The world is looking at America in 2025, coming to terms with what the country has been in the past and wondering what it is now. This exploration of national identity is at the heart of "American Photography," a major exhibition at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum featuring work by Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, Nan Goldin, Robert Mapplethorpe and many others, alongside pictures by unknown photographers, photobooth … Read the full Story >>
President Donald Trump’s long-threatened tariffs against Canada and Mexico went into effect today, putting global markets on edge, noted AP. Imports from Canada and Mexico are now to be taxed at 25%, with Canadian energy products subject to 10% import duties. The 10% tariff that Trump placed on Chinese imports in February was doubled to 20%. Both Canada and China quickly retaliatedby imposing tariffs on U.S. goods. What will the trade war mean for photographers? Before Trump made his move, PetaPixel looked at how the US semiconductor tariffs would make electronics more expensive. Read the full Story >>
Meta has filed a lawsuit against a photographer, accusing him of selling Instagram handles — marking the first time the company has taken this type of legal action in the US, notes PetaPixel. According to a report by Business Insider, Meta claims that photographer and entrepreneur Daniel Folger has been selling Instagram usernames and recovering banned accounts, profiting illegally from these activities. The photographer allegedly sold Instagram handles at prices ranging from $700 to $50,000. Read the full Story >>
Architectural photographer, artist, writer, and political activist Elizabeth Felicella, who died on Dec. 22, 2024, after a two-year battle with leukemia, embodied the precept that “to live is leave traces,” notes The Architect’s Newspaper. “An acutely conceptual photographer, New York was her muse,” adds TAN, noting that in 2016, the Center for Architecture exhibited “Reading Room: A Catalog of New York City’s Branch Libraries,” a selection from over 2,000 of Felicella's photographs, taken with a large-format camera, of the city’s 210 branch libraries, inside and out. Read the full Story >>
