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Artist Uses Photos, Motion Capture to Explore Military History in San Diego

An artist has integrated facial motion capture in an online exhibition that explores the military industry’s “disfigurement” of San Diego, California in an attempt to share a largely untold part of the region’s history. “Monumental Interventions: Secret City” is a multimedia online exhibition created by Evan Apodaca, a media artist, also from San Diego, whose past films have been…
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Google Overhauls Drive Desktop App, Will Connect it to Google Photos

Google says that since more photos are being made every year, it has decided to roll out a number of new features for Drive for desktop and replace the current Backup and Sync with a unified sync client that connects content from across devices and Google Photos. As noted by Engadget, Drive for desktop was supplanted by the Backup and Sync app in 2018, but this new version of the desktop…
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US Intelligence Agency Photoshops Cover Photo of Diversity Report

A US intelligence agency is being mocked on social media for obviously “Photoshopping” the cover photo of its latest annual demographic report, which presents “efforts addressing diversity and inclusion.” The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) was established by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, and it’s an independent intelligence agency…
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Are Cameras Actually More Expensive Now Than Ever Before?

There is a purveying sentiment that cameras have only gotten more expensive over time. While there is certainly some validity in certain sectors of the market, the truth about camera prices over time is a bit more nuanced and complex than the average person makes it out to…
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Fujifilm Pivoting to Healthcare, But Claims it Won’t Abandon Photography

Fujifilm as a company is most widely associated with photography, but the pandemic and the weakening photo industry overall has changed that. Imaging solutions now makes up just 13% of the company’s revenue, and the new CEO is investing heavily in pharmaceuticals as the brand continues to pivot. The company’s former CEO Shigetaka Komori is credited with saving the company in the mid-2000s…
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