Fstoppers Wednesday May 20, 2026
Somewhere around 2010, camera design stopped mattering to the photography industry. The DSLR era had produced bodies defined by ergonomics rather than aesthetics, and the first mirrorless wave carried forward the same logic. But, notes Fstoppers, the 2024-2026 wave of camera releases has quietly made camera design matter again, and the companies that figured this out are the ones winning the most interesting corners of the market. Consider Fujifilm’s recent successes. Read the full Story >>
Vogue Wednesday May 20, 2026
On view at the Milwaukee Art Museum through Aug. 9 is “Currents 40: Widline Cadet,” the first solo museum exhibition in the US for the Los Angeles-based Haitian artist. The exhibition brings together 52 photos and videos that explore Black diasporic life through Cadet’s lived experience of emigrating to the United States, notes the museum. “At a time when the images and stories of migrants and migration in the United States portray a crisis, Cadet’s works present a poignant, intimate counterweight,” declares Vogue. Read the full Story >>
Reuters Wednesday May 20, 2026
Shutterstock will pay $35 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges that the online provider of stock photography, graphics and videos misled consumers about its subscription plans and made it difficult to cancel, reports Reuters. Shutterstock was accused of failing to disclose that its "annual, paid monthly" plan automatically renews and subjects consumers to substantial cancellation fees. The FTC said the payment provides "full relief" to consumers harmed by the company's illegal billing and cancellation practices. Read the full Story >>
The New York Times Wednesday May 20, 2026
You’re probably familiar with French photographer Robert Doisneau’s famous image “Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville.” Nine years before Doisneau made his staged photo, notes The New York Times, there was another kiss captured in Paris that was just as passionate — and far more desperate — between two Jews about to be separated by Vichy police. This photo, found on a contact sheet of Nazi propaganda images in a Reims flea market six years ago, is now at the heart of a new exhibition of 98 Nazi propaganda photos at the Shoah Memorial in Paris. Read the full Story >>
