PetaPixel Wednesday May 27, 2026
A professional photographer — who shot sports as well as weddings — has been sentenced to 14 years in prison over multiple hidden camera offenses, notes PetaPixel. Gordon Cordell pleaded guilty to 13 counts involving multiple victims from charges stemming from secret recordings of minors and adults. Cordell took videos or photographs of at least seven minors and six adult women. According to court papers, Cordell hid cameras disguised as a Bluetooth speaker and a charger block among other devices in bathrooms or dressing rooms before victims entered. Read the full Story >>
The Guardian Wednesday May 27, 2026
The grand music halls and theaters of the 1920s gave way to a new form of entertainment— the moving image—prompting the creation lavish cinemas across the US. Then came television and today’s era of streaming and atomized media consumption. As a result, many of the once-grand movie theaters have been abandoned or repurposed. Photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre have documented many of the early movie palaces, notes The Guardian. Their work has been on view at Japan’s Kyotographie festival. Read the full Story >>
TechCrunch Wednesday May 27, 2026
Short-form video is a format that’s built for mobile, with vertically oriented videos are designed to fit the shape of a smartphone. But, notes TechCrunch, the format is now surging in popularity on TV screens. YouTube says viewers watch over 2 billion hours of YouTube Shorts — the platform’s clips that run up to three minutes — on TVs each month. The living room has become a major growth target for YouTube overall. U.S. viewers alone are watching over 200 million hours of YouTube content daily. Read the full Story >>
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM Wednesday May 27, 2026
The exhibition “Photography as a Way of Life” (through Sept. 7 at the Princeton University Art Museum) examines the careers of Minor White, Aaron Siskind, and Harry Callahan—influential photographers, teachers, and thinkers in the United States in the mid-20th century—and traces their impact on the field of photography. “Amid exploding markets for Kodak’s snapshots and Magnum’s decisive moments, White, Siskind, and Callahan shared inclinations toward abstraction and toward deeply personal photographs,” notes the museum. Read the full Story >>
