Yahoo News Wednesday April 29, 2026
The George Eastman Museum’s Department of Photography has announced the acquisition of over 900 photographs, filling in gaps in one of the world’s oldest photography collections. Some of the new works will be shown in upcoming exhibitions. Four photographs by Wayne Miller will appear in “Edward Steichen and the Garden in 2026” (through Sept. 6). The images show Steichen’s daily life and his interest in gardening. Works by Brett Weston, Milton Rogovin, and Carl Chiarenza will be included the upcoming “Selections from the Collection.” Read the full Story >>
Business of Fashion Wednesday April 29, 2026
The party photography business is booming, driven by the rising demand from both brands and individuals for high-quality, editorial-style social media content, notes Business of Fashion. Interestingly, explains BOF, photographers are now being hired directly by high-profile people and tasked with following them at events in order to create ready images used to create “social capital.” Read the full Story >>
GIZMODO Wednesday April 29, 2026
Earlier this year, Google introduced Personal Intelligence, a feature that can accesses user data across Google apps—including Gmail, Photos, Drive, and Calendar—to provide personalized AI assistance. Now the company has announced that it will expand the reach of Personal Intelligence to its image generation model Nano Banana, allowing it to pull details from your life to create more personalized visual outputs. “You know, in case you were feeling like your AI-generated images were feeling a little impersonal, for whatever reason,” notes Gizmodo. Read the full Story >>
The New York Times Wednesday April 29, 2026
Photographer Petra Collins's new book STAR presents the story of a fictional pop star as she becomes entangled with an Asian pop group and offers a lurid take on fame and fandom. Visually, the book represents a return to what Collins calls the “flowy and naïve” approach of her early work. The images — alongside bits of spare, inscrutable prose — collectively present a new version of a story Collins has been telling since she was 15, about the unblinking eye trained on girls, notes The New York Times. Read the full Story >>
