The Atlantic Wednesday January 8, 2025
The photographer Todd Webb met Georgia O’Keeffe in the 1940s, at Alfred Stieglitz’s New York City gallery An American Place. Partly at O’Keeffe’s urging, Webb moved to New Mexico in the early 1960s, and he was a frequent guest at O’Keeffe’s home in Abiquiu. He often brought his camera, notes The Atlantic, which features images that Webb made there—photographs that provide a window into the painter’s daily life. Webb also taught O’Keeffe how to use a camera, and they photographed each other standing in the doorway at her house.
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ARTnews Wednesday January 8, 2025
The culture wars of the past are back: Art News reports that photographs by Sally Mann on view in a group exhibition at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Texas have been decried by locals and elected officials as containing what they have deemed as inappropriate depictions of children. Mann, a highly esteemed fine-art photographer whose family portraits include images of her children in the nude, was a target of similar criticism in the 1990s. The Dallas Express reports that a warrant was issued and the works “secured as potential evidence” by Fort Worth police after Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare filed a complaint demanding a criminal investigation. Artforumhas more.
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British Journal of Photography Wednesday January 8, 2025
Born in Kyiv, Sofiia Vinnichenko decided to study photography at Berlin’s University of the Arts and in preparation took a degree course in linguistics to learn German. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in Feb, 2022, forced her to leave Ukraine ahead of schedule, and she ended up studying at the prestigious MA photography course at London’s Royal College of Art. Her series “Postponed Disbelief,” a mix of her own images and family photographs, reflects the psychological impact of war, notes the British Journal of Photography.
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Associated Press Wednesday January 8, 2025
Getty Images said yesterday it would merge with Shutterstock to create a $3.7 billion stock-image powerhouse, reports Reuters. The merger comes at a time when companies that use still images are facing increased competition from images generated by artificial intelligence, adds Associated Press. Getty Images shareholders will own about 54.7 percent of the combined company at closing and Shutterstock stockholders will own approximately 45.3 percent. The combined company will operate as Getty Images. The deal, notes Reuters, is likely to face antitrust scrutiny. Artnetexplains why some photographers are less than thrilled with the merger.
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