Some of our latest articles on visual tech:
10 questions to a founder: Proof Portal
More and more businesses are waking up to a critical risk: manipulated visual content can inflict lasting damage on brand reputation, customer trust, and ultimately, the bottom line. What was once primarily a concern for news organizations has now become a pressing issue for any company using images and video
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The Silent Collapse: Generative AI’s Erosion of Photo Licensing Revenue
A Market on the Brink The proliferation of generative AI has ushered in a transformative era in visual content creation. Capable of producing photorealistic images from text prompts in seconds, tools like Midjourney, DALL·E, and Adobe Firefly are reshaping how businesses and individuals source images. By August 2024, 39.5% of
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10 questions for a startup : Overlai
By now, we’ve all heard the stories: generative AI devours copyrighted content for breakfast. And while there’s been a lot of noise, little to nothing has been done about it. Photographers and videographers keep uploading their images online—easy pickings for scrapers—while lawmakers stand frozen, terrified that regulating too hard might
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From Fast Fashion to Faster Photography: How AI is Accelerating Visual Content Creation
In the fast-paced world of online retail, visuals aren’t merely a factor—they’re decisive. As e-commerce continues to dominate consumer habits, the way products are photographed, edited, and displayed has become an urgent priority. But beneath the surface, a quiet revolution is underway. The recent Photoroom report, Clothing Photography and Photo
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The Last Creative Spark: AI, the Blank Page, and the Loss of the Process
Creativity has long been considered a uniquely human trait. From art and music to literature and photography, our ability to generate something from nothing has been a defining characteristic. But there will come a time when an AI, housed in a body of metal and circuits, will dip a brush
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All Photographs Are Possible—But How Do We Trust the Real Ones?
What if every photograph that could ever be taken already exists? Not in the sense that someone has already captured them, but in the sense that they are all possible, waiting to be revealed. How AI Generates Images: Deconstructing and Reassembling Reality Generative AI doesn’t “copy” images from its training
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Why Film Photography Refuses to Die (and Why That Matters More Than You Think)
Just when we thought film was dead—buried under layers of pixels and algorithms—it comes roaring back to life. In a world where digital dominates, where perfection is manufactured in milliseconds, the imperfect, tangible, and deliberate nature of film is finding its way into the hands of a new generation. But
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Article 17: Closing the Value gap – Where Are We Now?
The European Union’s Copyright Directive, specifically its contentious Article 17, was supposed to revolutionize the relationship between online platforms and rights holders. It was going to close the value gap and make social media platforms finally take down or pay for all the copyrighted content they were up to now,
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The Shutterstock-Getty Images Merger: A Bold Move in a Shifting Landscape
The announcement of the Shutterstock-Getty Images merger landed like a crack of a whip in the stillness of the desert. With the New Year barely underway and much of the world’s attention focused on global politics, the news caught everyone by surprise—though not for long. The stock photo industry has
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Who Needs a New Video Generation Tool?
No, seriously—how many of us have been genuinely frustrated because we couldn’t create videos from our desktop? Let’s be honest: if we take out everyone who makes videos for a living—movie makers, documentarians, trainers, influencers—that doesn’t leave a huge audience. Most people, during the vast majority of their lives, don’t
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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 time, AI was just starting to show the tip of its beak, and image manipulation was already in full force thanks to a variety of very potent software like Adobe’s Photoshop. The origin of the … Read More →The post Not Real, but True: What Photojournalism Must Protect in the AI Era appeared first on Thoughts of a Bohemian.
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 if they’re meaningless? We’ve all read articles or books that say very little. Words, even in great numbers, can be deceptively useless. The same is true of images. Yes, photos often describe faster and more … Read More →The post The Next Photography Revolution Isn’t More. It’s Meaning. appeared first on Thoughts of a Bohemian.