The New York Times Monday April 28, 2025
As the Trump administration goes about building an economic moat around U.S., Americans are also building moats around their homes—flaming moats—as well as escape tunnels and secret arsenals. Citing fears of pandemics, nuclear war, and civil unrest, citizens are fortifying their homes in elaborate ways, notes The New York Times, which features a report with photos from Coralie Kraft and video by Richard Barnes. Fear of the future is driving the panic industry to new heights, adds The Times.
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branding in asia Monday April 28, 2025
“AI isn’t just advancing—it’s bulldozing its way into the visual industry. When the hype first started, I was amazed by what AI could do and excited about its creative potential. I still am! AI enables creatives to push visual boundaries.” So says Dr. Rebecca Swift, Senior Vice President of Creative at Getty Images, in an interview at Branding in Asia. For Dr. Swift, the path forward isn’t about choosing between AI and photography, but understanding how the two can coexist to create more meaningful content, notes the website.
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Huck Monday April 28, 2025
One morning in 2019, photographer Vincent “Steetadelic” Pflieger was walking to his studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, when a shiny reflection at his feet caught his eye. Leaning over to get a closer look at it, he quickly realized that it was a small plastic zip-loc baggie that had been used to hold cannabis. Since then, notes Huck, Pflieger has amassed (and documented) a huge archive of marijuana packaging, while inadvertently capturing a moment as cannabis went from an illicit, underground drug to big business.
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Lost Coast Outpost Monday April 28, 2025
Congratulations to photographer and Cal Poly Humbolt lecturer Justin Maxon, who is among the100th class of Guggenheim Fellows for a project exploring opioid addiction on the Hoopa Valley Reservation in California. Maxon’s project, “Decolonizing Care,” is an applied research project that builds on his work for a New York Times Opinion piece that examined the systemic failure in care for fentanyl addiction through the story of one family—the Surbers—on the Hoopa Valley Reservation, notes Lost Coast Outpost.
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