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[Link] National Geographic green-eyed ‘Afghan Girl’ evacuated to Italy
Read: 27/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
National Geographic magazine’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” has arrived in Italy as part of the west’s evacuation of Afghans after the Taliban takeover of the country, the Italian government said on Thursday.
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[Link] Call of Duty marketing finds a new level of tastelessness
Read: 26/10/2021 www.pcgamer.com
The latest marketing push for Call of Duty: Vanguard wants you to believe its graphics are so realistic that conflict photographers can't tell the difference between the videogame and reality.
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[Link] Happy snaps: ‘There’s a lot of bad stuff from Covid, but it gives you a sense of community’
Read: 9/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
When a hard lockdown was announced for the Canterbury-Bankstown local government area in Sydney, preventing residents from leaving the council for non-essential work, all of Cara O’Dowd’s jobs disappeared.
[Link] Why Do I Hate the Way I Look in Every Photo?
Read: 5/8/2021 www.vice.com
It's not that you're not hot. So... what is it, then? How to actually stop doing the things you know aren't exactly good for you.
[Link] Google buys photographer's shot of seagull eating a chip
Read: 14/6/2021 www.bbc.com
Amateur photographer Hannah Huxford, from Cleethorpes, took the picture in 2011 on an iPhone 3G in Bridlington, East Yorkshire. Now the image is to feature on billboards and online adverts for the tech giant's search service.
[Link] Robert Irwin's stunning photo was legal, but regulator warns copycats could end up in jail
Read: 15/2/2021 www.abc.net.au
Robert Irwin's stunning drone image of a far-north Queensland bushfire won a prestigious photography award this week, sparking a discussion of whether it was legally taken.