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Roger Pratt, the cinematographer behind Tim Burton's highly influential Batman as well as two Harry Potter movies, has died.

Tourists have been banned from taking selfies at a popular cliffside photo spot over fears that the rock will break due to the sheer number of people who have posed on it.

A photographer has been sued for $2 million for throwing a bucket of urine at a TikTok-famous vintage photo booth that was set up next door to her home.

TikTok, which is currently offline in the United States following a ban, says it will return online thanks to President Trump, who initiated the years-in-the-making ban in the first place via executive order in August 2020, years before he used the platform as part of his bid to return to the White House.

According to a report from NBC News, the Biden administration is considering ways to keep TikTok available in the United States even after it is scheduled to be banned on Sunday.

Instagram alternative Pixelfed launched a mobile app last week on Android and landed on iOS today. The decentralized, ad-free, and open-source platform, which aims to offer "a fresh take on photo sharing," has surged in popularity and even run afoul of Meta moderation.

The Public Domain Image Archive is a newly-launched curated collection of more than 10,000 out-of-copyright historical images -- more than 2,000 of which are photos -- that are free for everyone to look through and use.

As someone who spent over a decade in the stock photography and creative tools industry, I’ve seen firsthand how it has evolved. The news of a potential Getty and Shutterstock merger made me think about how the stock photography industry actors found themselves at a crossroads and what future lies ahead.

An amended lawsuit against Meta alleges that the company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, approved training Meta's Llama AI models using copyrighted content.

The Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) says it condemns the seizure of the Sally Mann photographers included in the Diaries of Home exhibition in Fort Worth, Texas and calling it a "brazen act of censorship" by Texas authorities.

The Supreme Court heard arguments today after which it will determine the fate of TikTok, which stands to be banned in the United States on January 19. The company has already said it would rather be banned than sell.

On Thursday, a civilian-operated drone collided with a firefighting "Super Scooper" airplane while it was operating above the Palisades Fire, the FAA reports. The plane was able to land safely but the incident is still under investigation.

The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) agreed to hear oral arguments concerning whether a bill forcing a TikTok sale violates the First Amendment.

Blending retro Kodak vibes and modern aesthetics, Kodak and skate and lifestyle brand Huf teamed up for a new line of apparel, accessories, a Huf-styled half-frame film camera, and even a film-inspired skateboard deck.

A Chinese national has been arrested for flying a drone over and taking photos of a U.S. Space Force base on the same day as the launch of a SpaceX rocket carrying a spy satellite for the federal government.

A US federal appeals court today upheld the law passed earlier this year that requires ByteDance, a China-based company, to sell TikTok or face a ban.

With 2024 winding down, various apps and services are launching "year in review" recaps. Many people have first-hand experience with this feature with music streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music. Some photo-oriented platforms do it, too, including Google Photos, as of this year.

The Gladiator II cinematographer has attempted to walk back his comments accusing the movie’s director Ridley Scott of becoming “lazy” -- saying that his criticism was taken out of context.

Amid considerable fears about the impact that AI-generated content may have on the 2024 Presidential Election in the United States, Meta claims that less than one percent of election misinformation was created by AI, at least on its platforms, which include Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.

Milwaukee-based Retrospekt reignited its relationship with Sanrio for a new Hello Kitty collaboration. This time, Retrospekt and Sanrio are back in the saddle for the Hello Kitty "Howdy Partner" collection, comprising a trio of new analog photography products, including a 35mm film camera.

The Gladiator II cinematographer has accused the movie's director Ridley Scott of becoming "lazy" and adopting a "rush, rush, rush" approach to filmmaking.

An influencer is suing another influencer for copying her "aesthetic" in photos and videos on social media -- in a case that may upend how copyright protections work in the content creation industry.

American technology company Snap Inc., Snapchat's parent company, claims that New Mexico's bombshell accusations about the company's failure to protect children have it all backward. In a motion for dismissal, Snap says New Mexico's Attorney General mischaracterized the company's alleged shortcomings and committed a shoddy investigation.

Instagram will soon roll out a new feature globally that will allow everyone on Instagram to perform a "Recommendations reset," which makes the algorithm forget everything it thinks it knows about you and start from scratch.

New details have emerged in the saga of the iconic portrait of Winston Churchill that was stolen from a Canadian hotel and replaced with a fake before being recovered in Italy over two years later. It turns out an Italian lawyer paid £4,200 (~$5,300) for it at an auction, believing it to be a cheap copy.

Insta360 users have noted some concerning language in the company's user service agreement. However, scary as it may seem, nothing is out of the ordinary -- for better or worse.

A film festival founder has come under fire for saying that the prominence of female cinematographers and directors could lead to mediocrity.

Super Mario Party Jamboree for Nintendo Switch features a fun yet challenging minigame about capturing precise street photography moments.

A new biopic chronicles the complex life and work of Japan's most celebrated and iconic photographer Masahisa Fukase.

The trailer for I am Martin Parr has been released giving fans a first look at the documentary about the celebrated photographer.

Muhammad Ali's personal photographer, Michael Gaffney, won a landmark copyright infringement lawsuit against Authentic Brands Group (ABG), securing damages totaling $1.65 million.

Former One Direction member Liam Payne died tragically yesterday, October 16th, at the age of 31, after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Shortly after the news of Payne's death broke, celebrity news website TMZ bristled many by posting a cropped photo of Payne's corpse on a wooden deck in the hotel's courtyard.

Award-winning British photojournalist and combat photographer Paul Lowe has died at age 60. He was killed in a stabbing on a popular hiking trail near Los Angeles, and authorities say his 19-year-old son Emir has been arrested for the murder.

A young woman in England who was trampled to death in 2022 by a herd of cows shared a photo of her location with her family before she died, helping authorities find her.

A rare photo of Babe Ruth’s first appearance with the Baltimore Orioles will be presented for sale at Leland’s 2024 Fall Classic Auction and could go for more than $200,000.

Afghanistan's Taliban morality ministry says it will implement a new law that bans any photo that depicts a living thing from being published. This rule applies to everyone, including the media.

Leica is honoring renowned German photographer Herlinde Koelbl with the Leica Hall of Fame Award for her lifetime of photographic achievements. One of Koelbl's photos has also been named the Leica Picture of the Year 2024, and the limited-edition print will be available exclusively at Leica Galleries.

Director Christopher Nolan's next film is set to premiere in the summer of 2026, with an anticipated release in IMAX theaters.

In another blow to the ever-depleting market, UK-based photography magazine N-Photo has published its final issue after 168 editions.

Donald Trump and Taylor Swift are some of the most deepfaked people of 2024, according to a study.