PetaPixel Thursday October 9, 2025
Although camera shipments were relatively high for much of the year, newly released data from CIPA (the Camera & Imaging Products Association) show there was a significant dip from July to August, which was larger than the typical summer sales slump. Shipments of interchangeable lens cameras, built-in lens cameras, and lenses all increased in May, as manufacturers sought to meet demand from buyers hoping to get ahead of price increases due to President Trump’s tariffs. After remaining relatively stable in June and July, shipments declined significantly in August.
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THE ART NEWSPAPER Thursday October 9, 2025
“For a long, long time, what has been picked up on are the most colorful bits: her lovers, being painted by Picasso,” says Hilary Floe, curator of a sweeping Lee Miller exhibition at the Tate Britain that, notes The Art Newspaper, seeks to go beyond the mythology surrounded the photographer. “Hopefully,” adds Floe, “there is now an appetite for a story that doesn’t get overshadowed by the fact that she was beautiful and very close to very important male artists. Because, as true as that is, it doesn’t matter that much.”
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Politico Thursday October 9, 2025
A group of Chicago press associations, journalists, nonprofits and unions sued the Trump administration and its top officials Monday, saying federal agents had used “extreme brutality” at local protests to silence both the press and civilians. The organizations, notes Politico, allege that federal agents acted to “intimidate and silence” civilians and members of the media who did not pose an imminent threat to law enforcement at protests outside a local Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility — posing a violation to protesters’ and journalists’ First Amendment rights.
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Wonderful Machine Thursday October 9, 2025
In editorial photography, being in the right place often means having the right portfolio online. For Michael Toolan, a Mexico City-based photographer, this proved true when Saveur magazine discovered
his work during a search for talent in the region. What followed for Toolan was a journey into the highlands of Chiapas to peel back the layers of a region whose culinary traditions are as … Read the full Story >>
