Reuters Tuesday March 17, 2026
Reuters has appointed Éric Baradat as its new Global Director of Photography, based in London. A veteran photojournalist, Baradat has spent more than three decades at Agence France-Presse and overseen coverage of major global events and award-winning imagery. “Under Éric’s direction, AFP produced some of the most recognizable images of recent decades, including work in Syria and Afghanistan that won the agency its first Pulitzer Prizes for photography,” noted Reuters Deputy Global Managing Editor of World News Tom Platt in a statement. Baradat is expected to join the organisation in early June. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Tuesday March 17, 2026
Nobody cared much about Mike Disfarmer until long after his death. A photographer from rural Heber Springs, Ark. Disfarmer made his living by making portraits of farmers and other locals who came to
his studio. A solitary bachelor, he died obscurity in 1959 without will, leaving behind an archive of glass plate negatives and a bank account of $18,148.80 (worth about $200,000 today) that … Read the full Story >>
ARTnews Monday March 16, 2026
Marilyn Minter, known for her feminist practice blending painting and photography, has won this year’s International Artist Award from the Anderson Ranch Arts Center. Minter will be honored at the annual Ranch Gala, part of the Ranch’s annual Ranch Week series in July, notes Art News. Minter is the 28th recipient of the award, which has been given out annually since 1997. Recent recipients include Charles Gaines, Christian Marclay, Simone Leigh, and Theaster Gates. Read the full Story >>
Metropolitan Museum of Art Monday March 16, 2026
“Can fashion photography be dangerous? Lillian Bassman was told as much when, in 1950, she started making photographs so abstract that you could barely see the clothes. Depicting midcentury style for the pages of magazines, she distilled gowns and girdles to their essential silhouettes; in her photographs, chance gestures and elegant lines convey the sensations of garments.” So notes New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, which features the exhibition “Lillian Bassman: Bazaar and Beyond” through July 26. Read the full Story >>
