Rutgers University–New Brunswick senior Gabrielle Carmella is a unique student with a unique internship opportunity. The 21-year-old, who attends the Mason Gross School of the Arts and is pursuing a fine arts degree with a concentration in photography and printmaking with a minor in women’s and gender studies, has spent her summer interning at the Zimmerli Art Museum and will continue through December.
Tag: Photography
New tools use AI ’fingerprints’ to detect altered photos, videos
As artificial intelligence networks become more skilled and easier to access, digitally manipulated “deepfake” photos and videos are increasingly difficult to detect. New research led by Binghamton University, State University of New York breaks down images using frequency domain analysis techniques and looks for anomalies that could indicate they are generated by AI.
WHOI Physical Oceanographer publishes peer-reviewed book about the Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean and Its Role in the Global Climate System takes a deep dive into warming trends and extreme weather events
Study of 1,000 selfies helps explain how we use them to communicate
People have used self-portraits to communicate information about themselves for centuries — and digital cameras make it easier to share a self-portrait than ever before. But even though selfies are now almost ubiquitous, we don’t understand how people use them to communicate.
AU Museum to Open Six New Exhibits This Summer
Summer exhibitions at American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center will open June 17. They feature the first U.S. museum showing of black and white photographs of rural communities in pre-war Ukraine; prints and posters from a trailblazing artist from the Chicano Art Movement; glass sculptures by Rhoda Baer; Spanish artist Pilar Albarracín and Taiwanese-American artist Leigh Wen; and an artistic and poetic collaboration on the struggles of displaced people.
Study Finds Lack of Diversity in Stock Photography Sites, Challenging Health Outreach Efforts
A new study finds that the majority of images related to health topics on stock photography sites are of light-skinned people within a fairly narrow age range, making it more difficult – and expensive – for organizations to create health education materials aimed at reaching other groups.
Drones show potential to improve salmon nest counts
Struggling salmon populations could get some help from the sky. A Washington State University study showed that drone photography of the Wenatchee River during spawning season can be effective in estimating the number of rocky hollows salmon create to lay their eggs, also called “redds.”
Photovoice: Seeing the Community Through the Eyes of Our Youth
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles partners with youth-serving organizations to empower young people from across L.A. County to identify the unique strengths and needs of their communities through photography. You might think kids today are more interested in selfies than in the world around them.
Taking photos can impair your memory of events
It is a common practice to photograph events that we most want to remember, such as birthdays, graduations and vacations. But taking photos can actually impair your memory for the experience, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.
Using Engineering Methods to Track the Imperceptible Movements of Stony Corals
A new study led by University of Washington researchers borrowed image-analysis methods from engineering to spot the minute movements of a stony coral.
Everyone Can Still Cast Their Votes … For the Best Images Captured by FAU Researchers
FAU’s Art of Science photo contest is designed to engage and educate the public in the unique study, scholarship and creative activities taking place in all of the University’s labs, out in the fields and across all of its disciplines.
Power of photojournalism seen in early 20th century exposé on Chicago meat industry
A 1905 story not only prompted massive reforms in U.S. food and public health policy and inspired Upton Sinclair’s widely popular novel “The Jungle.” It was also one of the first examples of the power of photojournalism, as uncovered in a recent Iowa State University study.