Photography

October 16, 2023

AI App Transforms People’s Photos Into 90s Yearbook Pictures

Yearbook photos are a right of passage in high school. However, not everyone likes how their portraits turn out. Now, there's an app that can help people relive their teenage years. The Epik app uses artificial intelligence to transform users’ photos into 90s-style pictures. These makeovers are being posted all over social media. Celebrities—like Keke Palmer—are showing off its capabilities by sharing their images.

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October 11, 2023

Marine Biologist’s Photo of a Golden Horseshoe Crab Wins Wildlife Photography Awards

A mesmerizing photo of a golden horseshoe crab beat nearly 50,000 images to win the Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.  French underwater photographer and marine biologist Laurent Ballesta took the impressive photo in the Philippines, showing the tri-spine horseshoe crab followed by a trio of golden trevallies.

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October 8, 2023

Photographer Wins Prize for Heartbreaking Story About the Plight of Endangered Forest Elephants

Dutch photographer Jasper Doest has dedicated his career to “giving a voice to nonhuman lives.” His award-winning photography tells visual stories of wildlife in desperate need of attention. Now his work is being honored within the context of the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Doest's moving photostory about endangered African forest elephants in central Gabon has earned him the 2023 Fritz Pölking Prize.

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