Mashable Monday December 22, 2025
OpenAI, which has reportedly been in a “code red” catch-up state following the launch of Google Gemini 3, finally has an answer for Google's uber-popular AI image editor Nano Banana, notes Mashable. The company's "new flagship image generation model" is available now in ChatGPT Images and in the API under the model name GPT Image 1.5. The new image generator promises to better images, edit images more effectively, and do so more quickly. OpenAI also launched a new Images tab within the ChatGPT app and browser. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Monday December 22, 2025
Palestinian-American photographer Maen Hammond is the recipient of the 2025 W. Eugene Smith Grant for his project "Amira's Castle," which he describes as "an ongoing exploration of my grandparents'
lives--Amira and Mohammad--and my own documentation of the Palestinian present." Hammond receives $30,000 to pursue the project; two finalists, Rena Effendi and Stefanos Paikos, each receive $10,000.
The Smith grant supports documentary visual storytellers whose … Read the full Story >>
The Guardian Friday December 19, 2025
Initially popular among brides looking for an add-on to their wedding photography, or a gift to their partner, boudoir photography has evolved into its own very popular genre, notes The Guardian, which recently talked with four women about how having intimate portraits taken by a pro photographer has changed their lives. “Society as a whole has done a great job of telling women what they should and shouldn’t look like,” says one. “Boudoir strips all that away. When you take away your clothes, you’re left to deal with what you actually look like, what you are at your core.” Read the full Story >>
The Indendent Friday December 19, 2025
Photographer Christopher Anderson’s portraits of Trump Administration figures are revealing—very much so. The striking photos, notes The Independent, “depict every freckle, line, strand of hair and makeup smudge on White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and others. The images, shot for Vanity Fair, stirred controversy online. But Anderson says the images are consistent with his style of close-up portraiture. Read the full Story >>
