Tag: photography

• The Daily Miracle: Finding Magic Inside The Times’s Printing Plant

  April 8, 2019

  Consider the newspaper, the physical object, printed on processed wood pulp, shot upward on rollers at high speed as ink is applied, gathered and folded and bundled, dropped off at… more ›

• This Person Does Not Exist

  March 2, 2019

  StyleGAN (Dec 2018) – Karras et al. and Nvidia Original GAN (2014) – Goodfellow et al. https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/?utm_source=Benedict%27s+newsletter&utm_campaign=411f18f2e8-Benedict%27s+Newsletter_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4999ca107f-411f18f2e8-70754709 more ›

• An Unflinching View of Venezuela in Crisis

  February 27, 2019

  Alejandro Cegarra’s photo series “State of Decay” is an unflinching portrait of Venezuela’s collapse. How this country went from being one of Latin America’s richest societies to one of its… more ›

• The 21st century belongs to China—but the 22nd will be Africa’s

  February 22, 2019

  The 21st century will most likely belong to China as the Chinese Century. But with a rapid increase in Chinese investment and African innovation, the 22nd century may see the… more ›

• Cameras that understand: portrait mode and Google Lens

  February 13, 2019

  I’ve talked quite a lot about the impact of machine learning and computer vision in general on everything from e-commerce recommendation to social to all kinds of cool industrial applications,… more ›

• These photos pay homage to Ghana’s hometown of boxing champions

  February 10, 2019

  When Ghana’s Richard Commey took on Russia’s Isa Chaniev in Texas on Saturday night (Feb. 2), many Ghanaians stayed up watching the bout into the wee hours of Sunday. But… more ›

• How AI is changing photography

  January 31, 2019

  If you’re wondering how good your next phone’s camera is going to be, it’d be wise to pay attention to what the manufacturer has to say about AI. https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/31/18203363/ai-artificial-intelligence-photography-google-photos-apple-huawei more ›

• ‘When I Skate It Just Feels Free’

  January 7, 2019

  Figure Skating in Harlem helps young women of color see themselves on ice. Picture a figure skater. Who comes to mind? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/style/figure-skating-harlem-women-of-color.html more ›

• Marlon Brando

  January 1, 2019

  https://www.complexdays.net/post/180426847026 more ›

• The era of the camera: Google Lens, one year in

  December 31, 2018

  There is, of course, the vacation beach pic, the kid’s winter recital, and the one–or ten–obligatory goofy selfie(s). But there’s also the book that caught my eye at a friend’s… more ›