Tamron’s CEO, Shiro Ajisaka, has resigned after an internal investigation, prompted by a whistle blower, found he misappropriated company funds for at least five years.… Read more
Posts published by “Will Shipton”
Canon strict with RF third-party invitations
Canon is considering third-party lens viability on a lens-by-lens basis, and is currently ‘communicating with several’ lens companies about licensing deals. This is according to… Read more
Australians dominate 2023 ‘International’ Portrait Awards
The 2023 International Portrait Photographer of the Year Awards results have been announced, with Melbourne photographer Forough Yavari winning the top prize. Yavari joins a… Read more
BIFB In Focus: Ian Kemp’s Neverlasting
Many people can recall a moment when a picture had such a profound impact on them that it changed everything. For Ian Kemp it was at the 2015 Ballarat International Foto Biennale, where a print by Melbourne-based photographer, Silvi Glattauer, caught his eye. Read more
Will AI cannibalise Adobe’s customers?
Adobe employees are concerned the software giant’s new text-prompt generative AI tool may cannibalise its customers, by causing job losses in the creative industries that… Read more
Raphaela Rosella collaborates to tell real stories
Documentary photographers have traditionally aspired to tell other people’s stories. For 15 years, artist Raphaela Rosella and the women close to her have forged their… Read more
Kodak’s comical moments
Eastman Kodak has sold out the iconic brand name yet again by signing a perpetual licence agreement with eyewear conglomerate, EssilorLuxottica. This expands on an… Read more
Collective City Melbourne: Historical meets contemporary
The Victorian Archives Centre (VAC) has launched the Collective City photo exhibition, a display of historical archival pictures of Melbourne showing alongside contemporary images submitted… Read more
REST IN PEACE: Robert McFarlane 1942-2023
One of Australia’s finest photographers and critics, the great Robert McFarlane, peacefully passed away on July 19, 2023. Robert was born in Adelaide in 1942,… Read more
Image Makers fighting for photographers’ rights
The Image Makers Association Australia (IMAA) is continuing its multi-pronged advocacy strategy by representing photographers at a recent Copyright Roundtable, as well as drafting a submission for an upcoming Government consultation on AI.
The IMAA might just be the voice that the Australian pro photo industry desperately needs, with the new professional photography association achieving all the milestones it set out in its initial roadmap. Read more
