DP Review Friday February 28, 2025
Sigma’s newly revealed BF is a radically minimalist 24MP full-frame L-mount mirrorless camera, and. notes DP Review, you’ve never seen anything like it. Measuring 5.1 by 2.9 inches by 1.4 inches and weighing just 13.7 ounces, the compact camera’s body features a single rear-plate dial and three buttons that provide haptic feedback when pressed. Sigma says the interface has been designed to be simple and intuitive. Other than these three rear buttons, the camera has shutter and power buttons. It is designed to “evoke the essence of photography,” adds PetaPixel.
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David Schonauer Friday February 28, 2025
A record 124 journalists and media workers were killed in 2024, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists--the most in any year since the organization began keeping records in 1992. The
Israeli military accounted for 85 of the 124 deaths, and, noted the Press Gazette, the CPJ believes that in ten cases there is evidence journalists were deliberately targeted by Israeli fighters. The
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Chosun Biz Thursday February 27, 2025
Couples in China are looking for photographers to document their split-ups, reports Chosun Biz. One Shanghai photographer received an order for "divorce photography" in late 2024 from a couple who wanted to capture for posterity scenes of them walking and talking together after untying the knot at a local civil affairs bureau. The package price, which included a few videos and photos, was 1,800 yuan (about $248). After the photographer finished the shoot and posted a video online, orders from other divorcing couples began to come in.
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British Journal of Photography Thursday February 27, 2025
In his series “How to Unname a Tree,” photographer Zheng Andong dismantles the notion of trees as static symbols, revealing them as beings that blur the lines between history, identity, and colonial legacies, notes the British Journal of Photography. Andong is interested in the intersection of photography and botanical classification, highlighting how both mediums rely on systems of naming and categorization. His work attempts to sever these rigid connections, notes BJP online editor Dalia Al-Dujaili.
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