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Tech News: Leica Can Now Style Your iPhone Photos to Mimic a Pro Photographer

THE VERGE   Wednesday May 21, 2025

Leica’ newly unveiled version 1.7 update to its LUX iPhone app includes the first in a new series of cinematic "Artist Looks" — essentially one-click filter presets designed to mimic the personal aesthetic of particular pro photographers. The first Artist Look was developed in collaboration with British photographer Greg Williams. His Artist Look is lightly inspired by Kodak Tri-X film, converting color photos to black and white, with the white point shifted a touch to make the whites slightly off-white and yielding a more vintage warm-tone feel, notes The Verge.   Read the full Story >>

Books: Paolo Roversi's 'Intimate Diary' of Beauty, Created Over Four Decades

By David Schonauer   Wednesday May 21, 2025

Paolo Roversi arrived in Paris in 1973 from his native Italy and by 1977 had begun making what would become a lasting impact on fashion photography, with images shot for the world's top designers and fashion magazines that have captured both the fervor and joy of the day and an enduring beauty. Looking back at his work, he says, "all I see is an …   Read the full Story >>

Passings: Celebrated Surf Photographer Timo Jarvinen Dies at 60

SURFER   Tuesday May 20, 2025

Timo Jarvinen, a celebrated  surf photographer who worked with some of the sport’s finest athletes, including Kelly Slater, died on May 5 at age 60, notes Surfer magazine. Originally from rom Helsinki, Finland—“about as far as you can get from world-class waves,” adds Stab magazine—Jarvinen took up photography after borrowing his father’s Nikon F camera to shoot some snowboarding friends. His images ended up being printed in a magazine. “I get inspired by light and water – the shades, shapes and reflections in it,” he once said.   Read the full Story >>

Spotlight: Phil Borges, 30 Years After 'The Power of Compassion'

MY MODERN MET   Tuesday May 20, 2025

In 1994, Phil Borges, who had left a career in orthodontics to be a photographer, traveled to Tibet, northern India and Nepal to interview and photograph Tibetans and Tibetan refugees in an effort to understand what had happened to them and their culture. The result was a landmark photo book, The Power of Compassion. “It was very humbling to meet refugees, immigrants, and people who had to escape their country for fear of their life, and yet they seemed to be living in the moment,” he told My Modern Met in a recent interview.   Read the full Story >>

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