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kottke.org (Feed)
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Bisa Butler, Hold Me Close
Bisa Butler makes quilted portraits and recently debuted a show with some of her newest work called Hold Me Close. From her artist’s statement: This body of work is a visual response to how I am feeling as an African American woman living in 2025. We lived through COVID…
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Ismail Ibrahim worked as a fact checker for an unnamed magazine (it...
Ismail Ibrahim worked as a fact checker for an unnamed magazine (it was the New Yorker). “Friendly members of the editorial staff informed me that some of my older colleagues were calling me a terrorist sympathizer.”
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In post-Soviet Russia, Sauron is good actually? “It became a story about...
In post-Soviet Russia, Sauron is good actually? “It became a story about hobbits, elves, dwarves, and men oppressing the not-so-evil Sauron and his nation of Mordor.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
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M. Gessen: This Is the Feeling of Losing a Country. I Know...
M. Gessen: This Is the Feeling of Losing a Country. I Know It Well. “When your country strips you of rights and protections, it tells you that it no longer recognizes you. Other times, you realize that you no longer recognize your country.”
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The Phoblographer (Feed)
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Will Sony Launch a Laowa Rivaling Macro Lens?
Macro lenses are important for photographers who love to depict the unseen wonders of the world. The most important features of such a lens are extra reach and weather sealing, which help to get the best of both worlds. Sony has a few offerings but it appears the company is tryi…
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Nikole Hannah-Jones on the bipartisan tributes of Charlie Kirk & the mainstreaming...
Nikole Hannah-Jones on the bipartisan tributes of Charlie Kirk & the mainstreaming of extremist, bigoted speech. “You know, the Good Book, the Bible, says you judge a man as he lived, not as he died.”
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An asteroid discovered in 2024 has a small chance of hitting the...
An asteroid discovered in 2024 has a small chance of hitting the moon in 2032. “Lunar ejecta could increase micrometeoroid debris flux in low Earth orbit up to 1000 times above background levels.” Scientists say we may be able to nuke it. 💬 Join the discuss…
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A Quick Tip For Shooting in the X Pan Format
If you're getting creatively drained, then trying a new aspect ratio is an incredible way to get the creative juices flowing and your mind thinking in a new way. One of my favorite aspect ratios in the panoramic format. Specifically, if you want to shoot to mimic what the X Pan…
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Will Canon Launch a New Lens to Rival Nikon?
Canon has some exciting lenses in its lineup. The company has been trying to expand this offering for RF users since they have not been able to get all their EF focal ranges to mirrorless systems. Per a new report, the company has been developing two new lenses, a prime and a zo…
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A Love Letter to the Point and Shoot Hip Case
If my phone is a soulless device with few buttons and an adaptable simulation, a dedicated point-and-shoot camera reminds my soul that I am a human being with five senses—and that they work. Phones and so many digital cameras have taken away the sensory romance of photography…
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Oatmeal (Feed)
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📸 Photo
Biked around the back cove on an unseasonably warm weekend.
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This Filter is Supposed to Make Your Camera Colors Better. Does it?
Long-time readers of this website know that I've been a long-time supporter of cameras being more weather resistant, cleaning your camera sensors, and using protection on the camera to keep it functional. It's one of the reasons why I created the Photography Care Program. But ma…
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These are Some of the Best Presets for Vibey Looks
Our presets are designed to make editing a minimal task so you can get back to shooting! We're in love with Retro Digital. Luckily, that's when we founded the website closer to two decades ago. So we dove into our image archives, looked at how the Adobe Gurus were telling us how…
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