We have spoken in quite some depth about Unsplash, and how they are unraveling the threads of photography as we know it. Unfortunately it seems as though the threads are being pulled faster, and faster as the company has just announced that over 1,000,000 images have been shared with them by photographers, and creators who may not understand just what they are doing to themselves, or the industry as a whole.*Heavy sigh*
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Here at The Phoblographer, we’ve written an ungodly amount of words about this so-called artificial intelligence, both reflecting on its negative aspects —a majority of them, actually— and the few positive ones we’ve managed to appreciate.
I'm curious if people think using AI images in the photo industry is fair. Specifically, we found a company that caters to photographers by offering support services: but they use images that curiously look like AI.
Recently, Peak Design launched the Micro Clutch: a variant of a wrist strap that has been around in one way or another for many years. The company makes several products that are loved by many photographers.
Free stock photography website Unsplash has announced a paid version, one year after Getty acquired the company.
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At the start of December, the BBC released an article looking at the most striking images of 2021. Few of the photographs painted a positive image of the world. However, that's something we should expect, considering how mainstream media uses photography to tell its stories.
I’m sure most photographers have heard of Unsplash, the free-to-use stock image website. You upload any of your photographs, then after a short moderation process, they become available in the Unsplash library for anyone to download and use in any way they like.
I recently received a promotional email from Unsplash. Like the rest of The Phoblographer team, I'm don't support anything the company does. Its model is built on the foundations of a photographer's desperation to be seen.