WHY WE LOOK? Because in Washington State, a judge’s decision - that images recorded by license plate cameras must be classified as public data - is causing some cities to panic and turn them off www.carscoops.com/2025/11/poli...

WHY WE LOOK? Because the BBC director general and CEO of News resigned, following criticism that a BBC Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a January 6th 2021 speech by US President Donald Trump. www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/e...

WHY WE LOOK? Because when Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, agents and dogs pose at ‘The Bean’ in Chicago for an apparent photo op after tear-gassing a Little Village street, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, Little Village!” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...

WHY WE LOOK? Because photo-realistic 3-D modeling is seeping into classrooms, social media memes, and mainstream creative tools — and it’s doing so with astonishing speed. www.forbes.com/sites/vivian...

WHY WE LOOK? Because Olivia Rodrigo's Song is Removed From ICE's DHS Video on Instagram After the Singer's Scathing Reaction: "Don't ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda." www.ibtimes.co.uk/olivia-rodri...

WHY WE LOOK? Because the trailer for the explosive documentary, The Stringer, which challenges the long-standing claim that Nick Ut took the famous photo, often referred to as “Napalm Girl,"doesn't pull any punches petapixel.com/2025/11/07/n...

WHY WE LOOK? Because Someone Wondered How Much Money Do Paparazzi Make for a Good Photo of Taylor Swift? (And sort of found out...) parade.com/celebrities/...

WHY WE LOOK? Because Sony rolls out a standard way to measure bias in computer vision and in how AI describes what it 'sees' www.theregister.com/2025/11/05/s...

WHY WE LOOK? Because To Preserve Records, Homeland Security Now Relies on Officials to Take Screenshots: The new policy, ditches software that automatically captured text messages, opening ample room for willful noncompliance with federal records laws. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

WHY WE LOOK? Because for decades and working in clubs and his studio in Mali's capital, Bamako, photographer Malick Sidibé was both an architect of utopia and a purveyor of nostalgia www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...

WHY WE LOOK? Because the password to Louvre’s video surveillance system was 'Louvre', according to one employee abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

WHY WE LOOK? Because local newspaper photos show Charlotte Zeitlow and her involvement with Bloomington, Indiana through the years www.heraldtimesonline.com/picture-gall...

WHY WE LOOK? Because the Reno Gazette Journal presents photos of a smart robot painting a football field www.rgj.com/picture-gall...

WHY WE LOOK? Because a professional photographer is taking legal action against a student-run coffee shop at Rice University in Texas, alleging it used her photo of a blueberry muffin without permission. petapixel.com/2025/11/04/p...

Don't Want ICE To Scan Your Face? Too Bad, You Might Not Have A Choice. The DHS is claiming the right to scan people without their consent—and that (and Mobile Fortify) are just part of its growing cache of surveillance tools. reason.com/2025/11/03/d...

WHY WE LOOK? Because a photographer is refusing to take down images he took of a homeless woman before she died — despite requests from her family petapixel.com/2025/11/03/p...

WHY WE LOOK? Because in a ruling seen as a blow to copyright holders, Stability AI wins a court ruling in London in which Getty Images claimed it's vast archive was used to train Stability’s model, which allows users to generate images with text prompts. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

WHY WE LOOK? Because Here Are Some Historical Figures Lived Long Enough to be Painted and Photographed petapixel.com/2025/11/04/t...

WHY WE LOOK? Because A Photographer Spent 18 Months Documenting an LA Psychiatric Hospital in the 1970s petapixel.com/2025/11/03/p...

WHY WE LOOK? Because local police used Flock cameras to accuse a Denver woman of package theft. Luckily, she had her own evidence... denverite.com/2025/10/27/b...

WHY WE LOOK? Because the irrepressible, legendary documentary photographer Martin Parr says the world has never been more in need of satire like that in his images because many people are too wealthy and their lifestyle is unsustainable. www.wyomingnewsnow.tv/news/nationa...

WHY WE LOOK? Because Discord, a messaging platform popular with gamers, says official ID photos of around 70,000 users have potentially been leaked after a cyber-attack. www.bbc.com/news/article...

WHY WE LOOK? Because If You're Taking Engagement Photos Soon, These Expert-Approved Fashion Tips Will Help You Avoid Photo Regret www.brides.com/what-to-wear...

WHY WE LOOK? Because in Diddy's First Photo in Prison, You See Him in the Yard at Fort Dix www.tmz.com/2025/10/31/f...

WHY WE LOOK? Because Trump posted photos of the Lincoln Bedroom bathroom renovations as the government remains in shutdown and SNAP food assistance benefits are in immediate jeopardy www.cnn.com/2025/10/31/p...

