Museum of Modern Art Monday July 28, 2025
As we noted recently, photographer Beuford Smith passed away on June 7. The Museum of Modern Art has published a tribute to Smith, who, it notes, produced “perceptive pictures of everyday life in New York City while shaping supportive infrastructures for Black image-makers.” Smith was self-taught and came into his own as a photographer while participating in the Kamoinge Workshop, the Black photographers’ collective. Over six decades, Smith championed the power and potential of photography, notes MoMA.
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PetaPixel Monday July 28, 2025
After a tumultuous few years marked by financial mismanagement, unfulfilled promises, and legal disputes, Outdoor Photographer has returned under new management. Launched in 1985, the magazine had a chaotic collapse when its parent company, Madavor Media, was acquired by BeBop Channel Corporation, a media group, notes PetaPixel, not known for any ventures in photography world. In early 2024, Outdoor Photographer and Imaging Resource were transferred to new ownership, UK-based publisher BGFG.
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EMORY UNIVERSITY Monday July 28, 2025
Thousands of iconic images of African American authors, athletes, artists and activists will soon be easier to access and explore, thanks to a three-year grant from the Getty Foundation for Black Visual Arts Archives. The Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University recently received the $280,000 grant to process the collection of images made by teacher, activist, media consultant and entrepreneur Jim Alexander. Read the full Story >>
BBC Monday July 28, 2025
Netflix has admitted using visual effects created by generative artificial intelligence in one of its original TV shows, reports the BBC. The streaming giant's co-chief executive Ted Sarandos said AI was used to create a scene of a building collapsing in an Argentine science fiction show, The Eternaut, in order to save money. Netflix insists it is the first time AI has been used in one of its productions, though the company has reportedly used AI in previous productions, including its documentary What Jennifer Did.
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