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24 October 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Reuters, the Magnum agency's print sale, Robert Doisneau, Renny Maslow, corporate worklife, real photography, the Leica M Edition 70 and lens mugs.
- Reuters presents 24 Pictures of the Day for today.
- In Searching for Paradise, Mee-Lai Stone showcases images from the Magnum agency's print sale.
- The Poetry of the Everyday showcases Robert Doisneau's photographs of Parisian life from the last century.
- Suzanne Sease features Signs of Life, the personal project of Renny Maslow, which uses photography to explore our relationship with the physical world.
- Lars Tunbjörk photographed Corporate Worklife in the 1990s.
- Justin Black lists Seven Reasons Real Photography Is Better than AI.
- The platinum-plated finish $22,995 Leica M Edition 70 limited special edition "is a tribute to the art of analog photography," the company notes on the 70th anniversary of the launch of the M3. "Each of the 250 sets worldwide includes a Leica M-A, a Leica APO-Summicron-M 50 f2 ASPH., a Leicavit M fast winder and a film container with a 35mm black-and-white film." A $50 picture book celebrating the history of the M series withphotos and essays by users of the series will also mark the anniversary.
- A Reddit poster asks, How Many Lens Mugs Have You Been Gifted? and gets 72 responses.
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