Read with Us! Sign Up for the New Colossal Books Newsletter

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Read with Us! Sign Up for the New Colossal Books Newsletter

Illustration by Yau Hoong Tang

During the past decade, we’ve written about hundreds of books featuring artists, movements, stories of vibrant creativity, attempts to correct the art historical record, and fascinating dives into science and history. Because of the resounding response to this coverage, we’ve decided to go even deeper this year by launching Colossal Reads, a monthly newsletter.

More than just a recap of all the titles we feature, Colossal Reads will include information about talks with artists, publishers, editors, and curators who help drive some of the most compelling books in contemporary visual culture. As always, you can expect fun surprises like giveaways, signings, and special guests.

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PHOTOS: 2024 “Sculpture on the Lawn” Opening Ceremony

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PHOTOS: 2024 “Sculpture on the Lawn” Opening Ceremony
The Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs held the opening ceremony of the 2024 “Sculpture on the Lawn” on Friday, Jan. 20. The sculptures were chosen by the Public Art Review Board of the Arts & Cultural Affairs Advisory council. The exhibit will be available for viewing until January 2025 in the Orange County Administration

‘Smartphone Photography’ presented by Amy Horn

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‘Smartphone Photography’ presented by Amy Horn

Amy Horn (Courtesy/ Sedona Camera Club)

Amy Horn (Courtesy/ Sedona Camera Club)

Join the Sedona Camera Club for a presentation by professional photographer Amy Horn. The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 29 at the Mary D. Fisher Theater, 2030 W. State Route 89A, Suite B-2. Doors open at 6 p.m.

Mobile devices are a great solution for on-the-go photographers. This smartphone photography presentation is for mobile phone photographers who want to enhance their camera experience through apps, techniques, and workflow. Using an iPhone, Amy will demonstrate many camera features and apps to improve shooting, editing, and sharing of photos. Although she uses an iPhone the apps and techniques are easily transferred to all mobile phones.

Amy lives in Flagstaff, Arizona, and has enthusiastically shared her knowledge in software and photography-related fields in secondary and post-secondary levels since 1995. With a Master’s Degree in Education, she enjoys demonstrating photographic techniques both in the classroom and out in the field.

She is a teaching professor at Northern Arizona University and taught photo workshops for Arizona Highways PhotoScapes. For her, the joy in photography comes from finding the extraordinary image of the ordinary subject. Her publications include Arizona Highways, Gold Prospectors Association, and her co-authored book, The Art of Macro Photography. She enjoys time with her family, running, and photographing the tiny landscapes around her when she is not teaching.

To see more of Amy’s work, visit HornDesigns.com

Presentations, hosted by the Sedona Camera Club, are free to members. There is a $5 fee for guests. Local photographers are encouraged to join to support bringing high-quality speakers to promote interest in photography and develop photographic skills. Membership costs $35 for the whole year. For more information on the Sedona Camera Club, go to SedonaCamera.Club.

Unmute Gaza Calls for Communities Worldwide to Uplift the Voices of Palestinian Photojournalists

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Unmute Gaza Calls for Communities Worldwide to Uplift the Voices of Palestinian Photojournalists

A bus stop in Philadelphia. All images © Unmute Gaza, shared with permission

Dozens of artists have joined the worldwide street art movement known as Unmute Gaza, which is harnessing creativity and community to call attention to Israel’s ongoing war. Supporting photojournalists, the campaign aims to shed necessary light on the devastation unfolding each day. Quite a few artists involved have previously been featured on Colossal, including Eron, Faith XLVII, Ernest Zacharevic, Escif, Stefan Krische, Jofre Oliveras, and Sainer.

For decades, Western mainstream media and institutions have displayed a tremendous lack of coverage detailing humanitarian crises in occupied Palestine, with numerous instances of systemic media bias and censorship. Unmute Gaza explains, “Western countries have all firmly condemned the October 7th attacks, but not Israel’s indiscriminate bombing of Gaza, nor have they acknowledged the root causes of this crisis, including colonialism, apartheid or ethnic cleansing.”

To confront this deafening silence, Unmute Gaza encourages communities all over the world to “print and paste” downloadable artworks. They have appeared in different corners of the world, covering bus shelters, buildings, and storefronts. To create the posters, artists interpreted scenes captured by the last photojournalists on the ground, telling the stories of heartbreak among mothers, fathers, children, and first responders. A striking mute symbol sits in the middle of each composition, compelling the viewer to reflect on the difference between the voices of the oppressed and those of the complicit.

