DP Review Monday July 7, 2025
Adobe isn’t the only company introducing a camera app for iPhone: VSCO has unveiled its Capture app, blending the company's film-like presets with greater camera control, reports Bloomberg. “Capture stands out from other camera apps because it will allow users to apply presets before even taking the photo. That means you can see how the photo will look before you tap the shutter and, in theory, will not need to do any editing,” notes DP Review. All of the presets and effects in Capture are non-destructive, preserving the original image in JPEG, HEIC, Raw and ProRaw formats.
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David Schonauer Monday July 7, 2025
What does the camera capture when it captures the image of someone---something real, something ephemeral and impermanent, or both? That question lies at the heart of an extraordinary exhibition at the
National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., "From Shadow to Substance: Grand-Scale Portraits During Photography's Formative Years" (through June 7, 2026). Drawing on the National Portrait
Gallery's extensive early photography collection, the show traces … Read the full Story >>
The New York Times Friday July 4, 2025
On June 21, a visitor to the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, Italy, stepped backward into a painting while posing for a selfie. For the Uffizi’s director, Simone Verde, that was the last straw. “The problem of visitors who come to museums to make memes or take selfies for social media is rampant,” Verde said in a statement. He isn’t alone in his frustration, notes The New York Times: Europe’s museums are struggling to protect their collections from summer visitors who flock to their galleries to make social media content.
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Positive.News Thursday July 3, 2025
There are no lenses through which the situation in Gaza looks anything but desperate, but, notes Positive News, for young Palestinian refugees who fled to Egypt, a photography project has offered an outlet to express their emotions and share their hopes for the future. The project was spearheaded by Oscar-nominated director and photographer Misan Harriman, who is also an ambassador for the Save the Children organization. The resulting images were released to coincide with Refugee Week in June.
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