Highlights from last week’s Pro Photo Daily newsletters: Instagram’s Olympics frenzy, Twitter cofounders’ new photography curation site, and more
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written by David Schonauer
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A photo of Usain Bolt by Walter Iooss posted by Walter to Instagram during the Olympics.
Olympic Wrap: Instagrammers Shared 64,000 Photos During Games
Instagram, founded in 2010, had a noteworthy Olympics debut during the recent London games. SocialTimes reports that spectators, athletes, and reporters tagged more than 64,000 photos from Olympic venues on the photo-sharing site, despite the best efforts of London’s event organizers, who originally banned ticket holders from sharing images, videos, or audio recordings on social networks. Social media monitoring firm VenueSeen has an infographic showing the top Olympic venues, athletes, celebrities, and hashtags on Instagram. Full story at SocialTimes.
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Photo by Greg Ruffing as seen at Wired’s Raw File blog.
Yard Sale Photos Reveal America’s Insatiable Soul
When you look at a yard sale, do you see tables piled with junk? Hidden treasures? Or do you detect the sociological underpinnings of America? Chicago-based photographer Greg Ruffing’s pictures of yards sales reveal what Wired calls our “insatiable need for stuff.” Ruffing’s “Yard Sale” project, which began four years ago with a Time magazine assignment to photograph the world’s longest yard sale, reveals not only consumer spending habits but also the effects of the long recession and the constant movement of military families. Full story at Wired‘s Raw File blog.
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Getty Images Is Sold for $3.3 Million
Private equity firm Carlyle Group LP announced today that it has reached a deal to acquire Getty Images for $3.3 billion. Getty is currently owned by another private equity firm, Hellman & Friedman. The Times reports that Getty’s co-founder and chairman, Mark H. Getty, and the Getty family will roll substantially all their ownership interests into the acquisition. Other top Getty Images executives, including the co-founder and chief executive Jonathan Klein, will also invest significant equity in the company. Full story at The New York Times.
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Click to read the full story at PetaPixel.
Twitter Co-Founders Create New Content Platform
Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone have unveiled a new platform for curating and publishing content. The new site, called Medium, features photography and text grouped into themed blogs called Collections, rather than having content centralized around individual people. Think of Tumblr combined with Pinterest. Contributing a photograph is as easy as uploading it to a collection and adding a brief caption, reports PetaPixel. SocialTimes notes that Medium is not yet open to the general public, but previews are available. Full story at PetaPixel.
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Visual Storytelling Sells Luxury Goods
Selling luxury goods used to be so simple: A close-up of an expensive handbag on a white background was all it took to stoke the desires of consumers. Those days are gone, reports WWD. It’s no longer enough to fetishize beautiful things. The priority in new ad campaigns is to use tantalizing videos, celebrities, and fictional characters to tell stories. According to a new study, sales of luxury goods are expected to rise between seven and nine percent from 2011 to 2014. Brands are increasingly using new media to reach modern consumers used to all things digital. Full story at Women’s Wear Daily.
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Highlights from last week’s Pro Photo Daily newsletters: Instagram’s Olympics frenzy, Twitter cofounders’ new photography curation site, and more
.
written by David Schonauer
.
A photo of Usain Bolt by Walter Iooss posted by Walter to Instagram during the Olympics.
Olympic Wrap: Instagrammers Shared 64,000 Photos During Games
Instagram, founded in 2010, had a noteworthy Olympics debut during the recent London games. SocialTimes reports that spectators, athletes, and reporters tagged more than 64,000 photos from Olympic venues on the photo-sharing site, despite the best efforts of London’s event organizers, who originally banned ticket holders from sharing images, videos, or audio recordings on social networks. Social media monitoring firm VenueSeen has an infographic showing the top Olympic venues, athletes, celebrities, and hashtags on Instagram. Full story at SocialTimes.
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Photo by Greg Ruffing as seen at Wired’s Raw File blog.
Yard Sale Photos Reveal America’s Insatiable Soul
When you look at a yard sale, do you see tables piled with junk? Hidden treasures? Or do you detect the sociological underpinnings of America? Chicago-based photographer Greg Ruffing’s pictures of yards sales reveal what Wired calls our “insatiable need for stuff.” Ruffing’s “Yard Sale” project, which began four years ago with a Time magazine assignment to photograph the world’s longest yard sale, reveals not only consumer spending habits but also the effects of the long recession and the constant movement of military families. Full story at Wired‘s Raw File blog.
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Getty Images Is Sold for $3.3 Million
Private equity firm Carlyle Group LP announced today that it has reached a deal to acquire Getty Images for $3.3 billion. Getty is currently owned by another private equity firm, Hellman & Friedman. The Times reports that Getty’s co-founder and chairman, Mark H. Getty, and the Getty family will roll substantially all their ownership interests into the acquisition. Other top Getty Images executives, including the co-founder and chief executive Jonathan Klein, will also invest significant equity in the company. Full story at The New York Times.
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Click to read the full story at PetaPixel.
Twitter Co-Founders Create New Content Platform
Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone have unveiled a new platform for curating and publishing content. The new site, called Medium, features photography and text grouped into themed blogs called Collections, rather than having content centralized around individual people. Think of Tumblr combined with Pinterest. Contributing a photograph is as easy as uploading it to a collection and adding a brief caption, reports PetaPixel. SocialTimes notes that Medium is not yet open to the general public, but previews are available. Full story at PetaPixel.
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Visual Storytelling Sells Luxury Goods
Selling luxury goods used to be so simple: A close-up of an expensive handbag on a white background was all it took to stoke the desires of consumers. Those days are gone, reports WWD. It’s no longer enough to fetishize beautiful things. The priority in new ad campaigns is to use tantalizing videos, celebrities, and fictional characters to tell stories. According to a new study, sales of luxury goods are expected to rise between seven and nine percent from 2011 to 2014. Brands are increasingly using new media to reach modern consumers used to all things digital. Full story at Women’s Wear Daily.
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These industry news highlights were collected from last week’s editions of American Photography’s Pro Photo Daily newsletter. To subscribe, visit http://www.ai-ap.com/register/. A complete archive of Pro Photo Daily newsletters is available at http://www.ai-ap.com/prophotodaily/. Visit Pro Photo Daily on Facebook.
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