MUSE by Clios Thursday April 24, 2025
With Norman Seeff celebrating his 50th anniversary as a still photographer, Muse by Clios looks back at 10 of his iconic album covers, from The Rolling Stones’ “Exile on Main Street” and Joni Mitchell’s “Hejira” to Carly Simons’s “Playing Possum” and Blondie’s “Eat to the Beat.” At one time a doctor in South Africa, Seeff moved to the US and switched careers, notes the Holden Luntz Gallery. His photography was quickly noticed by Columbia Records graphic designer Bob Cato.
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CNBC Thursday April 24, 2025
Adobe is diving deeper into artificial intelligence with a new investment in Synthesia, a British AI startup that lets users create videos with lifelike avatars and voiceovers in 140+ languages, notes DP Review. “We're building the world's leading AI video platform for enterprise, and Adobe's investment validates that direction," Synthesia CEO Victor Riparbelli tells CNBC. "We share a vision: democratizing high-quality content creation and making enterprise communication faster and more effective.”
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FastCompany Thursday April 24, 2025
In the early morning hours of January 7, 2025, Mario Tama, a noted Getty Images photographer based in Los Angeles, awoke to the sound of intense wind and an ominous feeling. “You just knew it was going to be bad,” he tells FastCompany. Tama documented the catastrophic blazes that destroyed tens of thousands of homes and businesses, and since then, with encouragement from his editors, he has stayed on to photograph “every stage of the journey” as the city works toward recovery.
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Aftermath Project Thursday April 24, 2025
The 2025 Aftermath Project grant supporting photographers covering the effects of war has been awarded to Tanya Habjouqa for her project “Birds Unaccustomed to Gravity”—work, notes the photographer, that maps “the mental and physical boundaries that define contemporary Palestinian life under occupation and the ongoing forced displacement of Palestinian civilians.” Says Habjouga, “I am not just documenting this story; I am living it. Through portraits and daily life, my work explores exile, identity, and the struggle to hold onto home.”
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