South African photographer Graeme Williams was attending the opening of the Johannesburg Art Fair earlier this month when he was shocked to see his own photo on a gallery wall with credit being given to African American artist Hank Willis Thomas.
Here’s what Williams saw on the wall of the Goodman Gallery: The “remixed” version […]. petapixel.com
A racing photographer has claimed that his camera work once helped the reigning Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen to go even faster. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-01-16 14:11
A photographer, who is suing celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D for using his photo of jazz musician Miles Davis as a tattoo for a client, has claimed that the inking is not a fair use of his work -- after the U. petapixel.com »
2023-10-06 17:13
Capitol police are blocking photographers from getting pictures of wheelchair-bound Senator Dianne Feinstein, according to a Los Angeles Times photographer. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-05-25 20:26
A photographer has filed a copyright infringement claim against an artist who allegedly replicated her photograph as a painting. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-02-14 18:35
The most-followed star on TikTok is being accused by a photographer of using his photos of her without permission or compensation for her new book. 17-year-old dancer and social media star Charli D’Amelio, who boasts a staggering 124 million followers on TikTok, announced her first book back on December 1st, 2020. D’Amelio announcing her new […] petapixel.com »
2021-09-08 18:37
In a recent post on Reddit, a user wrote about what they described as a "weird addiction. " Expecting something peculiar, I clicked right away. But to my surprise, the author of the post talked about their addiction to photography. thephoblographer.com »
2021-08-22 19:00
When the COVID lockdowns hit, Raleigh-based wedding and portrait photographer Rebecca Faulk was able to keep generating some income by selling prints and rescheduling her photo shoots. That is, until her credit card processor decided to hold on to her funds… The CC processor in question is a company called PayJunction—a major competitor to familiar […] petapixel.com »
2020-04-28 01:04
The prestigious World Press Photo competition has been plagued by several controversies in recent years, and it looks like this year’s contest is no different. A nominated photographer is being accused of plagiarism by an Iranian photographer who believes her personal project was “hijacked. petapixel.com »
2020-03-11 20:18
Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert is being accused of a very rudimentary style of censorship by photojournalist Jim Lo Scalzo. According to Lo Scalzo, Gohmert got up and physically blocked his view so that he couldn’t photograph protesters during attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions’ confirmation hearings earlier this week. petapixel.com »
2017-01-14 01:17
Staff at British bakery chain Greggs will start wearing body cameras after a reported rise in thefts of pastries.
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Even alleged criminals, including those caught on camera, have presumed innocence and in Canada -- well, at least a right to privacy. Police in Quebec have warned residents against posting surveillance footage from home security cameras, like Ring doorbell cameras, on social media. [Read More]
Documentary filmmaker Eli Steele says that about $30,000 of gear was stolen out of his rental car in San Francisco this week, and adds that the local police were not able to help as they had been "defanged." [Read More]
Mac Star Cameras and Electronics in Corona, California, was robbed last month and newly released security footage from inside the store shows 13 people ransacking the store and making off with around $65,000 worth of products in about three minutes. [Read More]
The Camera Store (TCS), one of the most popular camera, lens, and photography equipment retailers in western Canada, suffered a break-in this morning, May 3, and over $30,000 worth of Sony, Nikon, and DJI equipment was stolen. [Read More]
A group in Illinois has filed a class action lawsuit against California-based Prisma Labs, the company behind the artificial intelligence-powered photo editing app, Lensa.ai. [Read More]
San Francisco will be posting more police in the Marina district in response to the high-profile armed robbery of a photographer at the Palace of Fine Arts last week. [Read More]