DAZED Tuesday June 24, 2025
“As the global climate of violence, fear and persecution continues to increase exponentially, Nan Goldin is one artist whose voice always rises indomitably in opposition,” notes Dazed, which spotlights Goldin's current print sale to support The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, The Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP), and The Trans Income Project (TIP) – three organizations chosen for their commitment to trans lives and expression. “I feel like we are living in a vacuum of horror. There is so much evil being exploited and denied,” Goldin tells Dazed. The sale ends on June 26, so hurry if you’re interested. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Tuesday June 24, 2025
Since the founding of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, photography has played a vital role in how it has documented the history of motion pictures. Beginning on June 28 and running through June
of 2026, MoMA will present the exhibition "Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography, featuring over 200 images from its archive-studio portraits made from 1921 to 1996, featuring stars such … Read the full Story >>
THE WRAP Monday June 23, 2025
YouTube has crossed another major milestone: The platform’s short-form video offering YouTube Shorts is now averaging 200 billion daily views, said CEO Neal Mohan at the 2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. This marks a roughly 186% increase in daily viewership compared to a year ago, notes The Wrap. In March of 2024, YouTube reported that its Shorts offering was averaging 70 billion daily views since its launch in 2021. Mohan also revealed that viewers are watching over 1 billion hours of YouTube on their TVs daily.
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The New York Times Monday June 23, 2025
Early in 2007, John Wells, a former fashion and catalog photographer, sold the farmhouse he’d renovated in Columbia County, N.Y., paid off his debts, canceled his credit cards and headed to the West Texas desert. There, he settled on a 40-acre plot near a ghost town, 30 miles from the Mexican border. He called his new home the Southwest Texas Alternative Energy and Sustainable Living Field Laboratory, or the Field Lab for short, and began to chronicle his adventures on a blog and videos that slowly became popular. Wells died on Jan. 10, at age 64, notes The New York Times.
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