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Marvin Heiferman
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Curator of - and writing about - photography and visual culture
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WHY WE LOOK? Because a rarely seen 1980 photo of King Charles in ridiculous disguise - with a fake nose, mustache and glasses - resurfaces on his birthday
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Unseen Photo of King Charles in Ridiculous Disguise With Fake Nose Resurfaces on His Birthday
An unrecognizable photo of King Charles has resurfaced on his 77th birthday. In the pic, he wears a ridiculous disguise to hide from the paparazzi on holiday.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because Buckingham Palace has marked King Charles III’s 77th birthday Friday with the release of a new photo of the monarch.
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New photo released to mark King Charles III’s 77th birthday | CNN
Buckingham Palace has marked King Charles III’s 77th birthday Friday with the release of a new photo of the monarch.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because Paris Jackson defends sharing graphic photo of her perforated septum from years of drug abuse
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Paris Jackson defends sharing graphic photo of her perforated septum from years of drug abuse
“👋🏼☺️ to the people wondering why i shared this, it’s not for you ♥️,” the actress wrote in the comments section of an Instagram post.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because a 19-year-old photography enthusiast from India lost his life falling from the terrace of a building in Dubai while attempting to capture close-up shots of airplanes, highlighting the risks associated with accessing unsecured rooftops.
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19 year old Indian teen dies in Dubai while photographing planes | World News - The Times of India
Middle East News: A 19-year-old Indian photography enthusiast from Kerala fell to his death from a Dubai building while photographing planes. The incident raises safety concerns of accessing unsecured...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because a 19-year-old photography enthusiast from India lost his life falling from the terrace of a building in Dubai while attempting to capture close-up shots of airplanes, highlighting the risks associated with accessing unsecured rooftops.
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19 year old Indian teen dies in Dubai while photographing planes | World News - The Times of India
Middle East News: A 19-year-old Indian photography enthusiast from Kerala fell to his death from a Dubai building while photographing planes. The incident raises safety concerns of accessing unsecured...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because if you've ever wondered why it's so hard to take a good photo of the Moon with your phone, here's the explanation...
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Why is it so hard to take a good photo of the Moon with my phone?
Phones can often take great photos, but why photos of the Moon typically disappointing? The Moon itself and camera design are both part of the answer.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because a stewardess captured stunning video of an exceptionally bright meteor while “handing out sandwiches” on a flight.
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This is What a Meteor Looks Like from an Airplane
The amazing capture was made by a flight attendant.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because a Chinese company has launched a line of AI smart glasses with advanced functionality such as real-time conversation enhancement while avoiding the controversial technology of an outward-facing camera.
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Even Realities launches Even G2 smart glasses with camera-free AI functionality
Chinese company Even Realities has launched its latest take on AI smart glasses, the Even G2s, offering advanced functionality such as real-time conversation enhancement but avoiding the controversial...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because in nursing homes and hospitals, researchers are racing to turn pain into something that AI and a camera or sensor can score as reliably as blood pressure
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AI is changing how we quantify pain
Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because in a documentary, the late, well-known photographer Steve Shapiro explained how basically all my life, I’ve shot my pictures with this eye [pointing to his right], and this other eye, my left eye, is now having trouble staying open.”
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Steve Schapiro Took So Many Photos He Lost the Use of His Left Eye
Years of peering through a viewfinder took its toll.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because modern cellphone cameras make it easy to capture the famously fickle Aurora Borealis.
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How to Capture the Northern Lights With Just Your Smartphone
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November 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because an AI-generated image sparked confusion at a Houston high school. It falsely showed the school on fire and - as it circulated on social media - caused panic among students and some families who contacted police and district officials
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AI Photo of a Fire Sparks Panic at High School
Incidents like this are becoming increasingly common.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because of 'surveillance pricing’ when you go shopping and why you may be paying more for things than your neighbor
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‘Surveillance pricing’: Why you might be paying more than your neighbour
Are retailers using AI to access customers' personal data and set higher prices for those they think will pay more?
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November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because Prince William and Princess Kate Middleton have won a lawsuit against Paris Match Magazine over “long-lens paparazzi photographs” taken of them on a family vacation.
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Prince William and Princess Kate Win Lawsuit Over 'Intrusive' Long-Lens Photographs
The couple launched a privacy case over the images.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because cognitive scientists outfitted 11 dogs with a head-mounted eye-tracking apparatus, walked them outdoors and found they looked most at buses, plants, people, the pavement, and construction equipment onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Evaluating Dogs’ Real‐World Visual Environment and Attention
Dogs have a unique evolutionary relationship with humans, yet little is known about the visual information available to them or how they direct their visual attention within their environment. The pr....
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November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because in Washington State, a judge’s decision - that images recorded by license plate cameras must be classified as public data - is causing
some cities to panic and turn them off
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A Judge’s Decision Just Made Cities Panic Over What Their Cameras Recorded | Carscoops
After a civil case resulted in images recorded by Flock cameras being classified as public data, two cities in Washington turned them off
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November 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because the BBC director general and CEO of News resigned, following criticism that a BBC Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a January 6th 2021 speech by US President Donald Trump.
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BBC leaders resign amid scandal over misleading edit of Trump speech | CNN
The BBC’s Director General Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness resigned on Sunday, following criticism over impartiality and bias at the news corporation.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because when Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, agents and dogs pose at ‘The Bean’ in Chicago for an apparent photo op after tear-gassing a Little Village street, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, Little Village!”
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Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
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November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because photo-realistic 3-D modeling is seeping into classrooms, social media memes, and mainstream creative tools — and it’s doing so with astonishing speed.
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When 3D Goes Mainstream: How AI Education Shapes Next Visual Culture
AI-generated 3D modeling belonged to research labs and Hollywood studios. Today, it’s seeping into classrooms, social media memes, and mainstream creative tools.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because Olivia Rodrigo's Song is Removed From ICE's DHS Video on Instagram After the Singer's Scathing Reaction: "Don't ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda."
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Olivia Rodrigo's Song Removed From ICE's DHS Video On Instagram
Olivia Rodrigo's All American B*tch song has been removed in ICE's DHS video promoting self-deportation after the latter called out the agency.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because the trailer for the explosive documentary, The Stringer, which challenges the long-standing claim that Nick Ut took the famous photo, often referred to as “Napalm Girl,"doesn't pull any punches
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Netflix's Trailer for 'The Stringer' Doesn't Pull Any Punches
Netflix has published a new trailer for the explosive documentary, The Stringer, that challenges the provenance of "The Terror of War" photo.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because Someone Wondered How Much Money Do Paparazzi Make for a Good Photo of Taylor Swift? (And sort of found out...)
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November 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because Sony rolls out a standard way to measure bias in computer vision and in how AI describes what it 'sees'
www.theregister.com/2025/11/05/s...
Sony shares bias-busting benchmark for AI vision models
: Images in the test dataset were all sourced with consent
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November 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because To Preserve Records, Homeland Security Now Relies on Officials to Take Screenshots: The new policy, ditches software that automatically captured text messages, opening ample room for willful noncompliance with federal records laws.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
To Preserve Records, Homeland Security Now Relies on Officials to Take Screenshots
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November 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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WHY WE LOOK? Because for decades and working in clubs and his studio in Mali's capital, Bamako, photographer Malick Sidibé was both an architect of utopia and a purveyor of nostalgia
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Malick Sidibé Was an Architect of Utopia and Purveyor of Nostalgia
The Malian photographer captured optimistic times in pictures that show an African nation coming into its own. His newest book is Painted Frames.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM