TikTok's debut as a US-controlled company last month did not go well. At all. Some commentators, in fact, called it a disaster. But as they say, things can only get better. TikTok's calamitous moment began on January 22, when its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, finalized a deal to sell the app to a group of US investors favored by President Trump, among them the … Read the full Story >>
You think it’s cold where you are? “As someone who has lived in the Midwest for my entire life, bitter cold winters are par for the course. But last weekend’s double-digit negative temperatures – down to -17° Fahrenheit (that's -27°C) – are a little much, even for a lifelong Michigander,” wrote photographer Hillary K. Grigonis at Digital Camera World recently. Grigonis provides insights on how she preps to taking pictures in the serious cold. Insight 1: You need to do more than simply put on a coat before you walk out the door. Read the full Story >>
The people who attend the Rubber Tramp Rendezvous in Arizona — an annual meetup of nomads who live in their vehicles — are not just drifters; rather, notes NPR, they “are each other's support systems, safety nets and security blankets. And they're organized.” First organized in 2011, the event aims to build a community for those who, adds NPR, choose “a lifestyle that allows them the freedom to explore North America and live minimally.” Photographer Cassidy Araiza went to this year’s desert rendezvous. Read the full Story >>
American journalist Brent Renaud was killed by Russian soldiers while covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Now the story of his life and death is told in a new, intimate documentary that debuted in Los Angeles at this year’s HollyShorts film festival. The film, titled Armed Only With a Camera, is directed by Craig Renaud, Brent’s younger brother, who worked alongside him for more than 20 years, and produced by the photojournalist Juan Arredondo, who was there on the day Brent died, notes The Guardian. Read the full Story >>
