Fahey/Klein Gallery Wednesday February 12, 2025
"At a time when fashion photography was dominated by rigid, studio-bound compositions, Arthur Elgort introduced a fresh, relaxed perspective, encouraging models to move freely, embracing natural light, and bringing his subjects into real-world settings." So notes Los Angeles’s Fahey/Klein Gallery, which is featuring the retrospective exhibition “Arthur Elgort: Reverie” through May 3. “Taking pictures is what I love and I like my subjects to be varied, a little bit of everything – fashion, jazz, ballet, my kids, landscapes, and even ‘street’ photography,” Elgort says. Read the full Story >>
South China Morning Post Wednesday February 12, 2025
ByteDance, the tech giant behind TikTok, has introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) model that, notes the South China Morning Post, is gaining widespread attention for its ability to transform photos and sound bites into realistic videos, underscoring China’s growing capabilities in the field. The company’s new AI system, OmniHuman-1, “can generate perhaps the most realistic deepfake videos to date,” declares TechCrunch. One demoed 23-second clip featured Albert Einstein giving a fake lecture.
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David Schonauer Wednesday February 12, 2025
The creator economy, valued at $250 billion in 2023, is projected by Goldman Sachs to reach nearly $500 billion by 2027, indicating significant growth driven by increased creator activity and retail
sales in cameras and computers. That growth, noted Redshark News recently, "was evident during the 2024 US election, with podcasts swaying voter opinions more than traditional media," and at trade
events like last … Read the full Story >>
Yvonne Hanson Tuesday February 11, 2025
Vancouver-based fashion photographer and YouTuber Yvonne Hanson recently debuted a video describing how you can develop film using blood. Like Digital Camera World How-To Editor Mike Harris, you may find find the whole idea disgusting, or you may simply find it interesting. “Testing the theory that you can develop photographic film in anything, it turns out...you can! Kinda. We soaked a roll of 35mm Ilford HP5 in pigs blood for 10 minutes and got these results!” notes Hanson.
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