The New York Times Thursday September 18, 2025
Art Seitz, a photographer whose intimate images of tennis greats captured the sport’s soul both on and off the court for half a century, died on Aug. 23 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, notes The New York Times. He was 82. Seitz was the first official photographer for the Virginia Slims Circuit, the women’s professional tennis tour that started in 1970, and the first staff photographer for World Tennis magazine. He also contributed photographs to Tennis Week for 30 years and was the first official photographer of World Team Tennis,
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National Arts Club Thursday September 18, 2025
The National Arts Club in New York City kicks off its 2025-2026 season with the exhibition “Influence and Identity | Twentieth Century Portrait Photography from the Bank of America Collection“ (through Nov. 26). The show features 83 works by photographers including Armstrong-Jones, Richard Avedon, Yousuf Karsh, Gisèle Freund, Berenice Abbott, Imogen Cunningham, and Brassaï. Pictured are some of the commanding personalities of their time, from Winston Churchill to Marilyn Monroe and Miles Davis.
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bellingcat Thursday September 18, 2025
In June, Bellingcat ran 500 geolocation tests, comparing large language models from various companies against each other, as well as Google Lens – a staple tool for finding the location of photos. At the time, ChatGPT o4-mini-high emerged as the clear winner, with Google Lens outperforming most other models. With new versions of these AI tools available, the site re-ran its trial – this time including Google “AI Mode,” GPT-5, GPT-5 Thinking, and Grok 4. Google AI Mode was shown to be the most capable geolocation tool overall.
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ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Thursday September 18, 2025
The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the winners of its ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest, with top honors going to Chinese photographers Weitang Liang, Qi Yan and Chuhong Yu for their image “Andromeda Core,” which focuses on the “intricate structure of the galaxy's central region and its surrounding stellar population.” Also recognized was NASA astronaut Don Pettit for a time-exposure image he captured from the International Space Station using a homemade sidereal star tracker.
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