Amateur Photographer Wednesday December 24, 2025
In September, Amateur Photographer reported that Nikon DSLR sales had plummeted 46% the past year, while across all photography brands, mirrorless cameras were outselling the older format five to one. For Nikon specifically it was higher still, at 11 to one in mirrorless’ favor. “This figure should shock no one. Nikon’s most ‘recent’ DSLR launches were the D6 and D780 back in 2020,” adds AP. So is the era of the DSLR as we know it over? Or will DSLRs become the focus of a retro craze akin to that of compact digicams? Read the full Story >>
artnet Wednesday December 24, 2025
William Eggleston’s pioneering use of color photography is recognized as a cornerstone of 20th- and 21st-century image making. Now, notes Artnet, a new monograph dedicated to the artist’s last major body of photographs using the dye-transfer method has been released by David Zwirner Books. The book, William Eggelston: The Last Dyes, comes with a solo exhibition of the images set to go on view at David Zwirner gallery in New York, opening January 15, 2026. Read the full Story >>
PetaPixel Wednesday December 24, 2025
Legislation proposed by Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) would make it less expensive for visual artists to protect their work, notes PetaPixel. Called the Visual Artists Copyright Reform Act of 2025 (VACRA), the bill would reduce fees associated with copyright protection, “ensuring that professional creators can afford to register all their works.” The bill is co-sponsored by Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) and strongly supported by the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP). Read the full Story >>
National Wildlife Federation Wednesday December 24, 2025
Utah-based wildlife photographer Kathleen Borshanian is the top winner of the National Wildlife Federation’s 54th photo contest for her image of a female blue Arctic fox perched on a cliff on Alaska's St. George Island. "On the high bluffs of St. George Island, there is a 1,000-foot sea cliff where numerous fox trails cut a path precariously close to the edge," says Borshanian, who hid behind a tussock and used a telephoto lens to capture the fox, which was about 75 feet away with her kits sleeping nearby. See also: People magazine. Read the full Story >>
