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Industry News: Hasselblad Is Making Serious Money with Mirrorless Cameras

DIYPhotography   Thursday September 3, 2026

Hasselblad’s latest financial results show just how much its mirrorless medium format cameras have changed the company’s fortunes, notes DIY Photography: Sales reached $325.9 million in 2025, up 20% from $271.7 million a year earlier, while operating profit rose 12% to $46.8 million. The figures, reported by Photo Rumors based on financial filings from Hasselblad’s operating subsidiaries, also show a business that is growing rapidly, even as its margins come under pressure.   Read the full Story >>

Books: Paula Bronstein's Lifetime of Witnessing

By David Schonauer   Thursday September 3, 2026

"My life has unfolded as a continuous conversation with photojournalism," writes Paula Bronstein in the introduction of her new book "Witnessing Life: A Retrospective." She has, she adds, "given herself entirely" to her work in order "to lend a visual voice to those whose stories might otherwise remain typically overlooked by the wider world." The book, being unveiled this week at the Visa pour …   Read the full Story >>

Passings: Sal Vedar, Who Famously Captured the Return of a POW, Dies at 99

Associated Press   Wednesday September 2, 2026

Associated Press photographer Slava 'Sal' Veder, best known for his picture of a U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel joyfully reuniting with his family after five years in a prisoner of war camp in Vietnam, died Aug. 22. He was 99, notes the AP. In March 1973 Veder was sent to Travis Air Force Base for the arrival of Lt. Col. Robert L. Stirm and other war prisoners returning from Vietnam. When he saw four of Stirm’s children running toward their father, he shot an image that came to be called “Burst of Joy,”  which won the 1974 Pulitzer in feature photography.   Read the full Story >>

Trending: Linda McCartney Honored with USPS Stamps

Rolling Stone   Wednesday September 2, 2026

Photographer and activist Linda McCartney will be honored by the United States Postal Service with a series of postage stamps featuring her nature and still-life photography, notes Rolling Stone. The collection contains 20 stamps with five individual images, including photographs of sunflowers and a teapot. A first-day-of-issue ceremony at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City is slated for Sept. 25. McCartney, who died in 1998, shot some of the biggest stars of the 1960s, including her husband, Paul McCartney.   Read the full Story >>

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