Minnesota Public Radio Tuesday April 8, 2025
Renowned wildlife photographer Jim Brandenburg died on April 4 at his home in Medina, Minnesota, notes Minnesota Public Radio. He was 79 and had been treated for thyroid cancer and pneumonia. Brandenburg was “best known for his images of the wolves, moose, and deep snow of northern Minnesota. He was also noted for “93 Days of Spring,” a project documenting spring in 93 photographs. Those images were published in National Geographic in May 2016. At the time, adds MPR, that was the most photographs ever published in a single feature of the magazine. Read the full Story >>
ARCHITECT Tuesday April 8, 2025
Southern California architect and historian Alan Hess has spent decades researching and documenting the many facets of modernism across his home state, as seen, notes Architect magazine, in his new book The Palm Springs School: Desert Modernism 1934–1975(Rizzoli). He recently joined a panel with photographer Douglas Friedman and others to unpack how architectural photography shapes our understanding of modernism—not just in terms of design, but as a lifestyle, cultural touchstone, and preservation challenge.
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PetaPixel Tuesday April 8, 2025
Although the Fujifilm X-M5 launched late last year to mixed reviews, it has proven extremely popular with consumers, especially those seeking to up their photo and video game at a budget-friendly price point, notes PetaPixel. At this point the X-M5 is challenging to find, but Fujifilm promises that it will be able to ramp up production to meet demand. “Compared to the X100VI, producing [the X-M5] is much less complex. So it won’t be like an X100VI situation,” says Yuji Igarashi, Manager of Fujifilm’s Professional Imaging Group.
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AnOther Tuesday April 8, 2025
Following the publication of his 2024 memoir, This is My Life I’m Talking About, photographer Danny Lyon, 83, has now returned with the monograph Junk: America in Ruins (Damiani Books), a meditation on the classic cars of his youth and their fate in rural scrapyards of the West. In a broader sense, notes AnOther, the book is about life and the inevitability of decay. “Some of my favorite pictures are the interiors of cars. Being left in the wind and the dust and the sun and the mice that are eating it, the destruction is just amazing,” he says.
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