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.
” Independent documentary photographer Kaveh Rostamkhani brought the controversy to light this […]. 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 »
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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 »
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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
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. petapixel.com »
2018-09-17 21:06
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
World Press Photo apologized for its controversial decision to present two award-winning images captured by two different photographers as a thematic pair. One of the images showed a six-year-old Ukrainian child suffering from panic attacks following Russian artillery shelling, while the other showed a wounded pro-Russian militant. [Read More]
The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP) is officially oppsing the inclusion of Russian photographer, Mary Gelman, called "Maria" in some publications, as part of the jury for the World Press Photo 2024 competition. [Read More]
After World Press Photo announced its finalists this year, Iranian photographer Solmaz Daryani came forward and accused German photographer Maximilian Mann of plagiarizing photos from her personal project for his environmental photos of Lake Urmia in Iran.
This past weekend, photojournalist Barbara Haddock Taylor captured an extraordinary image of a flaming church steeple in Baltimore crashing to the ground. We caught up with Taylor to find out more about how she captured such an arresting moment in time.
Late Winter brings about a new crop of contest winners and nary a season goes by without a whiff of controversy in some form or fashion. Yesterday World Press Photo announced its 2020 Photo Contest and Digital Storytelling Contest nominees.
It’s Martin Kaninsky from the All About Street Photography YouTube channel, and today I would like to talk about a series of photographs that placed 3rd for Long-Term Projects, Stories in the 2019 World Press Photo competition.