Radio Free Europe Wednesday July 1, 2026
After recent Ukrainian drone strikes on Moscow’s main oil refinery, authorities and pro-Kremlin pundits are calling for a crackdown on people who post videos of burning ruins online, notes Radio Free Europe. Russian media is also urging citizens not to film the dramatic bombings, or even talk about them. A dramatic video showing an enormous silo from Moscow’s oil refinery in the southeastern Kapotnya district being blown high into the air went viral across the world. But it was barely mentioned by Russian news media, adds PetaPixel. Read the full Story >>
California Museum of Photography Wednesday July 1, 2026
The exhibition “From Here to the Horizon: Photographs in Honor of Barry Lopez,” at the California Museum of Photography at UCR ARTS in Riverside, CA (through Aug. 2) pays homage to the late writer’s acclaimed essays and other work about man’s relationship to the natural world. The show explores humanity's connection to the land through photography by 50 artists including Robert Adams, Virginia Beahan, Barbara Bosworth, Lois Conner, Frank Gohlke, Emmet Gowin, Mark Klett, and Laura McPhee, Read the full Story >>
Vital Law Wednesday July 1, 2026
A fashion blogger who reproduced a 1960s-era photograph by famed American photographer Melvin Sokolsky made a transformative use of the work because she accompanied it with question-and-answer or Q&A about how “army wives” should dress when greeting their husbands coming back from war, the District Court for the Central District of California has held. Blogger and fashion stylist Lauren Messiah was sued by licensing company Sokolskyfilm, Inc. for copyright infringement as well as violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), notes Vital Law. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Wednesday July 1, 2026
We noted recently that a New York model had filed a lawsuit against a fashion retailer that, she said, photographed her in the brand's clothing items against a plain white background and then used AI
to generate what the New York Post called "outrageous raunchy" images. Reporting on the lawsuit, PetaPixel noted that AI is "wreaking havoc" in the fashion industry, with brands using … Read the full Story >>
