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 >>
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David Schonauer Wednesday August 5, 2026
The European Broadcasting Union has triggered a debate on social media over new guidelines that discourage photographers and videographers from capturing photos and videos of female track and field
athletes that may appear "sexualized." The guidelines, released under the title "Raising the Bar," include illustrations on what shots are encouraged and discouraged. Photographers and videographers
were asked not to use lingering close-ups of body … Read the full Story >>
The Guardian Tuesday August 4, 2026
Cases of predators coercing children into producing sexual photos and videos of themselves—a cruel phenomenon known as “sadistic online exploitation”— have surged globally in the past year, according to child safety experts and law enforcement officials. “We often see that the offenders will communicate with that child and, through that initial communication, ask them for nude or explicit imagery of themselves,” Kathryn Rifenbark, a director at the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children, tells The Guardian. Read the full Story >>
