As digital images of outer space grow more slick and advanced, the ethereal romance and pioneering DIY spirit of early astronomical photography has also taken on a new luster for collectors, noted the Financial Times recently. "There is an extraordinary temporal and conceptual part to it, then there's the historical element of it, and the technical side of it: the incredible ideas and systems … Read the full Story >>
A photographer missing for six days in Australia’s Snowy Mountains has been found "dazed and injured" by emergency services after a massive search and rescue operation. New South Wales Police said Lovisa Sjoberg was suffering from a suspected snake bite, dehydration and a rolled ankle, notes the BBC. Sjoberg, 48, is a regular visitor to the remote Kosciuszko National Park, where she often documents wild horses. She had been "wandering [for] days" through "tough" bushland, and told rescuers she believed she had been bitten by a copperhead snake four days before being found. Read the full Story >>
As sea levels rise and extreme weather becomes more common, experts say that Britain’s traditional defenses — sea walls, tidal barriers and sandbanks — will be insufficient to meet the threat. But on a tendril of land curling out from the coast of Somerset, in southwestern England, scientists, engineers and conservationists have embraced a radical solution, notes The New York Times: Tidal waters were allowed to flood the Steart Peninsula in 2014 for the first time in centuries, creating a vast marshland. Photographer Andrew Testa documented the results. Read the full Story >>
Landscape and environmental photographer Clyde Butcher received a 2022 National Medal of Arts award for photography from President Joe Biden on Oct. 21 at a White House ceremony, notes the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. The Florida-based photographer and conservationist was one of 20 National Medal of Arts winners from 2022 and 2023 who received their awards from Biden. The National Medal of Arts is the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the federal government. Read the full Story >>
