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Art News: How This Luxury Train and Hotel Company Is Supporting New Photography

British Journal of Photography   Tuesday December 9, 2025

“We are famous for our legendary hotels and trains, so we want to perpetuate the legendary art of travel,” says Arnaud Champenois, global head of brand, marketing and communications for luxury travel company Belmond, in a discussion with the British Journal of Photography about the company’s recent work with image-makers. The Belmond Legends project began in 2022, when the company invited photographers Francois Halard, Chris Rhodes, Letizia Le Fur and Coco Capitán to six of its best-known venues (and trains), and gave them carte blanche to shoot what they wanted.   Read the full Story >>

Exhibitions: Danny Lyon's Texas Prison Photographs

Howard Greenberg Gallery   Tuesday December 9, 2025

In April, New York’s Howard Greenberg Gallery announced its representation of photographer Danny Lyon, and now the gallery is presenting its first Lyon exhibition: In 1967, Lyon gained unprecedented access to seven Texas penitentiaries for 14 months, aiming to record the reality of incarceration. His raw, empathetic images of marginalized individuals, published in 1971 in the acclaimed book Conversations with the Dead, are on view in the Greenberg show “Danny Lyon: The Texas Prison Photographs,” running through January 31, 2026   Read the full Story >>

State of the Art: Which AI Platforms Are Safest? Here Are the Grades

Mashable   Tuesday December 9, 2025

A new grading of safety in major artificial intelligence models just dropped and, notes Mashable, none of the platforms are going home with a thrilling report card. The winter 2025 AI Safety Index, published by tech research non-profit Future of Life Institute (FLI), surveyed eight AI providers — OpenAI, DeepSeek, Google, Anthropic, Meta, xAI, Alibaba, and Z.ai. A panel of eight AI experts looked at the companies' public statements and survey answers, then awarded letter grades on 35 different safety indicators — including watermarking AI images.   Read the full Story >>

What We're Reading: How This Portrait Became Minnesota's State Photo

By David Schonauer   Tuesday December 9, 2025

It's a photograph found in homes across the country--a picture of an elderly a man bowing his head in prayer with food and what appears to be a Bible on a table in front of him. But while the image, titled "Grace," can be seen across America, it hold a special place in the hearts of Minnesotans. Indeed, it was adopted as the state's …   Read the full Story >>

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