HYPERALLERGIC Friday February 27, 2026
Manhattan prosecutors have dropped their case against protest photographer Alexa Wilkinson, who was arrested and charged with a felony hate crime after documenting a protest at The New York Times headquarters last summer. Terra Brockman, Wilkinson’s attorney at the Legal Aid Society, tells Hyperallergic that the charge was dropped because there was “insufficient evidence” to secure a conviction. Wilkinson was charged in September, months after photographing a group dousing the Times building in red paint in protest of the paper’s Gaza coverage. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Friday February 27, 2026
"Every photo tells us something about how you see the world, and this year, the story you told was uniquely yours." So noted photo-sharing site Flickr, which recently looked back at 2025 to find out
what photographers were posting and what they were shooting with. Apparently, Flickr photographers were in a colorful mood: The use of "Red" jumped 25% over the year and held … Read the full Story >>
PetaPixel Thursday February 26, 2026
One feature that consistently improves with almost every new generation is in-body image stabilization (IBIS). It’s a significant area of focus for camera engineers, as it benefits photographers and videographers alike by making it easier to capture sharp photos handheld and smooth, stable video without a gimbal or tripod. But, notes PetaPixel, you may not know that IBIS performance can get so good that the rotation of the Earth itself actually limits it. This issue came up in a recent discussion on Reddit’s r/photography subreddit. Read the full Story >>
British Journal of Photography Thursday February 26, 2026
“In partnership with Nikon for the second year, Female in Focus is an award designed to discover, promote and reward the remarkable work of women photographers,” notes the British Journal of Photography, which has announced the award’s winners for 2025: Photographer Giya Makondo-Wills for her series “New Scramble,” which documents the proliferation of data centers in Johannesburg, South Africa; and Laetitia Vançon for her series “The Other Battlefields,” which explores the profound imprint of war on Ukrainian youth. Read the full Story >>
