New York Friday September 12, 2025
The acclaimed photographer Stephen Shore says he has no recollection of taking the images that appear in his new book Early Work—photographs he made between 1960 and 1965. “I remember none of it!” he tells New York magazine's Curbed blog. “I mean, there are a couple of pictures that I remember taking, but it’s almost like an out-of-body experience.” Some of the photos were made when he was just 13, and most went unpublished. But they provide an insight into a young photographer’s developing eye.
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David Schonauer Friday September 12, 2025
French judges have issued arrest warrants for Bashar al-Assad, the former Syrian ruler, and six senior officials of his ousted regime for killing and wounding a group of journalists in 2012, during
the Syrian civil war. Marie Colvin, 56, a reporter for the British newspaper The Sunday Times, and Remi Ochlik, 28, a French freelance photographer, were killed when artillery struck a building in … Read the full Story >>
Amateur Photographer Thursday September 11, 2025
Influential British documentary photographer Chris Steele-Perkins died on Sept. 8 in Japan, notes Magnum, the agency Steele-Perkins joined in 1979. He was 78. Born in Burma in 1947, Steele-Perkins moved to England when he was two years old. He originally studied psychology at the University of Newcastle, before moving to London in 1971 and kick-starting his career as a freelance photographer, notes Amateur Photographer. He was drawn to stories about urban poverty and youth sub-culture, exemplified by The Teds, his first solo book.
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The Hollywood Reporter Thursday September 11, 2025
Warner Bros. Discovery is suing image generator Midjourney for copyright infringement, escalating a high-stakes battle involving the use of movies and TV shows owned by major studios to teach AI systems. The lawsuit accuses Midjourney, which has millions of registered users, of “brazenly” building its business around the mass theft of content, notes The Hollywood Reporter. Warner Bros. Discovery joins Disney and Universal, which earlier this year teamed up to sue Midjourney,
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