“I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books than a king who did not love reading.” ― Thomas Babington Macaulay
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Will Virtual Reality Destroy Visual Art? – Artnet
How Instagram Restored This Artist’s Career – Creative Review
From Vietnam to Los Angeles, Photographer Sees End of the Road – LAT
Why People Collect Art – Aeon
What Makes This Image So Extraordinary? – NY Times
From Girl Power to a Commercial Career – PDN
Why Do We Struggle to Respect Women Artists? – Medium
Rolling Stone’s First Staff Photographer on Woodstock – Slate
On Photography in the Smartphone Era – Chicago Tribune
The Art and Business of Boudoir – Rangefinder
Confessions of a For-Profit Photography School Teacher – PetaPixel
The Future of the World Press Photo Foundation – Vantage
The GIF Is Dead. Long Live the GIF – Popular Mechanics
The Power of Visual Story Telling – Lens Culture
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Weekend Video
A look at Werner Herzog’s new film on the Internet and human nature.
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