Bad Idea: The New Yorker’s Nuclear Option
On August 6, 1945, the U.S. detonated the world's first wartime nuclear bomb over Hiroshima. An estimated 70,000 people died that day with another 70,000…
Opinion
What If Apple Bought Nikon?
It’s a transaction that makes zero financial sense for Apple, but the possibilities of this thought experiment would be dreamy. After years of revenue decline…
Warping Reality: Adobe’s Neural Filters are Ripe for Mayhem
Face tuning apps have thrived for years in the mobile phone ecosystem, allowing users to make subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) changes to their…
Podcast: Has Adobe Gone Too Far?
Adobe Photoshop Element's Face Tilt feature allows you to repositions faces in your photos to direct their gaze back towards the camera (or anywhere else…
On Ethics, The First Amendment, and Photographing Protestors’ Faces
During the short-lived daily White House Coronavirus Task Force briefings held by President Trump, a number of news organizations debated and ultimately decided to stop…
Instagram’s Moral Imperative
The past few years have made it abundantly clear that platforms hold disproportionate power in the online sphere – from Uber to Grubhub to Amazon.…
What the Hell are These Juergen Teller Photos?
Fashion is an expression of personality whether one is clad in a Carhartt jacket or a Saint Laurent suit. Fashion can be utilitarian, but there…
Twitter Beefs: The Photo Industry Fights Over Photo Contests
Late Winter and early Spring bring another cycle of photo contest season – that time of year when many major prizes are announced (especially in…
The Nikon D6 is a Pro Camera – For a Vanishingly Small Demographic
When it comes to technology, consumers have been conditioned to expect notable feature changes with version numbers increases. The iPhone 11 Pro, for example, not…