WHY WE LOOK? Because Sony is the first camera company to verify the authenticity of video content recorded with select Sony cameras petapixel.com/2025/10/30/s...

WHY WE LOOK? Because computers are getting so much better at learning to “see” knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

WHY WE LOOK? Because a photographer whose biology work often brings him in close contact with bats captures incredible portraits of the often-misunderstood creatures. petapixel.com/2025/10/29/p...

WHY WE LOOK? Because doctors are reporting that many people are arriving at the ER or clinic appointments with one special album marked “poop” on their phone www.huffpost.com/entry/photos...

WHY WE LOOK? Because Paris Match acknowledged that intrusive paparazzi photos breached the privacy of Prince William and his family during a French Alps vacation, the latest legal victory in the royals’ long-running battle against intrusive photographers. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...

WHY WE LOOK? Because Bjorn Andresen, the reluctant ‘Most Beautiful Boy,' dies at 70. At 15, he played the muse to an ailing composer in Luchino Visconti’s film “Death in Venice.” He later said: “When I watch it now, I see how that son of a bitch sexualized me.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/m...

WHY WE LOOK? Because an astronomer in Italy caught a fortuitous image of the bright comet Lemmon seemingly and spectacularly entwined with the glowing trail of a "shooting star." www.livescience.com/space/comets...

WHY WE LOOK? Because a Photo of Damson Idris and Several Dark-Skinned Black Models Is So Stunning The Internet Thinks It’s AI www.theroot.com/a-photo-of-d...

WHY WE LOOK? Because photos of Kathy Hilton's birthday party - which featured a Labubu vending machine - spark outrage online: 'I'm actually disgusted' www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

WHY WE LOOK? Because Dorothea Lange's Iconic ‘Migrant Mother’ photograph will be memorialized in San Luis Obispo County next month www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/a...

WHY WE LOOK? Because, donning a fake bump, Naima Green blurs fiction and reality in an intimate exploration of motherhood www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/s...

WHY WE LOOK? Because house hunters are noticing that real estate listings increasingly contain AI images and are calling them misleading. petapixel.com/2025/10/27/r...

WHY WE LOOK? Because the ACLU filed a lawsuit against Eugene, Oregon arguing that officials’ decision to conceal the location of 57 Flock license plate-reading surveillance cameras, whose data ICE agents also access, “erodes public trust.” www.koin.com/news/oregon/...

WHY WE LOOK? Because an influencer's getting roasted online after her modest Brooklyn apartment is featured in Architectural Digest magazine: 'Is this a joke?' www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

WHY WE LOOK? Because a 19-year-old man died by suicide in Faridabad, India after he was blackmailed with morphed photos and videos of him and his sisters, his family alleged. indianexpress.com/article/citi...

WHY WE LOOK? Because a 'posing expert' teaches people to follow 7 rules in order to look more 'confident and powerful' in every picture www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/p...

WHY WE LOOK? Because a photo of French police sealing off the Louvre after last week’s jewel heist took on a life of its own, after social media users got interested in the unidentified, well-dressed man caught in the foreground. www.france24.com/en/france/20...

WHY WE LOOK? Because Lunar Photography Brought the Heavens Down to Earth: No explorers ever traveled farther from home than the Apollo astronauts and as artists, they’re still underrated. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

WHY WE LOOK? Because Google Photos will soon let you choose how you want your photos animated www.androidauthority.com/google-photo...

WHY WE LOOK? Because a photo manipulated to show a candidate in a Texas state Senate race wearing an inverted cross — often considered a Satanic symbol — raises concerns over how easily political campaigns can create false images www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...

WHY WE LOOK? Because a survey of 2,000 U.S. adults found 44% of them would consider using an AI headshot, and this is reportedly playing out in real life as professionals increasingly opt for the controversial images for LinkedIn or a CV. petapixel.com/2025/10/23/t...

WHY WE LOOK? Because of a curious photographic collaboration between the last 15 wartime prisoners and the military at Guantánamo. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

WHY WE LOOK? In the brief time Andrew Cuoma posted an over-the-top, A.I.-generated video that depicts Zohran Mamdani's supporters as criminals, he escalated his warnings that “mayhem” would follow a Mamdani victory www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/n...

WHY WE LOOK? Because the Louvre’s Director Says a Key Camera Was Pointing Away From Jewelry Thieves www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/w...

WHY WE LOOK? Because a Boston restaurant's displaying the notorious, local gangster Whitey Bulger’s mug shot and an uproar's ensued www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/u...