PetaPixel Thursday October 23, 2025
Which photographers are most requested as prompts when Midjourney users create AI images? PetaPixel has the list, thanks to research carried out by online creation platform Kapwing. The research involved trawling through the Midlibrary database, which lists popular styles on Midjourney, then recording the number of AI video and image prompts containing keywords such as “Ansel Adams.” Coming in at number one on the list: Annie Leibovitz, with 46,791 prompts. Coming in at number two: Helmut Newton, with 30.520 prompts. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Thursday October 23, 2025
You may have noticed in recent days that videos made with OpenAI's Sora app are flooding TikTok, Instagram Reels and other platforms. Some people, as NPR noted recently, are getting fed up "with
nearly unavoidable synthetic footage being pumped out by what amounts to an artificial intelligence slop machine." Hollywood seems to be, since the Sora videos include recognizable intellectual
property figures like SpongeBob … Read the full Story >>
Digital Camera World Wednesday October 22, 2025
Although gear is the main thing photographers want to protect when they contact insurance companies, it’s important to look outside physical kit alone when researching policies. A surprising number of professional and semi-professional photographers are unaware of the many risks they are taking in their jobs, notes Digital Camera World. One expert advises getting public liability because it can be a contractual need, as well as indemnity coverage in case a client claims you’ve been negligent. Read the full Story >>
euro news Wednesday October 22, 2025
Belgian artist and filmmaker Nicolas Wieërs spent several years in Moldova and Transnistria photographing the Vory v Zakone—the “thieves in law” brotherhood that once controlled Soviet-era criminal networks. Earning their trust, he documented a little-known subculture defined by tattoos, hierarchy and survival, notes Euro News. His portraits of the hidden underworld are on view in a city-wide exhibition exhibition in Brussels, “Surrounded by Criminals.”
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