Freelance Photographers Sue Over Injuries Suffered in 2020 Police Riots
Two freelance photographers have filed a lawsuit over injuries they suffered after alleging police unlawfully shot them with rubber bullets as they covered the 2020 protests.
Photographer Gets $105K Payout After Arrest at BLM Protests
A photographer will get a $105,000 payout from the City of Atlanta after being arrested during the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest in 2020.
Police Training on Photographers’ Rights Aims to Curb Violence Against Press
After a spate of lawsuits following the George Floyd protests, relations between police and media have never been more strained, or more complicated.
Photographer Gets $350,000 Payout After Sustaining Injury During Protests
A photographer is in line for a $350,000 payout from Denver Police after he nearly lost his finger while covering the George Floyd protests in 2020.
Andrew Hallinan Translates Fine Art Street Photography Into Social Action
Brooklyn-based photographer Andrew Hallinan has been attending Black Lives Matter protests for a year. As he started to bring his camera on marches, he began to capture the police in striking rave-like flash photographs, blending fine art and social action.
Photojournalist Arrested at BLM Protest Wins Lawsuit Against Police
An independent photojournalist that sued the D.C. Police following his arrest for filming a protest in 2020 has won a settlement.
Unsurprisingly, Images That Mirror Life During COVID-19 Surged in Popularity This Year
Early on in the pandemic, you may have noticed that commercials did not deviate from norms, which led to a bit of a reality disconnect between viewers and advertisers. Eight months later, that definitely has changed.
Instagram to Update Nudity Policy After Plus-Sized Model Controversy
After coming under fire for its inconsistencies with how it handled photos of plus-sized model Nyome Nicholas-Williams on its platform, Instagram will update its policy on nudity.
This New Community of Black Women Photographers Wants to Help the Industry Fix Its Diversity Problem
In the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd and the world-wide reckoning with systemic racism that his death inspired, the photo industry has been taking a long hard look at its own issues with diversity and inclusion. Black Women Photographers—a new global community and database of Black women creatives—is both the result of, and an answer to, this long-overdue soul-searching.
Nikon Dropped the Term ‘Slave’ 20 Years Ago Due to ‘Negative Context’
Last week, Canon confirmed that they had stopped using the contentious terms 'master' and 'slave' in their flashes and triggers three years ago, but it looks like Nikon beat them to the bunch... by a lot. In a new statement, Nikon claims they stopped using the term "slave" in the early 2000s because of "the term's negative context."
Couple Fires Wedding Photographer, Demands Refund Over Black Lives Matter Post
An Ohio wedding photographer found herself in an awkward situation earlier this month when a couple she had been hired to work with demanded to be "relieved" from their contract, accusing her of being "unstable" for posting something in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
B&H Removes Employee Over Anti-BLM Posts
Yesterday, an employee in retailer B&H Photo's Human Resources department posted some controversial anti-Black Lives Matter content to his public social media accounts. Today, that employee has been "removed from his position."
No, Photojournalists Aren’t Advocating the Blurring of Faces at Protests
In the midst of global protests in support of #BlackLivesMatter, the Poynter Institute caused a ruckus within the photojournalism industry last week with the provocatively titled “Photographers are being called on to stop showing protestors’ faces. Should they?”
TikTok Star Criticized for ‘Humiliating’ Black Lives Matter Photo Shoot
Popular TikTok photographer Alex Stemplewski is back in the news today, but it's not because he interrupted another photo shoot. This time, he's being called out for a 'woke' #blacklivesmatter photo shoot that many see as exploitative, calling it 'humiliating' and 'disgusting.'
Instagram Says Its Anti-Spam System ‘Incorrectly’ Blocked Black Lives Matter Posts
Instagram landed in hot water yesterday after some users discovered they were being blocked from posting anything with the hashtag #blacklivesmatter. In a statement on Twitter, the photo sharing site blamed its anti-spam system.