BBC Monday January 5, 2026
All day, every day, young photographer Caitlyn McDonald wears her headphones. It's the only way the 18-year-old can get through the constant noise, chatter and distractions of daily life. In her early teens, McDonald was diagnosed with Autism and Auditory Processing Disorder — a condition that affects how the brain interprets sounds. High school was an ordeal. She was exhausted, filled with anxiety, and it broke her confidence. But, notes the BBC, she found one place of calm and focus: watching wildlife with her camera. Read the full Story >>
Climbing Monday January 5, 2026
Thinking of becoming a climbing photographer in 2026? Julie Ellison, the former photo editor of Climbing magazine, has some words of advice. “Aesthetics of the places and the people are probably half the reason some of us climb anyway. But oddly enough, it’s pretty damn hard to capture the joie de vivre of climbing,” she notes. Success involves humping “50 lbs. of metal and rigging gear up steep cliffs to faraway crags. Waking up before the sun to nail that magic light." Her number-one tip: Make the climber catch the viewer’s eye. Read the full Story >>
TechCrunch Monday January 5, 2026
Google is updating its AI try-on feature to let people virtually try on clothes using just a selfie, notes TechCrunch. In the past, users had to upload a full-body picture of themselves to virtually try on a piece of clothing. Now they can use a selfie and Nano Banana, Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model, to generate a full-body digital version of themselves for virtual try-ons. Users can select their usual clothing size, and the feature will then generate several images. From there, users can choose one to make it their default try-on photo. Read the full Story >>
The New York Times Monday January 5, 2026
“People are not always aware of their desire to sub-classify,” says Ari Versluis, one half of the duo behind the “Exactitudes” photo series, which documents how people have dressed over the past three decades. Versluis began the project in 1994 with his friend Ellie Uyttenbroek, and, notes The New York Times, it now exceeds 200 groups arranged by visual likeness, with each category featuring 12 individual portraits organized in a grid, named and arranged with the precision of butterflies in a entomologist’s case. Read the full Story >>
