Worth your time, even though the "how to fix it" part seems quite distant!

Wow, some great #photography exhibits at ICP this fall, following up on the amazing Burtynsky exhibit. www.icp.org/exhibitions

“I never prepare my self-portraits; it’s something that happens in the moment, usually when I’m in a bit of a crisis” Graciela Iturbide. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

You need to see this: “The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

Read his books! www.ndbooks.com/author/laszl...

I think out of the ashes of this horrific period we will see arise some true leaders and she may very well be one of them.

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

I saw this exhibition and it is profound. If possible, see it in person so you can take in the scale of these images

Unnoticed… A federal judge blocked the hasty deportation of hundreds of Guatemalan children, saying the Trump admin had misleadingly presented its actions as a ‘reunification’ effort. Judge Kelly, a Trump appointee, said the govt relied on false pretexts that “crumbled like a house of cards“

The Classroom and the Crowd is about the wonderful community Al Filreis has created for anyone to study poetry along with others and led by a smart group of students. It's a great experience and I'm looking forward to the book of Al's reflections. cup.columbia.edu/book/the-cla...

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

You are being monitored. Yes, you… On social media monitoring on all of us:

Though, these AI waters have unpredictable undercurrents! I just deleted my Perplexity account:

@ghost.org publications are now connected with an open network. People can discover, follow, like and reply to your posts across Bluesky, Flipboard, Threads, Mastodon, WordPress, Ghost, and any other social web platform. Distribution is now built-in.

Latest issue of @noemamag.com: “As politicized cultural battles and the churning geopolitical economy further unfold, a paradigm shift of a significance similar to planetary awareness is taking place that will redefine what it means to be human.” (Actually, hard to find a quote that captures it)

@ghost.org is an excellent alternative!

Remember, I pointed out two years ago that Substack made a specific, deliberate choice to say "we welcome Nazis." www.techdirt.com/2023/12/26/s...

I increasingly get my news from AI aggregators rather than socials or directly from sources. I value their topic-based approach where you see many sources on the same headline. www.perplexity.ai/discover (Perplexity also is coming out with a new browser) www.newsminimalist.com

Open letter to Nick Cave: Nope. This AI is still in the uncanny valley, lacks cohesion and gives me the sense of a shallow tribute to your great song.

So 70 million people in this country are okay with this? This is what they voted for? Watch the video. It’s sickening.

I love the wall of books at Brooklyn’s Center for Fiction

This film should not exist, in my opinion.

It’s worthwhile to read through the poll, and read it upside down (i.e. think about the numbers of people who approve or DON’T think there’s a threat, esp Reps). Every finding is outrageous! maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/u-s-at...

How to Reclaim Social Media from Big Tech www.persuasion.community/p/how-to-rec...

If ever there was a demonstration of the vulnerability of AI and how it could exacerbate our problems rather than solve them, this is it.

Dramatic evening in Bushwick last night

#Leica has introduced a high resolution #film stock, Leica MONOPAN 50, designed for high performance Leica lenses. I've heard so far that it looks like Adox HR-50, but in my view a welcome commitment to #filmisnotdead.

Not true: “Mubi built a loyal audience of cinephiles through breakout hits like The Substance and Decision to Leave…” MUBI built an audience of cinephiles long before those films by giving us access to films from around the world we wouldn’t otherwise access. 1/2 #filmsky #mubi

Lot of great stereotyping here, but the most dad movie in our household is Fitzcaraldo.

You can’t really see the tub of popcorn in the photo, but this is me in my happy place. Six+ hours of Antonioni/Vitti yesterday. #film

This headline makes me feel sick, particularly knowing that millions of people in this country are gleeful about this display of hatred.

seems more like checkers to me

@tmwtsn.com I think you're in Amsterdam - do you know the answer to my question below?

#filmphotographers Question: Good places to buy and develop 35/120 film in: Bruges or Amsterdam? #believeinFilm #photgraphy

Love “Sly Lives!”

Question for #film #photographers: Seems like most people who use Portra, choose 400. Why not 800? #believinfilm

Finally! Follow labels in Qobuz. What’s great feature. Can’t say for sure but I think that’s unique for streaming services

A reminder because the media is majorly bungling it: Ru started the war and Ru keeps it up and refuses peace. Every Ru attack is unprovoked and every Ukrainian response is defense. Only Ukraine's actions could be construed as retaliation. Ru's attacks should never be called retaliation.

A compelling use-case for #film #photography in the current era. Eddy van Wessel says that while on the front lines in Ukraine, soldiers were more willing to be photographed on film because they knew it wouldn’t be instantly shared to socials. He speaks with more nuance, so definitely listen:

Got three books by #photography masters of soft focus or what I think of as a kind of liminal space of focus: Paulo Roversi, Mark de Paola, and Ming Smith. Each works in a different realm, different perspective and voice, and they're all fascinating.

Perfectly sums up U.S. politics.

Love this review!

We had a double rainbow last night in #NYC

Last night I re-watched “The Salt of the Earth,” about Sebastião Salgado. There’s a scene where he takes photos of two tribal men in Papua New Guinea and shows them, to their delight, the images on the back of his camera. What’s striking throughout is the human connections he made along the way.

"The best moments in my life were the moments I was going into new worlds, going to meet people, going to discover, going to see things I’d never seen before...the second big pleasure was always the last day, when I...come back to my family, to my wife and my kids... - Sebastião Salgado #photography

Sebastião Salgado is no longer with us. What a role model of a human and what a #photographer can be. Good time to watch or rewatch Wim Wenders' "Salt of the Earth." letterboxd.com/film/the-sal... #photography

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Social for quiet posters: Threads: a city. Lots of activity. Silence unless you mention a hot brand (Leica = 1000s of likes, oh boy) Bluesky: a neighborhood. Less activity but you get the feeling people mean it Substack: a nightclub line. Forget about it unless you’re pretty (or copious) IG: ads

Janelle Lynch writes “How to make a good photograph” and her ideas are close to my heart: think, read, study the masters, ingrain the practice into your life. Great piece, published by @flakphoto.news