Fstoppers Thursday July 9, 2026
That bag that "always made it on" the plane for the last five years is now getting weighed, measured, and gate-checked with a consistency that previously did not exist. Airlines are increasingly enforcing their published dimensions, with less of the visual leniency a busy gate agent used to offer. For photographers it is a real problem, because a camera kit is the densest, heaviest, and least checkable thing most people carry, notes Fstoppers. Fares also matter: Basic Economy may allow a personal item only, with no overhead carry-on. Read the full Story >>
AnOther Thursday July 9, 2026
Photographer Alex Waespi’s ongoing series depicts the world of gyaru – the maximalist, fantastical fashion subculture and ideology that emerged in the 1990s and evolved into many different substyles and adjacent subcultures. “The origin was a rejection of traditional conservative expectations placed on young Japanese women, but [the term] has very broad meanings now,” Waespi tells AnOther. As Waespi began taking portraits of gyaru girls, she soon encountered the subtle variations in the scene. Read the full Story >>
DP Review Thursday July 9, 2026
After teasing the Osmo Pocket 4P at the Cannes Film Festival in May and giving media and influencers hands-on time with the device at the beginning of June, DJI has fully unveiled its higher-end camera gimbal via its Chinese and Southeast Asia platforms. Like the Osmo Pocket 4, the 4P features a 20mm equiv. camera with a Type 1 (116mm²) CMOS sensor and F2.0 aperture. In addition, notes DP Review, there’s a dedicated 60mm equiv. telephoto camera, allowing for greater flexibility than a single camera. (Contentiously, another camera gimbal has that too.) Read the full Story >>
Smithsonian Thursday July 9, 2026
The Memphis Art Museum will open its new flagship building later this year with the special exhibition “Making Beauty: Hooks Brothers Studio, 1907-1984,” focusing on the eponymous Black-owned photography studio that documented life in the city’s African American community during much of the 20th century. In 1979, a fire destroyed the studio, but private buyers then purchased the collection and donated it to the National Civil Rights Museum and the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, notes Smithsonian. Read the full Story >>
