I had pretty much abandoned Facebook without actually destroying my account. I would look from time to time. Recently I have discovered that a number of photography-related groups reside in FB and some of them are quite interesting. I came across this item today. And I learned a new name in the history of Indian… Continue reading Homai Vyarawalla
Richard A.Rader, Photojournalist and Tracher
From SPLC, Southern Poverty Law Center, 2023
James Mcardle
https://onthisdateinphotography.com/2024/01/09/january-9-critique/?page_id=50728 An ongoing series deals with people’s encounters with art, shot in galleries in New York, San Francisco, Sydney and Melbourne. Greg understands that there are precedents; Elliott Erwitt’s 1999 Museum Watching and Tim Davis’s 2015 Permanent Collection, but brings his own perspective, not only in, as he says, seeking “odd behaviour, coincidences, moments…humour plus sociology,” but also his candid… Continue reading James Mcardle
Viking Cruise in the air
If you watch Masterpiece on PBS you have seen sponsor posts from Viking. The most common visual is a view of the Viking cruise ship seen from above moving along some European river. Quite lovely. I am struck by the air views. It seems that the only way to convey the grandeur of the experience… Continue reading Viking Cruise in the air
Stealth
What does it mean when a stealth bomber flies over the football field just before kickoff? Rose Bowl January 1, 2024
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Mazar-i-Sharif Afghanistan
This is the mosque side of the shrine complex Mazar
Others have said it better
"New Year's is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug resolutions." Mark Twain "Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account." Oscar Wilde "Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and… Continue reading Others have said it better
Every aspect of the work
Using deep feature analysis, we used pictures of authenticated Raphael paintings to train the computer to recognize his style to a very detailed degree, from the brushstrokes, the color palette, the shading and every aspect of the work," says mathematician and computer scientist Hassan Ugail from the University of Bradford in the UK. https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-detects-unusual-signal-hidden-in-a-famous-raphael-masterpiece That's… Continue reading Every aspect of the work
A question for me to keep at sideline
http://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/26/opinion/ai-future-photography.html Is photography dead? Maybe we should first ask which photography is being asked about.
Waiting For Charlemagne 