BBC Wednesday August 5, 2026
Photographer Harley Weir’s 2023 portrait of singer-actress Charli XCX has been added to the collection of London’s National Portrait Gallery, notes the BBC. 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, adds The Guardian. Weir “has developed a distinctive photographic language that combines intimacy with a powerful sense of presence,” noted Brandei Estes, the National Portrait Gallery’s senior curator of photographs. Read the full Story >>
PetaPixel Wednesday August 5, 2026
In January, Nikon filed a lawsuit in China against lens manufacturer Viltrox, alleging intellectual property infringement related to Nikon’s Z-mount technology. Now, reports Nikon Rumors, Nikon has reportedly lost that lawsuit. Nikon was seeking compensation related to Viltrox’s release of products with features and designs related to Nikon’s pending mount design patents. At issue, explains PetaPixel, was whether Nikon’s pending patents are themselves up to the legal standard of being patented. Read the full Story >>
Interview Wednesday August 5, 2026
Unless you’re offensively wealthy or unfathomably intelligent, you’ll probably never get to experience the opulence and decadence of a Cambridge University May Ball firsthand. Esteemed party photographer Dafydd Jones has, however, spent the past 40 years infiltrating and capturing generations of the world’s poshest students as they celebrate the survival of yet another grueling academic year. He's collected his work in the book Celebrity Balls. “The strangest, most unexpected things can happen at parties,” he tells Interview. Read the full Story >>
Dear Dave, Wednesday August 5, 2026
Dear Dave, the tri-annual print publication of photography and writing, has announced the fourth annual Dear Dave Fellowship, to be judged by distinguished panel including writer and critic Jean Dykstra, Magnum Foundation Executive Director Kristen Lubben, and Philadelphia Museum of Art Photography curator Peter Barberie. Three applicants will be chosen to have their portfolio featured in Dear Dave, while the 40 entrants who receive the highest ranking by the jury will have a portfolio in the fellowship archive on the Dear Dave website. Deadline: Sept. 14. Read the full Story >>
