Earlier this month, the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO) faced an internal revolt. Photographers objected to distributing official photographs of…
Paul Melcher 
When Governments Lie With Pixels
Earlier this month, the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO) faced an internal revolt. Photographers objected to distributing official photographs of…
Tearing down our icons
Let’s face it, iconic images bother us. They stand as an immovable beacon of our time, outside of it, impelling…
Can Really Simple Licensing Actually Protect Photography?
Really Simple Licensing (RSL) emerged in 2024 as a technical response to AI companies training on web content without permission.…
The Second Camera: Photojournalism’s Temptation
Every photojournalist carries two cameras: one that records light, one that records their growing certainty that they alone understand what…
Imperfection Arms Race: Bet on Blur to Beat AI
The 2025-2026 trend cycle has produced a curious consensus: blur is the new watermark. Grain is proof of life. Bad…
Eric’s passion
There are, perhaps, three stages in one’s relationship with photography: ignorance, interest, and enthusiasm. Eric Colmet Daage lived in a…
Photography’s Many Birthdays
Photography is unusual among technologies: it has no single birthday. Was it 1727, when Johann Heinrich Schulze discovered light-sensitive salts?…
From Image to Audience: How Brands Switched Focus and What It Means for Photography
There was a time, not too long ago, when brands bought attention by investing in images. Choosing the right photographer…
Which one is true?
Left: Released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office. Right: Distributed by TASS, the Russian state news agency. One was…
Not Real, but True: What Photojournalism Must Protect in the AI Era
Right about 10 years ago, I wrote an article that went viral and sparked a lot of debate. At the…
