In 2021, photographer Jeffrey Sedlik filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit accusing celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D of infringing on his copyright by using his 1989 photo of Miles Davis for a tattoo on her friend Blake Farmer. A jury later ruled against Sedlik, and recently an appeals court upheld the verdict. But, notes the Copyright Lately website, in doing so, two judges from the … Read the full Story >>
Annie Leibovitz has set the record straight about one of the most talked-about moments in her career—her 2007 photo shoot with Queen Elizabeth II. The controversy erupted when the BBC aired documentary footage in 2007 that appeared to show the monarch angrily walking out of the shoot after Leibovitz asked her to remove her crown to look "less dressy.” Now, notes Digital Camera World, Leibovitz is setting the record straight. "She was storming into the shoot!" Leibovitz said in an interview broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on January 17. Read the full Story >>
Photographer Edgar Su’s image of Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz (and his shadow), taken at the 2025 Australian Open, is the top winner of the 2026 World Sports Photography Awards. The photograph shows Alcaraz returning a shot, the shadow of his racket perfectly aligned with the ball. This year’s contest broke records, with 23,130 entries from 4,120 photographers across 123 countries. Winners were selected in 24 categories spanning 50 sports, from American football to equestrian events. Read the full Story >>
Kodak continues to assume control of its film distribution, notes PetaPixel: Last year it launched with it calls “direct-from-Kodak” films with Kodacolor. Now two classics join the line and new distribution arrangement: Kodak Tri-X Black & White Negative Film and Kodak Ektar Color Negative Film, both available in 135 and 120 format rolls. The Rochester, New York, company filed for bankruptcy in 2012, and its photographic film had been distributed through a British spinoff company, Kodak Alaris, Read the full Story >>
