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David Schonauer Monday January 19, 2026
As it turns out, AI image generators aren't very creative when left to their own devices. A new study published in the journal Patterns finds that when AI-generation models talk to each other long
enough, they default to just a handful of visual motifs, resulting in an ultimately generic style--what the authors of the study call "visual elevator music." As AI systems "increasingly generate … Read the full Story >>
The Philadelphia Inquirer Friday January 16, 2026
Robert Caputo, who spent 35 years traveling through Africa, Asia, and South America, taking photos, writing stories, and making films and TV shows for National Geographic, Time, PBS, TNT, and other media outlets, died on Dec. 18, 2025, in Basel, Switzerland, after traveling there for voluntary assisted dying due to Alzheimer's disease. He was 76, notes The Philadelphia Inquirer. “In fact, it is a great job,” Caputo told the Washington Post in 1995, when he was featured in a TV show about National Geographic photographers. “You really do get to go places and do things others only dream about.” See also: The Photo Society. Read the full Story >>
Le Monde Friday January 16, 2026
A new generation of professional photographers is making a living out of artfully crafted canine portraits, notes Le Monde, though some things are different in Europe. New York-based photographer Carmen Gonzalez, who has been working as a dog photographer for four years, spent part of 2025 working in Italy and France, and she tells the French newspaper that Euro dogs are less well behaved in front of a camera. “New York dogs are so used to posing that it makes the job easier,” she says. Read the full Story >>
DP Review Friday January 16, 2026
Fujifilm has announced the global release of the Instax Mini Evo Cinema, a “surprising and rather controversial” hybrid camera that offers users the ability to take digital images, instant film photos, and to record video, notes DP Review. It is designed to produce retro-looking videos and photos, and the sensor appears to be a throwback as well, adds DPR. It’s built around a small 5MP Type 1/5 (∼2.8 x 2.2mm) CMOS sensor, which is smaller than even the most budget-focused smartphones. The camera also features a 28mm-equivalent. lens with an f/2.0 aperture. Read the full Story >>
