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Jindřich Štreit, a legend of Czech documentary photography, will celebrate his 80th birthday, and his work, focused on human stories in rural life, is characterized by an intimate relationship with people and social criticism, leaving a significant mark on Czech culture. (translated)

The renowned US economic newspaper "Wall Street Journal" praises Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil for his decision not to be photographed together with Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov at the G20 meeting in Asheville, and describes his criticism of Russia's invitation after the Ukraine conflict as "rightly angry." (translated)

Today in the European Parliament, I had the opportunity to see the photographic exhibition "The Eyes of War," organized by MEP @MichalSzczerba. It is an extremely moving portrayal of the war that has been ongoing in Ukraine for more than four years. The photographs remind us of its terrifying... (translated)

The Czech application BMyVision v2.0, developed by teams from the Technical University of Liberec and Mendel University in Brno, aims to help blind and visually impaired people to recognize mold on food through photographs, thereby improving their ability to safely assess the freshness of food. (translated)

„Löschen Sie das!“ – Sven Hüber heute im Landgericht Berlin. Fotografiert werden möchte er nicht. Der frisch pensionierte Bundespolizist und zurückgetretene Vizechef der Polizeigewerkschaft GdP kämpft gegen kritische Medien, die seine DDR-Vergangenheit als Grenztruppenoffizier an der Berliner Mauer beleuchten. Heute ging es gegen Nius und Bild. Sein Anwalt kündigte im Gerichtssaal an, dass Apollo News bald folgen werde. #Medienfreiheit #Gericht #DDR

After the devastating floods in Nepal, caused by the detachment of a part of a Himalayan glacier, inspector Hari Sharan Dhakal and his team are trying to identify the victims of the disaster, using not only photographs and family contacts but also tattoos and school ties, while trying to find more than 900 missing workers from 12 power plants. (translated)

Imagine if a politician said he was a great friend of Lavitola, a schemer and bomb-maker, and that he would gladly go to dinner with Riina. They wouldn’t dedicate an episode to him at Report. They would dedicate a Netflix series to him: unsettling music, photographs, phone calls, arrows. (translated)

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year has selected 100 finalist images, including photographs of a polar bear, a swift, and a toad, for its 62nd edition, with over 65,000 entries from 121 countries, and will announce the winners on October 13, while an exhibition will be open from October 16 at the Natural History Museum in London, accompanied by insights on changes in natural habitats. (translated)

A 30-year-old man from Peip­siäre, Jurij Lari­onov, was sentenced to imprisonment for sexual solicitation of minors, production of child pornography, and providing access to it, after he contacted children through communication platforms, sent them inappropriate photographs, and requested them to send intimate pictures. (translated)

In the article "AI Glasses: Those Who See Everything Experience Nothing Anymore," author Annekathrin Kohout explores how new technologies, such as smart glasses with artificial intelligence, can change our perception of reality by promising to capture moments without stopping them, which can have dystopian consequences for privacy and interpersonal relationships. (translated)

A KI-generated image raises the question of whether it can be considered a photo without a camera, while the history of photography shows that such controversies are nothing new and makes the creation of a new term like promptography necessary to highlight the differences between traditional photography and working with AI. (translated)

Fotografie pochází z 21. srpna roku 1968, kdy do Karlových Varů přijela sovětská vojska. Do cesty se jim postavil most přes řeku Ohři v ulici Kpt. Jaroše v Karlových Varech – Tuhnicích, který znemožnil jejich další pokračování, neboť se pod těžkými tanky T-54 probořil. Jeden tank se dokázal sám vyprostit, ale druhý skončil v řece. Městská legenda praví, že když velitel kolony viděl na začátku mostu značku „15 t“, myslel si, že unese patnáct tanků. Jeden přitom váží něco přes 36 tun. Zdroj: Muzeum Karlovy Vary Credit: Adam Karbaš/fcb #historie #KarlovyVary #1968

The photograph shows a woman named Tatiana Onishchenko with her little daughter, who was dying from wounds inflicted during the German bombing of Moscow. The bombing of German cities did not come without reason. While the Germans were winning, they massacred civilians in the cities they attacked, but (translated)