In our curated column, Friday Five, we spotlight weekly photography news, features and event updates that you may have missed the first time around. Here’s what caught our attention this week (Feb. 13-17) to help keep you informed.

WEEKLY PHOTOGRAPHY NEWS & EVENTS FROM FEB. 13-17, 2023

A Photography Museum Shaped Like a Giant 35mm SLR Camera (PetaPixel)
If you happen to be in western Australia anytime soon, you might want to check The Big Camera Photography Museum, a landmark that houses the “largest collection on working cameras in the southern hemisphere,” according to an article on Petapixel’s website. “All I had to do was make up a dummy lens to fit around the entrance and a dummy viewfinder on the top of the building then paint them up to resemble a big camera,” Charles Wadley, told the photo outlet. Read the full article here.

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Scientists Create a Tool That Stops AI From Stealing Your Photos (DIY Photography)
AI image generators have taken center stage in the photo world, with lots of controversy and lawsuits swirling around them. Now there is something called Glaze, according to DIY Photography, that “cloaks the images so that the models incorrectly learn the unique features that define an artist’s style. This way, it makes AI plagiarism much less likely.” Read the full article here.

Woman Who Paid Photographer for Headshots Lands on Erotic Novel Cover (USA Today)
This is scary. An actress in California said she paid for headshots 13 years ago, only to now discover her image is in breast reduction ads and on the cover of an erotic novel. According to the article on USA Today, “Christian Demeritt, a Florida native who now lives in California, documented the discovery in a series of TikTok videos last month. She booked the photographer in 2010 when he came recommended from another fellow actress. Having just earned her theater degree from Florida A&M University, Demeritt needed new headshots… He had her sign a model release form and she paid him $100. But she didn’t read the fine print, she said.” Read the full article here.

2000S-Era Point and Shoots are Popular Again… (The Phoblographer)
“If there’s one piece of photo technology I thought would truly die, it’s the old point-and-shoot,” writes Hillary K. Grigonis on The Phoblographer. “I’m not talking about today’s compacts that offer a sensor, zoom, or underwater housing a smartphone can’t match. No, I’m talking about the compacts of the early 2000s, the tiny cameras with megapixels in the single digits and chintzy plastic bodies. The kind of cameras that (speaking from Gen Z personal experience) break from a single spec of sand getting into the lens.” Grigonis goes on to explain how these old cameras are having their moment on TiKTok…”as are the direct flash, blurred, and sometimes discolored images they create.” Read Grigonis’ full article here.

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Exhibition Brings a New Twist to Wedding Photos (Bangkok Post)
These are not your typical wedding photos, and we are loving all of them. The photo exhibition “Not Typical Wedding Photo” displays collections that “differ from others.” The images featured are by three photographers—Phuttiseth Chaipuwarat, Tanagon Tipprasert and Narisorn Tongsakorn. “Images of wedding ceremonies and receptions can be something else besides brides and grooms. I hope that Thailand’s wedding photos will be out of the box and everyone will figure out their own unique,” says Phuttiseth Chaipuwarat. Read the full article and see some of the images here.

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