, but lost much of his work after his studio was wrecked, notes The Art Newspaper. Cases is one of the leading figures among an acclaimed generation of Spanish photographers to emerge in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008, adds TAN.
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Snopes Wednesday November 13, 2024
If you’ve been looking at social media lately, you may have seen a close-up photograph of a female humpback whale's eye, “revealing the majestic creature's vibrant blue gaze in breathtaking detail,” as NDTV puts it. The details of the whale’s eye are so extraordinary that many viewers apparently wondered if the image was legit. Snopes spoke with photographer Rachel Moore, who confirmed that the image, taken on Oct. 6 near Tahiti, is authentic. Alas, Moore says the whale was killed by a "fast-moving ship" two days after their encounter.
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