Olympics Camera Operators Warned to Avoid ‘Sexist’ Filming of Female Athletes
The official Olympics broadcaster has warned camera operators against “sexist” filming of female athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
The official Olympics broadcaster has warned camera operators against “sexist” filming of female athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
The 2024 Summer Olympics kicked off in Paris earlier this week, with the official opening commencing today, July 26. The "Games of the XXXIII Olympiad," as the event is officially known, puts athletes through grueling competition, but the photographers on hand to photograph everything don't have it much easier. It is a sports photography gauntlet.
Earlier this week, the Canadian women's soccer team was caught spying on its New Zealand opponent's practice with a drone which saw two staffers immediately sent home. It turns out this may not have been the first time Canada's teams did this, however.
X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) may have infringed The Associated Press' copyright by replicating a now-famous photo of Donald Trump raising his fist for a #MAGA hashmoji.
The defending Olympic champion Canadian women's soccer team has become embroiled in a drone spying scandal that will see its head coach not present for the team's match tomorrow and two staffers have been sent home.
The Star Named EOS is a new story-driven puzzle adventure video game built around photography. The game sports a stunning hand-drawn art style and celebrates the power of photography from start to finish.
Popular dating app Tinder has introduced a new AI-powered feature designed to help users select their best profile pictures and get more matches.
OM System, the camera company previously known as Olympus, is now selling packs of branded, ready-made, Japanese curry through its online Rakuten store in Japan.
Leica has announced the 12 photographers shortlisted for the prestigious Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA).
Amid concerns of rising antisemitism in the United States, the struggling Los Angeles Times finds itself at the center of a controversy concerning a recent photo caption that has angered prominent members of the Jewish community.
Two stalwart names in photography, Polaroid and Magnum Photos, have launched a collaborative partnership, "The Next Imperfectionists," to discover the next generation of photographic storytellers and showcase the creative possibilities of instant photography.
Americans can now purchase bullets during their routine grocery store trips thanks to AI-powered, facial scanning-equipped, ammunition vending machines popping up in multiple states in the southern United States.
What's old is new again, as seems to be the case for Noplace, a new social media app that feels reminiscent of MySpace and is becoming incredibly popular.
Panasonic is holding a Japanese photo competition over the next few months with a very specific set of rules: images must be captured only with the Lumix S9 and the 26mm f/8 lens and images have to be shot in JPEG in-camera; no RAW processing is allowed.
After saying it was evaluating adjusting its policy last week, Meta today announced that it is making changes to how it handles what it calls "manipulated media" going forward, adjusting the "Made with AI" label that appears on Instagram to "AI Info" instead.
June 29 is National Camera Day. To mark the occasion, PetaPixel chatted with KEH's CEO Noah Treshnell, and the company's Head of Photography, Ken Hamlett.
Built in collaboration with 500px, Pulsepx is a new contest platform that promises to usher in a new era of competition for photographers.
A new documentary explores the life and career of photographer Corky Lee who turned his lens to the Asian Americans who are so often left out of history.
The United States Supreme Court has determined that the White House and other federal agencies can ask social media platforms to remove content they consider potentially harmful misinformation.
A pair of tourists jumped over a barrier at the top of a waterfall in Yosemite National Park and took a photo at the edge of the 317-foot drop.
A wedding photographer has explained why she posted a now-viral video of a bride telling guests to put their phones away as she walked down the aisle.
In the mid-1970s, skateboarding had started to develop into the sport recognized today by the Olympics and photographer Hugh Holland was lucky enough to be right there in California when the exciting new scene was emerging.
One third of 18 to 25-year-olds are editing their images before posting them on social media -- with many of them altering aspects of their physical appearance.
In a new study conducted by The Wall Street Journal and an academic researcher, Instagram's algorithm was found to have repeatedly recommended sexual videos to young teenage users -- some as young as 13 years old.
Florida is the "most selfie-obsessed state" in the U.S., according to a recent study.
United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy called on Congress to implement warning labels on social media in a guest op-ed in The New York Times Monday.
The mother who took the photo behind the "Success Kid" internet meme has won a copyright infringement lawsuit against former U.S. congressman Steve King who claimed that he made "fair use" of the image in campaign ads.
An anonymous hacker has leaked thousands of photos showing what Iran was like under the Qajar dynasty in the 19th century.
Adobe's employees are typically of the same opinion of the company as its users, having internally already expressed concern that AI could kill the jobs of their customers. That continued this week in internal discussions, where exasperated employees implored leadership to not let it be the "evil" company customers think it is.
BeReal, the "anti-Instagram" photo-sharing app that had a brief stint atop Apple's App Store charts in 2022, has been purchased by French app developer Voodoo for a whopping €500 million, approximately $537 million.