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Judge Dismisses Privacy Suit Against “Voyeur” Artist Arne Svenson
From “The Neighbors,” 2012. ©Arne Svenson The New York photographer who provoked controversy by photographing his neighbors through their apartment windows and exhibiting the images in a gallery has...
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Now in Beta: Amazon’s Platform for Selling Fine-Art Prints
Amazon, the online retailer, has launched the beta version of its new online marketplace for photographic prints. You can take a look here. Amazon is currently offering over 5,000 photographic prints...
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How to Submit a Book Proposal to Gerhard Steidl
Gerhard Steidl (right) at work with photographer Mitch Epstein. ©Torsten Nyström Photographers who have had books published by Gerhard Steidl tell PDN that the process is an unforgettable creative...
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Fine-Art Photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa Faces Murder Trial August 26
© Aperture/photo by Zwelethu Mthethwa Zwelethu Mthethwa, the South African fine-art photographer, will go on trial on Monday, charged with murdering a woman on a street in a suburb of Cape Town,...
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Crusade for Collecting: A Controversial Experiment Meant to Create New Photo...
Instagram images from the @crusade4art Crusade for Collecting organized by Jennifer Schwartz. Earlier this year Jennifer Schwartz, a gallerist and the founder of the non-profit arts organization...
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Part Art and Book Fair, Part Photo Fest, Unseen Delivers Energy, Mixed...
© Thijs Boontjes In its second year, Unseen Art Fair drew an international audience to Amsterdam to view previously un-exhibited work from established artists and emerging talents. Set against the...
View ArticleNick Brandt’s Photographs Go Viral, But Media and the Internet Miss the Point
We recently interviewed Nick Brandt about his new book of fine-art photographs from East Africa, and how his photographic work led to the creation of Big Life, his foundation, which protects elephants...
View ArticleGeorge Eastman House Names Lisa Hostetler Curator-In-Charge of Photography
Lisa Hostetler has been named Curator-in-Charge of the Department of Photography at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York. She will assume the role at the end of the year. The announcement...
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Patrick Cariou’s Copyright Claim Against...
An image from Richard Cariou’s book Yes, Rasta, as it was altered by Richard Prince. The US Supreme Court has declined to review Patrick Cariou’s copyright infringement claim against artist Richard...
View ArticleColor Photography Legend Saul Leiter Dies
Artist Saul Leiter, who spent decades working in relative obscurity before his talents as a pioneering color photographer came to light, died Tuesday in New York City. He was 89 years old. An...
View ArticlePhotogs Richard Mosse and Zanele Muholi Named Top “Global Thinkers” by...
Two photographers, Richard Mosse and Zanele Muholi, made Foreign Policy (FP) magazine’s list of “The Leading Global Thinkers of 2013.” The list of 100 people Foreign Policy chose to single out in its...
View ArticlePDN Video: How to Get the Most Out of a Portfolio Review
Portfolio review events geared toward photographers have proliferated in recent years, and they’re “a great place to meet a peer group, and start a dialogue about your photographs,” says photography...
View ArticleScotiabank Announces 2014 Finalists for $50K Photography Prize
Rodney Graham, Mark Ruwedel, and Donald Weber have been named finalists for the 2014 Scotiabank Photography Award, the sponsor announced yesterday. The winner of the $50,000 prize will be announced...
View ArticleEddie Adams Workshop, Smith Grant, Other Grants Accepting Applications
Earlier this week The Eddie Adams Workshop began accepting applications for its tuition-free, four-day photojournalism workshop in upstate New York. The Eddie Adams Workshop brings together top...
View ArticlePhotographers Could Get Royalties on Auction Sales Under Proposed Federal Bill
Few things are as frustrating to photographers as selling a print for a few thousand dollars–or less–then watching collectors reap huge profits by re-selling those same prints at auction years later...
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Richard Prince Settles with Photographer Patrick Cariou
A fair use alteration of one of Patrick Cariou’s photographs, by Richard Prince. Artist Richard Prince has paid an undisclosed sum of money to photographer Patrick Cariou to tie up the loose ends of...
View ArticleCourt Reminds Michael Kenna: Copyright Protects Expression, Not Ideas
A ruling in a copyright infringement case involving photographer Michael Kenna has affirmed the principle that copyright does not protect ideas (or choice of subject matter). It protects only the...
View ArticleAlexia Foundation, Open Society Calling for Submissions
The Alexia Foundation and the Open Society Foundations separately announced calls for submissions from photographers yesterday. The Alexia Foundation issued a call for entries for its 2014 Women’s...
View ArticleSFMOMA Announces Plan To Open Biggest Photo Center In US
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has announced that it will open a 15,500-square-foot space dedicated to photography as part of the renovation that has closed the museum until 2016....
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Exhibition in Bangladesh Remembers Garment Workers Who Died Tragically
Photo © Taslima Akhter A group exhibition currently open through the end of this week at the Pathshala South Asian Media Institute remembers the 1,134 garment workers who died on April 24, 2013 when...
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