- The Art of the Self-Portrait: Andy Lin Discusses Expression and Dignity Photographer Andy Lin shares his thoughts on the self-portrait as a means of expression and a tool for self-empowerment.
- The Growing Role of Image Verification in Venezuela’s Protests A new mobile app addresses the challenge of verifying citizen footage. Plus, a politician brings citizen video of abuse to the Organization of American States.
- Are News Photography Standards Out of Touch With the Cameras Everywhere World We Inhabit? A growing global trend of employing facial recognition technologies (FRTs) has increased risks of compromising the privacy and safety of anyone filmed or photographed, especially in countries with repressive governments.
- What Facebook’s Acquisition of Instagram Could Mean for Activists “Conclusion: Occupy Facebook!” A recent analysis of Occupy Wall Street web analytics found that because Facebook users are an engaged community, those who come to www.occupywallst.org from Facebook spend more time on the website and interact with it more.
- Garbage bag of history There's a wonderful quote in a Talk of the Town piece in this week's New Yorker. The piece covers the opening of an exhibit of work by the late Pulitzer Prize-winning Vietnam War photographer Eddie Adams; many of the images have never been displayed before, having been not long ago discovered in plastic garbage bags in the garage of Adams' first wife.
- Event: Archive Fever at NYPL This coming Monday April 14 at the New York Public Library: “One of the most compelling issues explored by artists in recent years centers on the nature and meaning of the archive, that is, how we create, store, and circulate pictures and information. Against the standard view of the archive which evokes a dim, musty […]
