Seattle Photographer Settles ‘Dance Step’ Lawsuit
A copyright protection lawsuit filed by a Seattle sculptor against photographer Mike Hipple was recently settled just days before a trial was scheduled to begin on July 11.
In the suit, sculptor Jack Mackie claimed that a photograph of one of his iconic art installations, taken by...
Ricoh Assumes Pentax's Digital Camera Line
The Ricoh Co. — a Japanese electronics manufacturer historically known for its copiers, printers and fax machines — has acquired camera manufacturer Pentax for $128 million.
As part of the acquisition, Ricoh will begin...
Jennifer Shaw Releases 'Hurricane Story'
New Orleans photographer Jennifer Shaw has published “Hurricane Story,” a memoir composed of short prose and color photographs.
Shaw's signature images, taken with a toy Holga camera, tell the story of her evacuation from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, the birth of her first son, the pressures of living in a post-disaster environment, and her family’s return to New Orleans...
Facebook to Jump on Photo-Sharing Bandwagon
In a development seemingly timed to respond to Twitter’s announcement in June that it will be improving its photo-sharing tools, Facebook, too, is planning to launch a new app for photos soon.
Facebook’s photo app would reportedly be a mélange of several others available today, such as...
PhotoMedia Wins Ninth Consecutive APEX Grand Award
For the ninth year in a row, Communications Concepts has honored PhotoMedia with its APEX Grand Award, this time in the Best Writing (For-Profit, Small Office) category.
The 2011 APEX Grand Award was for Roger Ressmeyer’s profile of PhotoMedia’s 2010 Photography Person of the Year, ”Louie Psihoyos: Weapon of Mass Construction,” in our Fall 2010 issue.
“In this outstanding magazine for photography pros, the visuals are superb...