photography

‘These courts seemed bursting with potential for a decisive moment’: David Ingraham’s best phone picture

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jul/15/david-ingraham-best-phone-picture-handball-hangout I don’t hold with this generation of AI snappers. No craft. A photographer sees an arrangement of people and light set to appear and gets ready. She’s imag(in)ing in the shadow of Cartier-Bresson’s decisive moment, the perfect coming together. What makes a real photographer? It’s the eye, the ability to see that picture in … [Read more…]

Dispatch from an advertising future #189

https://www.axios.com/facebook-ray-ban-wayfarer-stories-5f113bfa-797f-4e2d-b99c-7d65a8726607.html Facebook, Ray-Ban debut picture-taking smart glasses She was exhausted. She closed the door and collapsed. It was quiet. She stopped smiling, finally. Her face ached. Her mind ached. She looked around to check none of her devices were on and scowled, just for the fun of it. She’d been used to curating her own … [Read more…]

Dispatch from an advertising future #179

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/24/22639081/tiktok-effects-house-studio-private-beta-launch TikTok follows Snap and Facebook by testing new augmented reality developer tools You’ve got to see it! It’s amazing. I mean it’s so cool. It’s hypnotic. Mesmerising. I could look at it for hours. I have. I’ve told all my friends. I mean you have to when there’s something this new, this amazing. I … [Read more…]

Dispatch from an advertising future #158

https://gizmodo.com/deep-nostalgia-can-now-make-old-photos-of-your-relati-1846620089 I didn’t mind when she smiled. We’d been apart for so long, catching her smile was a reminder of The Before. She’d always been there, her quiet hint of a smile was an acknowledgement, an encouragement. Having her picture on the shelf wasn’t the same as having her here but those little signals, they … [Read more…]