Samantha LevinAn artist coloured in a photo of an Auschwitz victim and it's heartbreaking - BBC Threebbc.co.uk - Tomasz FrymorgenCzesława Kwoka was 14 years old when she was deported to Auschwitz. The Polish teenager arrived at the concentration camp on 13 December 1942 where she was given a serial number, beaten by Nazi prison guards and photographed. Three months later she was killed. The only lasting trace of her brief …
Samantha LevinFrom Sex Object to Gritty Woman: The Evolution of Women in Stock Photos (Published 2017)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Claire Cain MillerIn 2007, the top-selling image for the search term “woman” in Getty Image’s library of stock photography was a naked woman lying on a bed, gazing at the camera with a towel draped over her bottom half. In 2017, it’s a woman hiking a rocky trail in Banff National Park, alone on the edge of a cliff …
Samantha LevinWe Need to Talk About Digital Blackface in Reaction GIFsTeen Vogue - Lauren Michele JacksonWhy is it so common? In this op-ed, Lauren Michele Jackson tackles the recurring use of black people as reaction GIFs and its implications in terms of broader “digital blackface.” Adore or despise them, GIFs are integral to the social experience of the Internet. Thanks to a range of buttons, apps, …
Samantha LevinJudge rules emoji are proof of intentverified_publisherTNW - Rachel KaserA landlord in Israel has successfully sued a couple who mislead him with emoji, with the judge ruling that the tiny pictures constituted a statement of intent. The landlord, Yaniv Dahan, posted an ad on a classified site for his home, and received a response from a couple. After giving him the …
