The Best Cameras for Sports Photography in 2025

Sports photography is one of the most demanding genres in the media. It requires a camera that is not only fast but also offers a wide range of lenses to work with and is durable enough to withstand natural elements. With technological advancements in recent years, there are mul…

The Best Cameras of 2025 for Professional Photographers

Cameras these days aren't insanely innovative. But the manufacturers have found ways to make their cameras different in various ways. And some of them are what we'd recommend more for professional photographers than not. So we dove into our Reviews Index to find cameras that we…

Making Dark Chocolate Hilarious

Dark chocolate is very serious business. That’s why this ad for Bournville dark chocolate, which takes aim at dark chocolate snobbery, is so funny. This one is so intense. It comes with a list of side effects. Mine comes with a therapist. To the uneducated palette, this t…

Edward O. Wilson in 2009: “The real problem of humanity is the...

Edward O. Wilson in 2009: “The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.”

For $25, You’ll Get Some Great Perks

In 2025, we’re trying to get to a minimum of 2,000 subscribers as part of our membership program! Capture One is discounted for members! The New Phoblographer membership is now based on our website. Yes, we moved away from the app. It was a bittersweet move — but what we’r…

The Strange Afterlife of Hilma af Klint, Painting’s Posthumous Star. “As af...

The Strange Afterlife of Hilma af Klint, Painting’s Posthumous Star. “As af Klint’s fame has grown, so have the questions — about what she believed, whom she worked with, and who should be allowed to speak in her name.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke…

The Fascinating History of Tarot Card Decks: From the Renaissance to the...

The Fascinating History of Tarot Card Decks: From the Renaissance to the Modern Day. The V&A does an unboxing of a half dozen tarot card decks from the last 500 years. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

Mary Beard: Hollywood Lied to You About Ancient Rome. Here’s the Truth.

In an interview lasting for more than an hour, classicist Mary Beard shares her knowledge & experience about how the picture of Rome we might have in our heads, inherited from Hollywood movies like Gladiator, is incomplete (and just plain wrong in some cases) and what the real…

Raccoons Are Showing Early Signs of Domestication. “City-dwelling raccoons seem to be...

Raccoons Are Showing Early Signs of Domestication. “City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout — a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

The S5 II Nears the End of Product Life

We updated our Panasonic S5 II review recently. Our update talks about the new firmware changes from firmware 3.4 as well as an issue with the shutter button becoming faulty after some time. If you want to just see the update, please see below. At this point, I don't think we sh…

Magnetikpunk: Playing Vintage Reel-to-Reel Tapes as Musical Instruments

A Japanese experimental music group called Open Reel Ensemble plays reel-to-reel tape recorders from the 70s & 80s as musical instruments (give it a sec to get going): Brilliant! A YouTube commenter notes: “Very cool, looks like you’re fishing for sound waves.” Here’s…

The winners of the LIT Lighting Design Awards, encompassing the best work...

The winners of the LIT Lighting Design Awards, encompassing the best work in lighting architecture, product design (lamps, etc.), concerts, healthcare, streets, and many more categories. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

A Beloved Clothing Store Closed. A Customer Bought All 4,500 Items. “Ms....

A Beloved Clothing Store Closed. A Customer Bought All 4,500 Items. “Ms. Szuflita said she had nearly broken even purely on the numbers. There’s also value in the still unfolding adventure.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

Give Your Fingers a Plush Feeling – Camp Snap Is In Velvet Now

We love our compact cameras and adore retro products; we certainly enjoyed the Camp Snap camera, which combines the best of both worlds. What if we told you there's an extra level of enjoyment you can experience with a new version of Camp Snap now, one that provides an added tac…

This Photographer Tried To Document an Entire Society. But Did it Work?

The early 20th century was a time of wonder. Photography has gradually taken root in the art world, and many creative minds have turned to it to document the world around them. One of them was German photographer August Sander, who decided to achieve something far more ambitious…

Football Stadium Turned Community Garden

As part of a city-wide urban greening program, Taipei turned an abandoned football stadium into a community garden. Here’s an overview of the terraced garden that’s taken over Zhongshan Soccer Stadium from James Stewart on Instagram. A couple of screenshots from the video:…

BDT

Busy Day Today I'm giving this talk at 4pm Eastern today. The longer I work on it, the more audacious it seems. In November no less There's a thunderstorm going on. Bright flashes, deep booms. And it's just 44° out there. Perhaps because mortality is interesting This is the mos…

The premature sheen

I find Brian Eno to be a fascinating chap. His music isn’t my cup of tea, but I really enjoy hearing his thoughts on art, creativity, and culture. I’ve always loved this short piece he wrote about singing with other people. I’ve passed that link onto multiple people who h…

Top 5 Cameras in Gen Z’s Most-Searched List Before Black Friday

Young photographers often wait for discounts or rebates to purchase a camera that they have been eyeing for a while. We chose to examine the devices that have been trending on Google Trends over the past 10 days, and it appears that the most searched options have been vintage of…

Echolens Review: The Kodak Charmera on Steroids

While all the other photo publications are chasing companies that don't care about us for review units on the newest cameras, I've decided a while ago that I've mostly given up on the big three. At this point, asking the non-existent avodacos in my fridge to stop browning feels…

How Mira Nair Built the World That Made Zohran Mamdani. “Zohran has...

How Mira Nair Built the World That Made Zohran Mamdani. “Zohran has been marinated in love, not just from us, his parents, but from intergenerational family life. He’s so secure in knowing who he is.”

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