Artificial intelligence was clearly on the mind of the photo world as 2024 got underway, and would stay there for the remainder of the year. A number of stories we featured during the early months of 2024 focused in one aspect or another on AI technology, from the rise in fake celebrity pictures across social media to the introduction of Sora, an AI video … Read the full Story >>
Gian Paolo Barbieri, a groundbreaking fashion photographer who shot the first Vogue Italia cover, died on Dec. 17 at age 89, notes WWD. The Milan-born Barbieri made a name for himself by blending cinema, art and fashion: He was a major player in all the biggest fashion maisons from Versace to Vivienne Westwood, and his portrait work was equally star-studded with A-listers like Naomi Campbell and Audrey Hepburn filling up his roster, notes Hunger magazine, Read the full Story >>
Tis the season for lists of top photos of the year. We like the spin Reuters has put on theirs, with photographers telling the stories behind their images. Among them is Brendan McDermid, who describes the photo he made in July after a would-be assassin fired on Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, “I just tried to stay concentrated on what was going on on the stage,” he notes. “When the Secret Service got Trump back on his feet, he raised his fist. And looked right down the barrel at me.” Read the full Story >>
“While we love the weird and obscure lenses and cameras, ultimately, what will usually beat out everything else is the practical. Canon won the race once again this year, taking over a significant portion of the top 10 rentals.” So notes Lensrentals, which has published its annual list of most-rented photo and video products from the past year. Topping the list: the Canon Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L II—an EF mount lens, which notably beat out its RF counterparts by “100 or so orders.” The most rented camera this year was the Canon EOS R5, followed by the Canon EOS R6 Mark II. Sony made the list with the a7S III, but was still beaten out by the Canon 5D Mark IV — a camera released in 2016. Read the full Story >>
