The New York Times Thursday May 21, 2026
Dua Lipa has filed a $15 million federal lawsuit in California against Samsung, accusing the South Korean electronics giant of using her image on television packaging without her authorization. The singer's lawyers accused Samsung of infringing her copyright and trademark rights, as well as violating her “right of publicity,” according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for Central California, notes The New York Times. At issue is a photograph taken backstage at a music festival in Austin in 2024. Read the full Story >>
The New York Times Thursday May 21, 2026
On view through July 31 at the Gagoasian gallery in Rome, the exhibition “Francesca Woodman: Lately I Find a Sliver of Mirror Is Simply to Slice an Eyelid” sheds a new light on the haunting work by the photographer who died by suicide in 1981 at age 22, notes The New York Times. Focusing on her affinities with Surrealism, the exhibition features nearly fifty prints Woodman made during her lifetime, many of which have never previously been exhibited, explains the gallery. Read the full Story >>
DP Review Thursday May 21, 2026
Panasonic’s newly announced Lumix L10 is essentially a fully modernized version of its LX100 camera, employing the company's latest 26.5-megapixel Four Thirds sensor and featuring a version of the 24-75mm equivalent f/1.7-2.8 lens from the LX100. But, the company says, the L10 represents a new premium compact camera line. “The use of that sensor means it offers phase detection autofocus and the dynamic range boost function from the GH7 and G9II, along with all the company's latest subject recognition algorithms,” notes DP Review. Read the full Story >>
By
David Schonauer Thursday May 21, 2026
A 16-year-long effort by the Library of Congress to digitize in high resolution its 175,000 or so Farm Security Administration photographs from the 1930s and '40s is coming to an end this year. "It's
kind of a big deal," noted the Library recently, adding that the "chemical-laden" eight-decade-old FSA images were deteriorating. "For researchers ... digital images are obviously a gazillion times
better than … Read the full Story >>
