June 09, 2023 Lead ImagePhotography by Kyle Weeks The title of photographer Kyle Weeks‘ latest project Good news goes back to his childhood in Namibia, when he would watch his father react to the news. The “constant stream of negative stories” he observed about his home country and Africa at large prompted a simple question in his mind: “Why is there never good news?” The question would come back to Weeks years later in Ghana. “Plastic bags with catchphrases like ‘Good News’ are something you see quite often in Ghana,” he explains. “Similarly, taxis are regularly decorated with stuck catchphrases…
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Sleepy polar bear that dug out a bed in sea ice to nap wins prestigious wildlife photography award
One of the world’s most prestigious wildlife photography awards has announced its winner – and it’s equal parts mesmerizing and adorable. The winner of the Natural History Museum of London’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year award was Nima Sarikhani, for her captivating image of a polar bear sleeping on sea ice. The photograph, called “Ice Bed,” was captured in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, the museum says in its description of the photo. According to a news release, Sarikhani had spent three days looking for polar bears while aboard an exploration vessel in the area, but had had no luck as they…
Your Saskatchewan photo of the day: December 2023
Decrease article font size Increase article font size The holiday season is here and photographers are showcasing pictures taken around Saskatchewan! Each day, Global Saskatoon and Global Regina feature a viewer-submitted photo for the Your Saskatchewan photo of the day. It is also highlighted on Global News Morning, Global News at 5, Global News at 6 and Global News at 10. Please email us if you have a picture to submit for Your Saskatchewan. Photos should be at least 920 pixels wide and in jpeg format. Breaking news from Canada and around the world sent to your email, as it…
An Australian Photographer Was Disqualified From a Photo Contest After Her Submission Was Mistakenly Deemed AI-Generated
An Australian photographer’s work was disqualified from a photo contest after being mistakenly deemed to have been generated by artificial intelligence. Suzi Dougherty, an actress in the Sydney suburb of Waverly, had entered a photo contest run by the print shop Charing Cross Photo seeking to award the best local fashion photographs. She said she was “shocked” when she found out her photo was disqualified on suspicion it was created with AI Dougherty called the mix-up an “honest mistake” and said he’s still an “avid fan” of the print shop, which he said was a “great little store.” Still, the…
Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award winner
A polar bear sleeps on an iceberg off Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. Photo: Supplied / Wildlife Photographer of the Year, via BBC A stunning image of a young polar bear drifting to sleep on an iceberg, by British amateur photographer Nima Sarikhani, has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award. “Sarikhani’s breathtaking and poignant image allows us to see the beauty and fragility of our planet,” Natural History Museum director Dr Douglas Gurr said. “His thought-provoking image is a stark reminder of the integral bond between an animal and its habitat and serves as a visual representation of…
German photo festival canceled after curator accused of antisemitism
The Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie, a Germany-based exhibition of contemporary photography has been canceled after one of the curators posted content to social media that the German cities of Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg, where the event was set to take place, described it as “antisemitic”. The event was set to open March 2024. As first reported in the Art Newspaperthe Bangladeshi photojournalist and event co-curator Shahidul Alam posted “content that can be read as antisemitic and antisemitic content,” according to officials, including posts compared Israel’s attack on Northern Gaza to the Holocaust and accused Israel of genocide against the Palestinian…
Kate Middleton photo proves Meghan Markle right
In a blow to the opinions of writers everywhere, Sigmund Freud never actually said “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.” (It’s number 67 in our official union handbook of lazy story openers). But sometimes a grainy pap shot of two women on a gray British day is much, much, much more than a grainy pap shot. The major, breaking news being bellowed by every newspaper, website, magazine and two-bit Twitter account purporting to ‘know’ things about the royal family is that Kate the Princess of Wales is alive! Alive you hear! There, in the new image, was Kate being…
Australian news network apologizes for ‘graphic error’ after photo of MP made more revealing | WorldNews
An Australian news network has apologized after a picture of a female MP was allegedly modified to appear more revealing ahead of her appearance on a programme. In what Nine News Melbourne called a “graphic error”, Georgie Purcell claimed that a picture of her used as a promo for the network’s Monday night news bulletin had been changed to give her “enlarged boobs” and reveal her midriff. Sharing the modified image next to the original on X, the MP for Northern Victoria, said: “Having my body and outfit photoshopped by a media outlet was not on my bingo card. “Note…