The New York Times Friday November 7, 2025
More and more couples are choosing to forgo conventions like cocktail hours and formal receptions in favor of exchanging vows and heading out for some fun — or, notes The New York Times, simply going home “Event planners, wedding industry experts and event venue managers attribute the change partly to the early years of the pandemic, when large celebrations were put on hold. Now, according to these experts, this practice is continuing to gain traction,” explains The Times.
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Vogue Friday November 7, 2025
After fifteen years of championing photography as a platform for exchange and critical reflection, the African Artists’ Foundation (AAF) has reshaped the LagosPhoto Festival into a biennial format, on view through this year through Nov. 29. This transition marks a new phase of growth, creating space for deeper inquiry, broader programming, and expanded impact, notes Vogue. Under the theme “Incarceration," the 2025 edition examines the many visible and invisible forms of confinement—whether imposed by systems or self.
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DP Review Friday November 7, 2025
Adobe has announced new features for its Premiere Pro video editor that, notes DP Review, could make it much easier to achieve effects that previously would have required specialized compositing software. Among the new tools is one called Object Masks, which lets you select an object, such as a person or product, in the video. Premiere will then use AI to detect the edges and create a mask for it, separating it from the background so you can apply effects or transitions to each part of your video, independently.
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KICKSTARTER Friday November 7, 2025
Starting in 2020, photographer Brian Finke joined and documented New York City's cult Bike Life community. “The scene is predominantly composed of young adults and teens from diverse backgrounds and genders from all over the city who express a creative language and personal style through bike tricks—wheelies, swerving, dancing, and surfing,” Brooklyn-based publisher Blurring Books notes at the Kickstarter page for the new book Bike Life, which brings together Finke’s images. Read the full Story >>
