UKRAINE CRISIS Thursday November 21, 2024
Mariupol, notes Ukraine Crisis, “is one of the symbols of Russian brutality”—a city besieged in the spring of 2022, shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Photographer Yevhen Sosnovsky is one of those who were able to record what happened, before he was forced to flee the city. Many Mariupol residents would prefer to forget the terrible events they had to go through, but, adds UC, Sosnovsky “can accept neither oblivion nor silence about the Russians’ crimes against Ukraine and Ukrainians.”
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DIYPhotography Thursday November 21, 2024
Maybe all that AI in photography (see above) is making people want something more real. The newly introduced Zerocam app takes a minimalist approach to photography, focusing on producing RAW, unaltered images and stripping away “the aggressive artificial enhancements many modern camera apps apply nowadays,” notes DIY Photography. Launched on Android, Zerocam is available for free download on the Google Play Store. You can take five photos per day on the free tier; to unlock unlimited functionality, you need to subscribe for $0.99 per month or $10.99 annually. Is less more?
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David Schonauer Thursday November 21, 2024
The emergence of generative artificial intelligence two years ago has ushered in an era of curiosity, hope and certainly fear among photographers. Writing at Fstoppers recently, photographer Justin
Tedford likened the fear of AI to the paranoia about pod people in the classic sci-fi film "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." Will AI take over photography, eliminating jobs and subordinating human
creativity? Or, Tedford wondered, … Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Wednesday November 20, 2024
This week we wondered whether all the AI in photography is making people want imagery with authenticity. On Wednesday we noted that high-profile photography shows are coming to galleries across the
US, marking a renaissance for the medium that is arriving as images produced by artificial intelligence become virtually indistinguishable from real documentation. We've also been spotlighting some
new products promising to bring reality … Read the full Story >>
