PetaPixel Wednesday August 20, 2025
Shane Batham, one of Australia’s most popular landscape and underwater photographers, has sued a gallery for allegedly charging visitors to copy his images in art classes. Batham accused the Hamilton Island Gallery in Queensland, Australia, of using his photography book Whitsundays and Living Reef, Great Barrier Reef Australia as a template for art-class participants to copy from for more than two years, notes PetaPixel, citing a report from Australian news outlet The Courier Mail.
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Vogue Wednesday August 20, 2025
The Pirelli calendar is back for its 52nd edition, and this year, notes Vogue, it was photographer Sølve Sundsbo who took on challenge of shooting the famed annual, which features models such as Tilda Swinton, Gwendoline Christie, Irina Shayk, FKA Twigs, Venus Williams, Eva Herzigová, Susie Cave, Adria Arjona, Du Juan, Luisa Ranieri, and Isabella Rossellini. The Norwegian fashion photographer is known for his otherworldly imagery and use of both modern and more analog techniques, oscillating from 3D scanning to hand-painted retouching, notes Vogue.
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DIYPhotography Wednesday August 20, 2025
After teasing it earlier this year, Tamron has announced that its popular 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A2 VC VXD all-in-one zoom lens is ready for Nikon Z-mount and Canon RF-mount cameras. Tamron originally launched the lens in 2021 for Sony and Fujifilm, and it quickly gained popularity due to its wide focal range. Tamron created the 18-300mm lens as an all-in-one solution; it offers a full-frame equivalent focal length of ten 27-450mm, which means you can easily switch from capturing wide-angle landscapes to zooming in on wildlife without swapping lenses, notes DIY Photography.
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David Schonauer Wednesday August 20, 2025
"Love is the key that takes cultures from oppression to joy. As a political unifier, the contract-love-takes on a liberating force." So notes Sabelo Mlangeni, one of the 13 artists and collectives
featured in the Museum of Modern Art's "New Photography 2025" exhibition, which will open at the New York City museum on Sept. 14 and run through Jan. 17, 2026. This year's edition … Read the full Story >>
