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A Student Plagiarized an African Artist. Then His Work Was Exhibited at the Milan Photo Festival.
In 2014, curator Simon Njami engaged Ethiopian artist photographer Aïda Muluneh to interpret Dante’s Inferno for an exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art entitled The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell Revisited by Contemporary African Artists. Muluneh’s…
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Street Photography’s Snakes on a Train?
An image of a young mother in a short dress on a New York City subway raised ethical questions and the ire of some commentators on Twitter. Some found the "award-winning" photo to be stunning, while others questioned the photographer's…
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Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month with Guatemalan Photographer Roberto Destarac
When photography takes you back to the place you call home; when you can spend your days highlighting your own community and culture; when you’re given the opportunity to witness the changing environment with your own eyes (and lens); that’s…
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How Magnum Photos’ Jonas Bendiksen Nearly Fooled the Entire Industry
Magnum photographer Jonas Bendiksen was troubled by potential for photographers to fabricate a story and photos from scratch using technology and social media to propagate a false narrative. He was so frightened that he "decided to try to do this…
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Christo’s Arc de Triomphe: What Role Does Photography Play in Ephemeral Art?
60 years in the making, Christo's Wrapped Arc de Triomphe opened over the weekend – thrilling Parisians with the artist's first posthumous piece since his death in 2020. But the installation will only be on display until October 3, after…
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October 12, 2021

A Student Plagiarized an African Artist. Then His Work Was Exhibited at the Milan Photo Festival.

In 2014, curator Simon Njami engaged Ethiopian artist photographer Aïda Muluneh to interpret Dante’s Inferno for an exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African…

October 5, 2021

Street Photography’s Snakes on a Train?

An image of a young mother in a short dress on a New York City subway raised ethical questions and the ire of some commentators…

September 29, 2021

Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month with Guatemalan Photographer Roberto Destarac

When photography takes you back to the place you call home; when you can spend your days highlighting your own community and culture; when you’re…

September 28, 2021

How Magnum Photos’ Jonas Bendiksen Nearly Fooled the Entire Industry

Magnum photographer Jonas Bendiksen was troubled by potential for photographers to fabricate a story and photos from scratch using technology and social media to propagate…

September 21, 2021

Christo’s Arc de Triomphe: What Role Does Photography Play in Ephemeral Art?

60 years in the making, Christo's Wrapped Arc de Triomphe opened over the weekend – thrilling Parisians with the artist's first posthumous piece since his…

September 14, 2021

The Photos of 9/11 – Twenty Years Later

Prior to the advent of social media and smartphones, and on the cusp of the shift to digital photography, the world witnessed September 11, 2001.…

September 7, 2021

Simu Liu – the Star of Marvel’s Shang-Chi – Was a Stock Photo Model

Simu Liu, the Chinese-Canadian actor who stars in Marvel's latest blockbuster, revealed that he was once paid $100 to be a stock photo model. Since…

September 2, 2021

5 Benefits of Photography Mentorship

Even though there are tons of us out there, being a photographer can, at times, be quite lonely. In an industry where so many of…

September 1, 2021

WATCH: Why Luck is a State of Mind with Deanne Fitzmaurice

“I find that showing up and expecting that the universe will deliver, actually paves the way for it to do so. You need patience because…

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