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Today — 4 November 2025Main stream

Photographer Sues University Coffee Shop Over Blueberry Muffin Image

4 November 2025 at 16:30

A blueberry muffin topped with powdered sugar, a fresh blueberry, and mint leaves sits on a dark surface, surrounded by scattered blueberries and mint.

A professional photographer is taking legal action against a university coffee shop, alleging that it used her photo of a blueberry muffin without permission.

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These Historical Figures Lived Long Enough to be Painted and Photographed

4 November 2025 at 15:04

A side-by-side comparison of a painted portrait and a sepia-toned photograph of the same military officer in decorated uniform with medals and shoulder epaulettes.

Looking at paintings of historical figures, it can be difficult to know whether that's what they really looked like, or whether the painter was being interpretive -- perhaps pressured by the subject.

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Yesterday — 3 November 2025Main stream

A Photographer Spent 18 Months Documenting an LA Psychiatric Hospital in the 1970s

3 November 2025 at 18:42

Black-and-white photo showing a man in a hospital gown tied to a chair, looking distressed, and another close-up of a man pinching his nose, appearing stressed or emotional.

In 1979, photographer Merrick Morton (@merrickmortonphoto) received a California state grant to document the Volunteer Program at a psychiatric hospital in Los Angeles, a project that led him to return again and again over the next year and a half.

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Before yesterdayMain stream

Hockey Puck Shatters Photographer’s Lens During NHL Game

31 October 2025 at 18:53

A hockey player on ice in black skates and blue-and-white socks controls a puck with a black stick, preparing to make a move during a game.

A photographer's lens "shattered into about 1,000 pieces" during an NHL game between the Nashville Predators and Tampa Bay Lightning this week.

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The Camera Trick Behind an Iconic 1937 Film Visual Effect

31 October 2025 at 16:00

A split-screen image shows the same elderly woman. On the left, she smiles cheerfully with tidy hair and clean face; on the right, she appears distressed, with messy hair and a dark, dirty face, both in black and white.

Sh! The Octopus may not be remembered as a great film of the 1930s like King Kong or The Awful Truth, in fact it was named as one of the greatest bad movies of all time. But there is one scene, involving some very clever camera work, that continues to get talked about today.

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