There have been more than 100 days of crippling loss since Hamas’ attack on October 7 that killed more than 1,100 Israeli civilians. Israel’s ensuing campaign has caused an immense death toll primarily among Palestinian civilians, recently surpassing 25,000.

The works included in Unmute Gaza are available to download.

 

A woman in a hijab wearily looks to the right, against a dark, smoky background. A mute symbol sits in the middle of the composition.

Artwork by Alba Fabre

A man holds a small child on his shoulders. A mute symbol sits in the middle of the composition.

Artwork by Ernest Zacharevic

A white dove rests against a cold, dark background. A mute symbol sits in the middle of the composition.

Artwork by Raquel Aparicio

In red graphite, a man clutches onto a baby he has lost, wrapped in white cloth. A mute symbol sits in the middle of the composition.

Artwork by Faith XLVII

Two adults hold onto and hug their children at a train stop in Norway. In the background is a large poster of a woman clutching a baby she has lost, wrapped in white cloth. A mute symbol sits in the middle of the composition.

A train stop in Oslo

Two women in hijabs hug each other tightly. A mute symbol sits in the middle of the composition.

Artwork by Jaume Montserrat

Through a blurry point of view, a child looks toward the viewer, parts of his face masked with debris. A mute symbol sits in the middle of the composition.

Artwork by Eron

Two large posters hang at the Guggenheim, draping an area that showcases several levels of the museum.

The Guggenheim in New York

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The iPhone 16 Pro Max could boast a big camera sensor upgrade with nighttime photography improvements and more

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The iPhone 16 Pro Max could boast a big camera sensor upgrade with nighttime photography improvements and more

Apple might have only made the iPhone 15 Pro Max available a few months ago, but attention has already very much turned towards what will come next — the iPhone 16 Pro Max. We’ve been hearing tidbits about Apple’s plans here and there for the last little while but a new report has added additional information, specifically about where Apple could go in terms of camera upgrades.

According to that report Apple intends to turn the iPhone 16 Pro Max into an “image flagship” and it’ll do that by giving it an upgraded camera sensor. A version of the tetraprism lens used in the iPhone 15 Pro Max will remain, while there is also a hint of a tweak to the new phone’s display, too.

Apple isn’t expected to unveil the new iPhone lineup until September of this year, with the iPhone 16 Pro Max likely to be joined by the iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16, and iPhone 16 Plus. We’ll likely see more and more leaks and rumors as we get closer to the fall, but this latest camera leak suggests that the biggest and best iPhone is the one that people will want if photography is a focus for them,

A flagship camera for a flagship phone

The report comes via the normally well-connected Digital Chat Station, an account that posts to the Weibo Chinese social network. Picked up by WCCFTech, the report says (via machine translation) that the new iPhone 16 Pro Max will use a modified version of Sony’s IMX903 sensor. That sensor will be 1/1.14 inches in size compared to the previous model’s 1/1.28-inch sensor. If that proves to be the case buyers of the new iPhone can expect to benefit from brighter images which in turn should also ensure better performance in low-light situations. Digital Chat Station goes on to say that the new sensor will be a multi-layer one and benefit from a 14-bit ADC (analog-to-digital converter) and DCG (digital gain control.) Both of those features should ensure a better overall image including a reduction in the noise created when taking photos in more challenging conditions.

It’s important to note that Digital Chat Station did not mention the iPhone 16 in this report which suggests that the new sensor may be exclusive to the bigger model.

The report also mentioned that the iPhone 16 Pro Max will have a slight curve to it, although it’s difficult to know what that will mean in practice or whether that will apply to other models in the iPhone 16 lineup. 

However, as reliable as Digital Chat Station has proven in the past it’s important to remember that we are still a long way out from any of the new iPhones being made official and plans can and do often change. Even if the information that this leaker has is accurate right now, there is no guarantee that it will still be accurate by the time Apple unveils the new iPhones in early September. However, it would make plenty of sense for Apple to focus on camera upgrades this year, especially at the very top end of its lineup.

The iPhone 16 Pro Max has previously been tipped to get a new 48-megapixel ultrawide camera while a telephoto lens upgrade has also been claimed.

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