Earlier this month, the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO) faced an internal revolt. Photographers objected to distributing official photographs of…
Category: Artificial Intelligence
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.…
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…
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…
The Next Photography Revolution Isn’t More. It’s Meaning.
A popular saying tells us that a photo is worth a thousand words. But what’s the value of those words…
Photojournalism and the Collective Truth
In a world where images are omnipresent, the question of truth in photography remains as relevant as ever. As Karl…
New Media, New Rules: Reimagining Photojournalism
When was the last time you saw a great news picture? Or a piece of reportage that truly made an…
A Royal Fiasco ?
It started quite innocently. A family picture for Mother’s Day to share with close ones and the world. Just before…
Caught in the headlight
As giants like Midjourney, OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft freely plunder their work, the stock photo industry—Getty aside—stands by, silently complicit…
AI licensing for photography
From content creation to copyright management, the integration of AI in the field of photography is rewriting the rules. As…
