DIYPhotography Monday June 1, 2026
Budapest, Hungary-based camera company Dora Goodman has announced the closure of its shop after years of niche production and experimental design work. Dora Goodman built a following around handmade medium format cameras, modular systems, and experimental accessories aimed at photographers who wanted to build, modify, or rethink traditional camera setups. The brand became particularly known for its wooden camera bodies, DIY inspired kits, and custom parts, notes DIY Photography, which calls the closure “another blow to Indie photography culture.” Read the full Story >>
International Center of Photography Monday June 1, 2026
New York’s International Center of Photography has partnered with the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris and the Fondation Pierre Bergé–Yves Saint Laurent to bring together more than 300 iconic photographs and archival objects in the exhibition “Yves Saint Laurent and Photography,” on view at the ICP from June 11 to Sept. 28. The exhibition highlights the relationship between fashion and photography, but specifically the role that photography played in shaping the designer’s creative approach over four decades, adds WWD. Read the full Story >>
Women Photograph Monday June 1, 2026
Women Photograph, the non-profit advancing the work of women photographers with a private database of over 1,400 independent photographers in more than 100 countries, is now accepting submissions for its 2026 Women Photography grants. “Thanks to generous support from Leica USA, these three $10,000 grants will support photography projects — either new or in-progress,” notes the organization. The grants are open to women, nonbinary, transgender, and intersex documentary photographers of any nationality. Read the full Story >>
By
Ahmed Elgammal Monday June 1, 2026
OpenAI unveiled Sora on Feb. 15, 2024, as an AI tool that gave users the ability to create short videos from text prompts. A little more than two years later, on April 26, 2026, OpenAI officially
discontinued the video-generation tool. Why? For one thing, it was expensive to run: Generating video requires far more computing power than creating text or images, making it challenging … Read the full Story >>
