Vital Impacts Thursday September 4, 2025
Vital Impacts, an organization supporting visual storytellers who capture compelling, solutions-focused environmental stories at the local level, is accepting submissions for its latest grant cycle, including one $20,000 grant and six $5,000 grants. Grant recipients will have 12 months to develop their projects, with support from Vital Impacts to publish and showcase their work. Additionally, ten emerging photographers will be chosen to participate in an intensive mentorship program, Deadline: Sept. 15.
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Emilia Mickevicius Thursday September 4, 2025
As a medium, photography has historically been burdened by debates over its ability to convey ideas or expression. To early critics, a photograph seemed "mechanical" because it appeared only to
reproduce the world, rather than express something new. Compared to drawing or painting, they reasoned, the camera could merely copy. "But," writes University of Arizona photography curator Emilia
Mickevicius, "I would argue that for … Read the full Story >>
npr Wednesday September 3, 2025
New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region recently marked the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which occurred on Aug. 29, 2005, and now NPR looks back at the storm’s legacy in photographs. “Katrina resulted in nearly 1,400 deaths, according to revised statistics from the National Hurricane Center, and remains the costliest storm in U.S. history at around $200 billion in today's dollars,” notes the news site’s “Picture Show” blog. Many of the images focus on New Orleans’s predominantly Black 9th Ward, which was inundated by levee breaches. Read the full Story >>
ADWEEK Wednesday September 3, 2025
For years, publishers helped shape affiliate marketing into a durable revenue stream by pairing product recommendations with SEO expertise. But now the rise of AI-powered answer engines threatens publishers’ visibility in search results—long the lifeblood of their affiliate advertising—and marketers are testing new affiliate channels. That’s good news for creators, who, notes Adweek, are capturing a growing share of the budget. Some publishers are adapting by leaning into newsletters and by leveraging social reach through recognizable editors acting as influencers.
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