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David Schonauer Friday August 7, 2026
Photographer Harley Weir's 2023 portrait of singer-actress Charli XCX has been added to the collection of London's National Portrait Gallery: Weir's photo became one of the key images associated with
Charli's Brat era, the 2024 album that became a pop cultural phenomenon for its candor and debauchery. Weir "has developed a distinctive photographic language that combines intimacy with a powerful
sense of presence," noted … Read the full Story >>
PetaPixel Thursday August 6, 2026
Sherif Elbishlawi, who goes by @vibr0phone online, has an Instagram page where he physically picks up women and bicep curls them in such a way that their bottoms are exposed to the camera. He has over 100,000 followers. Now, notes PetaPixel, he has been fined $20,000 Canadian dollars ($14,200) after he repeatedly posted intimate images of a woman who had initially agreed he could lift her up but then asked him not to post the video. “I don’t do favors for strangers,” he reportedly told the woman. Read the full Story >>
The Guardian Thursday August 6, 2026
Indian model Bhavitha Mandava been already been catapulted from a life of obscurity as a student at New York University to become one of the most celebrated new faces of fashion. Now, notes The Guardian, she’s among the stars of the 2027 Pirelli Calendar, along with Indian celebrities Padma Lakshmi, Anoushka Shankar, and Freida Pinto. This year’s calendar was shot by two photographers, Sølve Sundsbø and Avani Rai, daughter of famed Indian photography Ragu Rai, who died in April at age 83. See also: Hello magazine. Read the full Story >>
PetaPixel Thursday August 6, 2026
Kanye West is facing a lawsuit from celebrity photo agency Bauer-Griffin, which claims that audio from its video of his heated exchange with a photographer was used in a song without permission. The footage at the center of the lawsuit dates back to May 2013, when West was recorded approaching a photographer outside a Los Angeles restaurant. West was with his then-wife Kim Kardashian, who was pregnant at the time, and was filmed demanding that the photographer stop taking pictures, notes PetaPixel. Read the full Story >>
