This year's Super Bowl will be a re-match of 2015's big game between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, but, we noted, that's not all from the era that is being replayed. The BBC recently reported that Gen Z is swamping social media with nostalgia for the mid-teens, with searches for "2016" surging by 452% on TikTok in the first week of this … Read the full Story >>
The Washington Post carried out a widespread round of layoffs on Wednesday that decimated the organization’s sports, local news and international coverage—and, as reported by The New York Times, its photography department. The company laid off about 30 percent of all its employees, including 300 of the roughly 600 journalists in its newsroom. All of the newspaper’s staff photographers lost their jobs, according to The Times. The National Press Photographers Association released a statement saying The Post had laid off their 9 staff photographers and 6 of their 12 photo editors. Read the full Story >>
Hidden smartphone camera features exist in nearly every modern phone camera app— professional-grade capabilities that can match results from dedicated cameras in many situations. The catch is finding them, notes DIY Photography. Android phones typically list Pro mode under the “More” menu option. Samsung devices place it alongside their standard shooting modes. Google Pixel phones require third-party apps since Google removed native manual controls. iPhone users need to enable ProRAW settings in their camera preferences first. Read the full Story >>
Last year, Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide received Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Prize for the Arts, making her only the second Latin American photographer (after Sebastião Salgado) to earn the award. Her work is now on view at Throckmorton Fine Art in New York City in the exhibition“Graciela Iturbide: Vintage,” which Artnet calls a “best-in-class” showing of Iturbide’s most celebrated photographs in rare vintage prints. Meanwhile, NYC’s Ruiz-Healy Art has the exhibition “Gaziela Iturbide: Las Californias.” Read the full Story >>
