artnet Wednesday November 6, 2024
Isaac Wright has spent 140 days in jail, but, for him at least, it’s a small price to pay for art. The urban explorer and self-taught photographer has climbed New York City skyscrapers, the Eiffel Tower, and even the Great Pyramid of Giza to create images that are “nothing short of awe-provoking,” notes Artnet. “I want to bring urban exploring to the fine art world,” Wright says.. “I want to see it taken seriously. I want to see it reach the institutions.” At that, he’s been successful: He sells some work through New York’s Robert Mann Gallery.
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Digital Camera World Wednesday November 6, 2024
Sales in Japan of the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 have been “overwhelming” for nearly a year, and, notes Digital Camera World, there are no signs of that appetite for the action cameras will be dying down anytime soon. The third incarnation of DJI's action cam/handheld gimbal has remained the biggest-selling video camera in Japan since November 2023. The DJI Osmo Pocket 3 has reaped what data-gathering firm BCN Retail says is "a cumulative share of 24.3%” of the market, ahead of top-selling video cameras from Sony, Panasonic and GoPro.
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Global Peace Photo Award Wednesday November 6, 2024
Elisa L. Iannacone, a photographer based in the UK and Mexico, is the winner of the 2024 Global Peace Photo Award for a joyful image from her work “Dreams of Childhood,” featuring patients in the Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital in South Africa. “Peace for me means being able to be happy and accept life, even while you also have worries and fears,” noted one of the award’s jury members. The Global Peace Photo Award is organized by Edition Lammerhuber in partnership with Photographische Gesellschaft (PHG), UNESCO and the Austrian Parliament.
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THE VERGE Wednesday November 6, 2024
Have you ever wondered why some of your Instagram videos tend to look blurry, while others are crisp and sharp? It’s because, on Instagram, the quality of your video apparently depends on how many views it’s getting, notes The Verge. Instagram head Adam Mosseri recently explained the process: “In general, we want to show the highest-quality video we can ... But if something isn’t watched for a long time — because the vast majority of views are in the beginning — we will move to a lower quality video,” he noted.
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