PetaPixel Wednesday September 23, 2026
A federal class-action lawsuit has been launched accusing Meta of harvesting millions of photographs from Facebook and Instagram to build “Name Tag,” an unreleased facial recognition system for its smart glasses. The lawsuit was brought by two families, one in Illinois and one in California, who also allege Meta used the same photos to build its generative AI models Emu and Muse image, notes PetaPixel. Name Tag was discovered in the code of a companion app for its line of smart glasses. Facing furor over the glasses, Meta reportedly removed Name Tag from the companion app. Read the full Story >>
ELLE Decor Wednesday September 23, 2026
Celebrated Cuban interior designer Vicente Wolf began collecting photography in the late 1970s, after receiving a tip from the famed fashion photographer and portrait artist Richard Avedon. He went on to amass work by Avedon, Man Ray, Diane Arbus, Dorothea Lange, Francesca Woodman and others, noted Elle Decor, which reports that Wolfe will be selling his 200-piece collection of photography at Christie’s (online from October 8–22, followed by a live auction in New York on October 22). Read the full Story >>
Nieman Lab Wednesday September 23, 2026
At its annual iPhonepalooza event, Apple announced a new feature that, notes Nieman Lab, could be useful in detecting images altered by AI. The feature, called Apple Reference Image, will work with the camera cluster on the new iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max. When it’s turned on, iPhone photos can be, in effect, saved twice — once as a normal, editable photo and once as a reference image with a unique ID embedded in the image’s metadata that proves that the image was actually captured by a real iPhone camera, Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Wednesday September 23, 2026
On any given day, the late director David Lynch would set out from his Hollywood Hills home with his camera and a number in mind: 10 photos in five hours, say. "For him, taking photos was like going
on a treasure hunt," says Lynch's son, the director Riley Sweeney Lynch. "The camera became a way into the world," The world he photographed in his … Read the full Story >>
