Associated Press Wednesday June 3, 2026
Former Associated Press photographer Dang Van Phuoc, who was wounded multiple times during the Vietnam War and returned to capture the action even after losing an eye in an explosion, died in Southern California on May 23. He was 91, reports the AP. Born in a Vietnamese village near Quang Ngai, south of Da Nang, Phuoc was hired in 1965 by AP’s former photo chief, Horst Faas, to replace another local hire who had been killed on assignment. Faas called Phuoc AP's "secret weapon." Read the full Story >>
BBC Wednesday June 3, 2026
A newly discovered photograph of Oscar Wilde before he found literary fame has sold at auction for more than £5,000, notes the BBC. The 1876 group photo shows Wilde at age 21 or 22, when he was a student at Oxford University’s Magdalen College, adds The Irish Post. Recently discovered in a Victorian-era album, the photo is part of a collection that went under the hammer at Cirencester-based auction house Dominic Winter Auctioneers. The auction also included a rare signed image of Winston Churchill on horseback. Read the full Story >>
PetaPixel Wednesday June 3, 2026
After having his registration request rejected by the U.S. Copyright Office, the author of an image that combined a photograph with Vincent Van Gogh’s "Starry Night" is suing, notes PetaPixel. The Copyright Office rejected Ankit Sahni’s bid to have his artwork officially registered in 2023, saying that there was “not enough human involvement for the artist to claim copyright.” Now, Sahni has filed a lawsuit in the Central District of California challenging the Office’s decision. Read the full Story >>
HYPERALLERGIC Wednesday June 3, 2026
On view through Sept. 6 at the Museum Rietberg in Zurich, Switzerland, the exhibition “A Kind of Paradise” brings together 20 artists who treat colonial-era photography not as a sealed historical record but, notes Hyperallergic, as material that can be unsettled, reworked, and reclaimed. Their works explore how such images define identity, history, and a sense of belonging, and how they may be reinterpreted. “These works reveal a healing power that transcends historical specificities and can touch us all,” notes the museum. Read the full Story >>
