Allen Murabayashi, Author at PhotoShelter Blog

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 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 1, 2021

Should Photographers Abandon Instagram Now That It’s Not a “Photo App”?

In late June 2021, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri declared that the service was no longer a photo sharing app, and that the team was focused…

August 24, 2021

A Harrowing Visual Record of Afghanistan’s Worst Week

As the Taliban quickly overran major cities in Afghanistan – culminating in the capture of Kabul – civilian and professional photographers documented the unfolding chaos…

August 17, 2021

Apple Tackles Child Sex Abuse Imagery: Slippery Slope or Necessary Intervention?

Apple recently announced a new set of features aimed at combatting Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM), which include the ability to scan a user's phone…