The Color Science Behind the Most Popular 35mm Films Available Today
Film photography is popular for many reasons, but chief among them are color and grain: in short, the "vibe." Photographer Pablo Maraver spent the last year and a half focusing on the former, extensively using and testing 14 different 35mm film stocks to build a comprehensive guide to their color science.
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Saturday Night Live Perfectly Lampoons AI-Generated Photos
A Saturday Night Live skit featuring actor Glen Powell has mercilessly mocked AI-edited photographs by playing on the inherent flaws of the technology.
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This Photographer Built a Waist-Level Monochrome Digital Camera and You Can Too
Canadian photographer and talented camera hacker/builder Malcolm-Jay Wilson has combined two of his recent camera builds into a new black-and-white digital camera with a waist-level viewfinder, and it's fantastic.
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Unknown Photo of Great American Essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson is Discovered
A long-lost and unrecorded photograph of one of America’s most influential thinkers Ralph Waldo Emerson has been discovered.
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Photographer’s Decade-Long Lawsuit Challenges if States Can Use Images Without Permission or Payment
An underwater photographer is still locked in a 12-year court battle over his images of Blackbeard’s shipwreck, a case that tests a law shielding U.S. states from copyright claims.
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Restored World War I Photos Reveal the Horror and Humor of Life on the Western Front
Last week marked 107 years since the end of World War I. In the United States, the day is observed as Veterans Day, while in Britain it is known as Remembrance Day.
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Photographer Captures the Moment Leopard Stumbles Across a Dung Beetle
A wildlife photographer in South Africa captured a rare encounter between two of the most unlikely creatures: a dung beetle and a leopard.
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‘Flip the Camera’ Trend Faces Backlash Over Bullying Accusations
A viral TikTok trend that has gained popularity over the last month has shocked many viewers, who call it bullying at the expense of the person being recorded.
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World Press Photo’s Print Sale Lets You Own Part of Photography’s History
World Press Photo is celebrating 70 iconic photographs taken over the past 70 years with a print sale: 70 Prints for 70 Years. Some of these shots have never been sold as prints before.
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The Philippines Was the Perfect Creative Reset I Didn’t Know I Needed
Back in August, I flew to the Philippines as the set photographer on a film called "Dyahe Piece" that my friend Coco Tolentino wrote and directed. It wasn’t my film, and it wasn’t my story, but it actually became one of the most fulfilling projects and trips I’ve done in a while.
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