DIYPhotography Thursday July 23, 2026
GoPro is in financial trouble, and its founder is putting his own money on the line to keep the company afloat, notes DIY Photography. Nicholas Woodman, GoPro’s founder and CEO, is loaning the company $20 million through a stock purchase. The move comes weeks after GoPro filed a “going concern” warning with the SEC, telling investors that without new financing or a strategic deal, the company “may be required to significantly reduce, restructure, cease operations, or seek protection under the Federal bankruptcy laws.” Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Thursday July 23, 2026
"Stare. It is the only way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long." So noted photographer Walker Evans in a famous call for
uncompromising observation. That tireless commitment is what has made Evans the one 20th-century photographer "who remains the most relevant today, and the one with the widest influence," notes
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The Guardian Wednesday July 22, 2026
Rejoice, cinema lovers: Tilly Norwood, the“AI actor” who scared the dickens out of Hollywood last year when she was unveiled as “the future of entertainment,” is getting her shot at the big time. Particle6, the company that “spat out this risible creation,” has announced that it has commenced development on a motion picture starring Norwood, notes The Guardian. The film, titled Misaligned, will see Norwood seduced by a rogue program into experimenting with human emotions. Read the full Story >>
Aperture Wednesday July 22, 2026
Since the early 1990s, California-based artist John Divola had wanted to photograph sites where miracles were said to have happened. But, as he later recalled, such places were scarce in the United States. He found the next best thing, sort of, when he photographed the sets of the X-Files, the TV series that blended myth and mysticism with UFOs and millennial angst, notes Aperture. “In large part, our aggregate representational knowledge of the world is based on planted and fabricated evidence,” Divola noted in his 1997 book Continuity. Read the full Story >>
