PetaPixel Tuesday April 21, 2026
VSCO has increasingly incorporated artificial intelligence to its products, and to better understand how photographers feel about AI and how they want to use it in their photography workflow, the company surveyed 401 “general popular photographers” in the U.S. and Canada, independent of VSCO’s user base. and asked each how they perceive, use, and think about AI in creative and business environments. “Photographers aren’t debating whether AI belongs in their workflow any longer — 83 percent are already using it,” says VSCO CEO Eric Wittman. “Over half use it weekly or daily.” Read the full Story >>
Circulation(s) Tuesday April 21, 2026
The Circulation(s) photo festival has returned to the Centquartre in Paris for its 16th edition, on view through May 17. Featured are works by 26 young photographers, with projects that capture “the pulse of young European photography, its intuitions, challenges and commitments,” notes the festival. Among the projects is Davide Degano’s “Do-li-na,” a series exploring the connections between images, memory and identity in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, a region where Italian, Slovenian, Friulian and German cultures meet. See also: The Guardian. Read the full Story >>
404 Media Tuesday April 21, 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration has rescinded a temporary flight restriction (TFR) that created a no-fly zone within 3,000 feet of Department of Homeland Security facilities and mobile assets. The new restriction softened the language of the original and abandoned the threat of civil or criminal penalties but added the Department of Justice to the list of protected agencies, notes 404 Media. A 2025 TFR restricted the presence of drones around Department of Energy and Pentagon assets. The FAA added ICE and CBP to the list of restricted agencies in January as ICE began operations in Minneapolis. Media organizations and advocacy groups strongly opposed the move. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Tuesday April 21, 2026
"Helen Levitt didn't photograph the famous thoroughfares of New York--no 5th Avenue, Wall Street, Broadway or times Square. She wasn't interested in the grandeur of the metroppolis," notes scholar
Elizabeth Gand in the forthcoming book "Helen Levitt" (Thames & Hudson). Rather, writes Gand, for almost her entire six-decade career as a street photographer, Levitt focused her attention and her
camera on "plain people living … Read the full Story >>
