Reading Time: 2 minutes © Thomas Rousset. Set in the village of Prabert in France, Rousset’s images play on the eccentricities of the village and its people, transforming them lovingly into caricatures and tableaus During his childhood, Thomas Rousset spent a great deal of time among the detritus of a traditional rural life. Alongside the… Continue reading Fiction and absurdity: Thomas Rousset’s exaggerated explorations of rural life
Category: France
Cedrine Scheidig explores notions of home, place, and the Afro-Caribbean diaspora
Reading Time: 3 minutes Each year, British Journal of Photography presents its Ones To Watch – a selection of emerging image-makers, chosen from a list of nearly 450 nominations. Collectively, these 15 talents provide a window into where photography is heading, at least in the eyes of the curators, editors, agents, festival producers and photographers we… Continue reading Cedrine Scheidig explores notions of home, place, and the Afro-Caribbean diaspora
Street Photography Icon Sabine Weiss Dies Aged 97
Swiss-French photographer Sabine Weiss, who is considered an early pioneer of the art of street photography, has died at her home in Paris. She was 97. Weiss was the last surviving member of the French humanist photography school that included masters like Robert Doisneau, Édouard Boubat, Willy Ronis, and Izis. Weiss was born in Switzerland… Continue reading Street Photography Icon Sabine Weiss Dies Aged 97
France orders Clearview AI to delete the selfie data it gathered
Clearview AI came under fire for scraping billions of selfies off the Internet to sell facial recognition services to law enforcement. France’s privacy watchdog said that the company has breached Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and France has now ordered Clearview AI to delete its database. So far, Clearview AI has reportedly gathered around… Continue reading France orders Clearview AI to delete the selfie data it gathered
France Orders Clearview AI to Delete its Scraped Selfie Photo Database
A watchdog in France has ordered Clearview AI to delete its database of French faces. The controversial company amassed a database of selfies it scraped from Google and Facebook that it sells to law enforcement for facial recognition. The Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) is an independent French administrative regulatory body that… Continue reading France Orders Clearview AI to Delete its Scraped Selfie Photo Database
Elle Magazine Bans Photos of Fur Clothes to Support Animal Welfare
Fashion and lifestyle magazine Elle has become the first to ban animal fur from appearing in any of its editorial and advertising photos across its online and print editions. Owned by French media group Lagardère, Elle has 45 printed magazine editions around the world and 33 million readers and 100 million monthly visitors to its… Continue reading Elle Magazine Bans Photos of Fur Clothes to Support Animal Welfare