Nieman Lab Thursday May 14, 2026
As part of its mission to preserve the web, the Internet Archive operates crawlers that capture webpage snapshots. Many of these snapshots are accessible through its public-facing tool, the Wayback Machine. But, notes Nieman Lab, as AI bots scavenge the web for training data to feed their models, the Internet Archive’s commitment to free information access has turned its digital library into a potential liability for some news publishers. Read the full Story >>
The Atlantic Thursday May 14, 2026
“Few people have taught us to see America quite like Lee Friedlander,” notes The Atlantic. The 91-year-old photographer, writes Hua Hsu, has been making pictures since the late 1940s, “focusing largely on what critics and historians describe as the urban social landscape: all of these little jigsaw scenes of our built environment.” Friedlander once distilled his approach into a simple ethos: “I just walk and see something interesting.” The new Aperture book Life Still brings together Friedlander work from the 1950s to the present. Read the full Story >>
PetaPixel Thursday May 14, 2026
Analog photography is just getting bigger and bigger. Digital Camera World noted recently that Kodak has announced large-format films and 100-foot bulk rolls; OptiColour also expanded its large format offerings with OptiColour 200 now available in 4×5, 5×7, and 8×10 sheet film. Now PetaPixel reports that Harman is bringing its ISO 50 Ilford Pan F Plus film to both 4×5 and 8×10 sheet film, giving large-format photographers “an exceptionally fine-grain, high-contrast black and white option.” Read the full Story >>
The Guardian Thursday May 14, 2026
Bolivian artist Marisol Mendez us the winner of the 2026 Saltzman-Leibovitz Photography Prize for her series “Madre,” which weaves Andean folklore and Catholic iconography into an exploration of Bolivian identity and matriarchal lineage. Mendez receives a prize of $15,000, and her work will be exhibited alongside finalists at Photo London this weekend, notes The Guardian. The prize was launched in 2015 by philanthropist Lisa Saltzman and photographer Annie Leibovitz to celebrate female visual storytellers. Read the full Story >>
