The New York Times Tuesday December 16, 2025
Director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found dead in their Los Angeles home on Sunday; yesterday, their son Nick Reiner was arrested on suspicion of homicide, noted The Los Angeles Times. Michele Singer was a working photographer in the later 1980s, shooting for magazines including American Photographer. It was then that she met her future husband while on the New York set of his movie When Harry Met Sally. Their love-at-first-sight encounter, noted The New York Times, led Reiner to give his film an upbeat romantic ending, changing movie history. Read the full Story >>
The Guardian Tuesday December 16, 2025
Lee Chapman’s photographs document the scenes, signages and family businesses of a place fading into history—Japan's postwar Showa era. “They focus on a unique aspect of Japanese life, and one that in Tokyo in particular is rapidly disappearing: the buildings are long past their natural lifespans, and their occupants are reaching the end of theirs. With most of the country’s new buildings resembling those seen in many other cities around the world, the Showa era is now being recognized as visually appealing,’ notes The Guardian. Read the full Story >>
Digital Camera World Tuesday December 16, 2025
The popular myth is that Kodak cameras were killed off by digital; but the truth, declares Digital Camera World, is that Kodak is now leading the rise of the pocket camera once again. “Kodak has been one of the few brands that could meet the demand from those who wanted to turn their back on their smartphone cameras,” notes DCW, pointing to five inexpensive models that are popularizing the Kodak name to a new generation of photographers, including the Pixelpro FZ55.
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Capture the Atlas Tuesday December 16, 2025
“There are few experiences as moving as standing under an active aurora, watching ribbons of light ripple and twist across the sky. When the Northern Lights come alive, mountains, coastlines, lakes, and remote plains are transformed into surreal nightscapes.” So notes travel and photography site Capture the Atlas, which has announced the picks in its annual Northern Lights Photographer of the Year feature. Among them: Vincent Beudez’s mind-blowing image “Arctic Rain,” shot on October 29, near Tromso, Norway. Read the full Story >>
