Posts by Jessica Stewart

Jessica Stewart

Jessica Stewart is a Staff Editor and Digital Media Specialist for My Modern Met, as well as a curator and art historian. Since 2020, she is also one of the co-hosts of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. She earned her MA in Renaissance Studies from University College London and now lives in Rome, Italy. She cultivated expertise in street art which led to the purchase of her photographic archive by the Treccani Italian Encyclopedia in 2014. When she’s not spending time with her three dogs, she also manages the studio of a successful street artist. In 2013, she authored the book "Street Art Stories Roma" and most recently contributed to "Crossroads: A Glimpse Into the Life of Alice Pasquini." You can follow her adventures online at @romephotoblog.
Photography
September 4, 2024

18 Famous First Photographs in History: From the Oldest Photo Ever to the World’s First Instagram

While the term photography was coined in the early 19th century, Greek mathematicians had been making camera obscuras, or pinhole cameras, since the 4th century BCE. The history of photography has always been filled with innovation, with the ability to produce high-resolution images evolving along with the technology photographers have on hand. With such a long history, it's no surprise that photography is full of important firsts, from the world's oldest photograph to the first photo uploaded to Instagram.

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Architecture
September 2, 2024

Seoul Shopping Center Redesigned With Contemporary Hourglass Makeover

Seoul's most famous shopping center asked for a makeover that would challenge the convention of a luxury department store, and Heatherwick Studio‘s winning design certainly fits the bill. The firm's innovative reimagining of the Hanwha Galleria opens the shopping center up to the public, allowing everyone to enjoy the space. Composed of symmetrical twin buildings, each slightly different in design, Heatherwick's vision for the center is to create a space that brings people together.

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Photo Contest
August 29, 2024

14 Extraordinary Highly Commended Photos From the 2024 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition has released some of this year's extraordinary, highly commended photos ahead of its October winner's announcement. From a jaguar preying on a caiman to a close-up look at a David Bowie spider, the photographs show off the marvels of the natural world. The 60th competition, organized by London's Natural History Museum, attracted a record-breaking 59,228 entries from photographers of all ages and experience levels from 117 countries and territories.

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Landscape Photography
August 28, 2024

Photographer Captures Stunning, Rare Double Moonbow

We've all seen rainbows, but have you ever witnessed a moonbow? Also known as a lunar rainbow, this optical phenomenon happens when moonlight is refracted through water droplets in the air. They're rarer than rainbows, which makes photographer Aaron Watson‘s image of a double moonbow even more special. Watson of Skies-Alive Photography captured the incredible image in Colorado around 2 a.m., just one day before August's Supermoon Blue Moon.

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