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  • 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 the light means. The first camera is mechanical. Photons hit a sensor. A moment is captured. A fragment of reality, however subjective its framing, remains tethered to what occurred. The second camera is psychological. It […]
  • 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 framing means a human was here. Stocksy‘s just-released Visual Insights 2026 report doubles down on this thesis harder than any competitor. Under the banner “Signs of Life,” they position photography as an “antidote to digital […]

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Introducing the Authenticity & Content Provenance Maturity Model

When Content Trust Becomes a Strategic Asset There was a time when an image’s value was judged by its beauty, originality, or timeliness. Today, a growing portion of its value rests on something far more fundamental: whether we can believe it. From AI‑generated product shots slipping into online catalogs, to

August 2, 2025: The end of the AI wild west ?

As the EU AI Act’s obligations for general-purpose AI models take effect, the age of opaque training data and untraceable outputs is drawing to a close. The Shifting Sands of AI Regulation The era of unregulated AI development is coming to an end, at least in Europe. As generative AI

The Fashion Fiction We’re Willing to Buy

When MANGO launched its first fully AI-generated ad campaign last year, it made headlines: one of the first major fashion brands to swap models and sets for pixels and prompts. But now it’s gone a step further. This time, it’s not just campaign visuals or aspirational lookbooks. MANGO has begun

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The Line We Haven’t Drawn: What Makes an Image AI-Generated?

                 As generative AI continues to infiltrate everything from smartphone cameras to image editors, one deceptively simple question remains unresolved and increasingly urgent: How much AI involvement is enough to call something AI-generated? It is not just a technical question or a legal

The Hidden Economy Behind AI: Data Licensing Takes Center Stage

For years, we’ve been told that data is the new oil, and in the world of artificial intelligence, that metaphor feels almost understated. Every major AI breakthrough, from large language models to image synthesis engines, rests on vast amounts of labeled, real-world data. But unlike oil, data isn’t something you

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