UPDATE: Magazine Photographer Sued After 2,600 Year Old Sculpture Is Broken...
artUPDATE: _A representative from Eric Guillemain's camp reached out to us with a statement: "The magazine can surely confirm the real facts as they had 2 persons on set in charge of the production of...
View ArticleJeff Wall Photo Fetches $3.6 Million At Auction
Dead Troops TalkJeff WallDead Troops Talk (A vision after an ambush of a Red Army patrol, near Moqor, Afghanistan, winter 1986)As part of a contemporary art sale at Christie's auction house, a...
View ArticleA Skull, An Egg And 14 Other Unusual Objects Turned Into Cameras
Most of the cameras we write about here at Popular Photography are made of familiar materials like plastic and magnesium alloy. But, the simple fact is you can make a camera out of almost anything. In...
View ArticlePhotographer Ernie Button Constructs Alien Vistas From Empty Scotch Glasses
Vanishing SpiritsErnie ButtonFor most of us, the marks in glasses left behind by the dregs of our drinks are cause for nothing but a bit of extra scrubbing. But Ernie Button saw something different. He...
View ArticleHuman Cyborg Uses a Head-Mounted Camera to Hear Colors
Cyborg Head CameraThe idea of a robotic camera "eye" has been around for a long time. Neil Harbisson, however, has been putting a version of it to use in order to combat his achromatopsia, a condition...
View ArticleWatch Andy Warhol Create Digital Image Art With Early Editing Tech
Andy2Andy Warhol, Andy2, 1985, ©The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visuals Arts, Inc., courtesy of The Andy Warhol MuseumIn 1985, Amiga contacted pop-artist Andy Warhol to experiment with the Amiga...
View ArticleCenturyCamera Project Using Pinhole Cameras For 100 Year Exposures of Berlin
centurycamArtist Jonathon Keats has teamed up with Berlin based exhibition space Team Titanic in one of the most ambitious (and possibly physically impossible) photography projects imaginable. Called...
View ArticleA Suicide Girl’s Smart, Charitable Response to Richard Prince’s #Art
If you follow the art or photography world, especially lately, you probably recognize the name Richard Prince. He’s the guy who took a bunch of Instagram screenshots from other people’s accounts (as...
View ArticleKickstarter: Artkick Look Tries to Make a Digital Photo Frame That Isn’t Awful
You too could stare at Taylor Swift in your homeMost digital photo frames are just terrible. Low-contrast screens and clunky interfaces make them one of the most disappointing gifts around. Artkick,...
View ArticleThis Concept Camera Won’t Let You Take Boring Photos
When traveling, there are often certain spots that are magnetic for photographers. As a result, photos from that area can start to feel stale or repetitive. Photographer and artist Philipp Schmitt has...
View ArticleThis Is What It Looks Like When You Take a Photo Using a Coconut as a Camera
There’s a saying on the internet where people refer to a bad quality photo as having been “taken with a potato.” It’s a silly phrase meant to imply that the photo looks terrible. Artist Kotama...
View ArticleNo Photos, Please: Museum Asks Visitors to Trade Cameras for Pencils
Sketch by Popular Photography Art Director, Jason BecksteadLots of museums have banned selfie sticks, and some exhibitions bar cameras altogether. But leave it to Amsterdam’s famous Rijkmuseum to find...
View ArticleThis Is What Happens When You Mount an Action Camera to a Pottery Wheel
I keep thinking we’re going to run out of interesting places to put action cameras, but then the internet keeps coming up with awesome ideas like fixing one to pottery wheel while an artist crafts a...
View ArticleIkea’s Klikk Camera App Only Takes One Picture
News A jury will select the best single photo to be included in Ikea's Art Collection The Ikea Klikk app only takes one picture.
View ArticleWatch This: Artists Ackroyd & Harvey Use Projected Light To “Print” Photos On...
News Well, that's one way to preserve your cherished memories...for a while. A clever, impractical way to print photos onto actual grass.
View ArticleColorWorks Will Turn Your Photos Into Mosaics Made Of Actual Crayons
News Starting at $350, this company will render your photos in crayon pixels. ColorWorks will render your photos in crayon pixels and probably make your house smell awesome.
View ArticleCenturyCamera Project Using Pinhole Cameras For 100 Year Exposures of Berlin
News Can these these little pinhole cameras survive a century in place? Artist Jonathon Keats has teamed up with Berlin based exhibition space Team Titanic in one of the most ambitious (and possibly...
View ArticleA Suicide Girl’s Smart, Charitable Response to Richard Prince’s #Art
News A $90 alternative to controversial $90,000 "art" pieces The controversial Richard Prince is in the news once again for appropriating other people's images… The controversial Richard Prince is in...
View ArticleKickstarter: Artkick Look Tries to Make a Digital Photo Frame That Isn’t Awful
Gear A constant stream of content on a big screen in your house Look brings tons of content and a better screen to the lowly digital photo frame… Look brings tons of content and a better screen to the...
View ArticleThis Concept Camera Won’t Let You Take Boring Photos
Gear A clever art project tries to force shooters to take more interesting pictures A clever art project has produced a concept camera that won't let you take a photo where too many others have shot…...
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