Every year, the global color experts at the Pantone Color Institute select a Color of the Year, forecasting a single color set to define the coming months across advertising, art, pop culture, and beyond. This year, however, something unprecedented happened: for the first time, Pantone created a brand new color rather than selecting one from… Continue reading Exploring 2022 color trends in your commercial portfolio
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Six tips for styling interiors for a commercial shoot
In the last two years, “home” took on new meanings, with our living spaces doubling as our workplaces. With eclectic interior trends such as “vintage maximalism,” ’70s and 80s disco vibes, gothic “goblincore,” and the “grandmillenial” style making a splash on TikTok and Airbnb’s design predictions for 2022, there’s never been a better time to… Continue reading Six tips for styling interiors for a commercial shoot
Diving into the history of digital art
In 1985, Andy Warhol received an Amiga 1000 home computer, created by Commodore. At the launch, he was joined on stage by Debbie Harry and proceeded to draw her portrait using the then-new ProPaint software. He went on to create several digital drawings with the computer, including a Campbell’s soup can, but many of them… Continue reading Diving into the history of digital art
Six ways to capture Valentine’s Day
Hallmark introduced its first Valentine’s Day card in 1913 and started producing them in 1916. In 1948, De Beers unveiled its iconic “A diamond is forever” slogan. In 1986, Hersey’s released Valentine’s Day “kisses” with pink and red foil. By 2004, estimates suggest that consumers bought more than 35 million heart-shaped boxes of candy annually.… Continue reading Six ways to capture Valentine’s Day
Visualizing volunteering and community outreach in Licensing
In the state of New York, the pandemic inspired the formation of more than 100 mutual aid organizations, according to Mutual Aid Hub, a public resource tracking these groups. By May of 2020, they’d tracked more than 800 organizations across 48 states, up from 50 counted in March. During a time of crisis, communities came… Continue reading Visualizing volunteering and community outreach in Licensing
Inzajeano Latif’s photography of Tottenham show a resilient community struggling against displacement
Reading Time: 2 minutes This article is printed in the latest issue of British Journal of Photography magazine, Activism & Protest, delivered direct to you with an 1854 Subscription. One decade since the Tottenham riots that shook the city, the London-based photographer captures the marginalised groups that call it home, finding parallels between his experiences… Continue reading Inzajeano Latif’s photography of Tottenham show a resilient community struggling against displacement
André Ramos-Woodard on art-making as a survival strategy
Reading Time: 2 minutes This article is the first in a mini-series, In Search of Ourselves. We speak to three artists – Ana Vallejo, Bowei Young and Andre Ramos-Woodard – about vulnerability and trauma, and how they use the camera to gain a better understanding of themselves. The artist’s hybrid images blend photography, text and… Continue reading André Ramos-Woodard on art-making as a survival strategy
Stop Hoping for an Instagram Replacement – Diversify Instead
Instagram is well on its way to no longer being a photo-sharing app, and those who rely on it for their business are left questioning the future. If and when the day comes when Instagram is no longer viable, where can photographers turn? The head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, shared a few words in a… Continue reading Stop Hoping for an Instagram Replacement – Diversify Instead