Posts by Eva Baron

Eva Baron

Eva Baron is a Contributing Writer at My Modern Met. Eva graduated with a degree in Art History and English from Swarthmore College, and has previously worked in book publishing and at galleries. She has since transitioned to a career as a full-time writer. Beyond writing, Eva enjoys doing the daily crossword, going on marathon walks across New York, and sculpting.
Environment
March 14, 2025

World’s Largest Iceberg Has Run Aground Off a Remote Island Teeming with Penguins

In 1986, the world’s largest and oldest iceberg calved from the Antarctic shelf. Known as A23a, the iceberg weighs one trillion tonnes and was stuck on the seabed for decades before breaking free in 2020. Now, scientists are grappling with a new development. As of early March, A23a has run aground in the water about 50 miles from the remote British island of South Georgia.

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Technology
March 12, 2025

Adobe Photoshop Has Finally Come to the iPhone, Boasting a Range of Features From the Desktop Version

Up until a few weeks ago, Adobe only offered the Photoshop Express app for smartphones. The app, though integrating features like sticker decorations, immersive filters, and animation effects, focused mostly on photo editing, forgoing more advanced tools and mechanics. On February 25, however, Adobe announced the release of a far more sophisticated Photoshop app for the iPhone, boasting many of the same features available on the application’s desktop version.

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Street Photography
March 10, 2025

Intimate Photographs Explore the Rebellious Japanese Rockabilly Subculture [Interview]

Photographer Alvin Kean Wong’s Roller Zoku series can trace its roots all the way back to 1955. That year, rockabilly music touched down in Japan with a cover of Bill Haley and His Comets’s Rock Around the Clock by Japanese artist Chiemi Eri. Eri’s cover not only topped the charts but also popularized the rockabilly sound and aesthetic throughout the country, inspiring everything from motorcycle gangs (kaminari zoku)

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Art
March 7, 2025

Spring Has Sprung With an Ambitious Flower Exhibition at London’s Saatchi Gallery

At Saatchi Gallery in London, spring has arrived early. On February 12, flowers started blooming across the gallery in the form of vibrant paintings, dramatic garments, delicate sculptures, and meditative photographs, comprising more than 500 unique artworks. This is what greets visitors upon entering one of the gallery’s most ambitious exhibitions to date: Flowers: Flora in Contemporary Art and Culture.

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