Does This Rhino Drone Video Help or Hurt Conservation?
22-year old professional drone racing pilot Johnny Schaer has built a strong social media following on Instagram and YouTube with visually stunning video capture from…
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SquareSpace is Officially Screwing Photographers
Disclosure: PhotoShelter builds websites for photographers Imagine a website that convinces its users to upload free content and builds social signals (e.g. likes and view…
Social Media is Ruining Photography
In the U.S. and most industrialized nations, we have a collective infatuation with technology but a poor understanding of its effects – both intended and…
Magazine Covers Shot with Phones Ain’t No Thing
Scoring a national magazine cover shoot to prove the greatness of a phone's camera has become part of the standard PR playbook for manufacturers. TIME…
Why David Butow’s Image of Jeff Flake Stands Out
Both position and timing matter in capturing a compelling and visually descriptive photo. Last week’s explosive SCOTUS confirmation hearing of Brett Kavanaugh provided another interesting…
PSA: It’s “Bokeh” not “Bokuh”
Image: Apple There are many sounds that native American English speakers have trouble reproducing. The French “r” (aka the “voiceless uvular fricative”), the rolled double…
Alessio Mamo’s Photos are Abhorrent, And So Is World Press Photo’s Response
Last week Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a somewhat startling statement regarding his company’s responsibility to tamper down on fake news, conspiracy theories…
A Day of Diptychs: Contrasting Two Photos at a Time
For millennia, artists have used the diptych to explore duality. During medieval times, diptych panels were often connected by a hinge – part protection, part transportation-friendly…
The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Photography Now Works for a Brewery
Photographer Ryan M. Kelly boarded a plane in Amsterdam after receiving 2nd place in the Breaking News category for World Press Photo for his image…