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Inside Advertising: Brands Have Become Addicted to Absurdist Humor

Creative Boom   Monday March 30, 2026

Something's been happening in advertising for a while now, notes Creative Boom: Absurdism—proper, committed, logic-free absurdism—has quietly become the default register for a significant portion of mainstream creative work. Old Spice showed that a man on a horse delivering non-sequiturs could shift product faster than any rational benefit claim. Dominos has summoned Mexican wrestlers to sell pizza. Is it all too much? The risk with absurdism, as with any register, is that familiarity breeds not contempt but invisibility, adds CB.   Read the full Story >>

Exhibitions: Collier Schorr Explores Photography's 'Problems'

DAZED   Monday March 30, 2026

Collier Schorr is best known as one of the most celebrated photographers working today – both in an artistic capacity and in the world of fashion, where she has brought an intimate gaze to countless magazine covers. But, notes Dazed, her exhibition “Problems and other stories,” on view through April 4 at the Modern Art gallery in Paris, represents a marked departure from photography, mixing video, collage, drawing, and images created over the past seven years. It all started when covid shut down all her fashion work, she says.   Read the full Story >>

State of the Art: This 'Weightless' Camera Is Changing Sports Photography Forever

FastCompany   Monday March 30, 2026

A new camera system that captures uncanny tracking shots of athletes in motion without drones, robots, or camera operators is changing sports photographer forever, declares FastCompany. The system, developed by Norwegian startup Muybridge (named after motion picture pioneer Eadweard Muybridge) makes use of a lineup of small cameras and sophisticated software to capture motion seamlessly. The “weightless” camera impressed viewers of the Madrid Open recently, adds FC.   Read the full Story >>

In Focus: AP Photographer Describes Shooting a Trump Cabinet Meeting During Wartime

By David Schonauer   Monday March 30, 2026

What is it like to cover a White House Cabinet meeting? In a new video at the Associated Press YouTube channel, photographer Alex Brandon describes shooting the first Trump administration Cabinet meeting since the start of the US-Israel war against Iran. "We line up just outside the doors of the room, all the news media together, and we're rushed into the room through two …   Read the full Story >>

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