With the solar activity that causes the aurora borealis expected to reach the peak of its 11-year cycle in the next year, opportunities to see it are booming via cruises, train trips and tours. According to the market research company Grand View Research, northern lights tourism generated $843 million in 2023 and is projected to grow at nearly 10 percent a year to 2030. … Read the full Story >>
George Tice, the unofficial “photographer laureate” of New Jersey whose black-and-white photographs often captured the visceral, almost haunting urban landscapes of his home state, died on Jan. 16, reports the Asbury Park Press. He was 86. Tice published 24 books and received numerous awards for his photography, including Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships and a lifetime achievement award from the Lucie Foundation. “Tice delivered blockbuster views every time he clicked the shutter — His Cherry Hill Mobil station is a classic,” noted Andy Flak of Flak Photo. Read the full Story >>
Mous Lamrabat’s new book Mousganistan is a dive into what the photographer calls “an in-between territory in which opposites collide and create beauty and abundance, new connections, and dialogs in a visually thought-provoking and at times confronting way." Born in Morocco and raised in Belgium, Lamrabat has long been fascinated with the surprising parallels, contradictions, and intersections between cultures, which he explores in fashion and personal work, notes Colossal. Read the full Story >>
Japanese retail analyst BCN+R has released a report showing that consumer electronics, including cameras, experienced a huge boom during 2024, especially at the very end of the year, notes PetaPixel. Among cameras, compacts with built-in lenses showed the strongest growth, with sales volume in December 2024 up an astonishing 132.7% higher than the previous year, explains Digital Camera World. Sales of interchangeable lens cameras were only slightly up compared to December 2023. Read the full Story >>
