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• ‘High octane visions’: the blurred, distorted genius of photographer William Klein

  13-09-2022 18:31
  He captured the energy of New York’s streets, revolutionised fashion photography, then made savage, censored films about the west. His scope, imagination and influence were simply immense William Klein won his place in photographic history in 1956 when he published his first book, Life Is Good & Good for You in New York: Trance Witness Revels. Shot on the streets in his native city in 1954, and edited and designed by Klein, it was a high-octane vision that included deliberately blurred
  
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• Folio from ‘world masterpiece’ illuminated manuscript goes up for auction

  13-09-2022 15:00
  Section of the Shah Tahmasp Shahnameh is expected to fetch between £4m and £6m at auction next monthA folio from the Shah Tahmasp Shahnameh, one of the “finest illustrated manuscripts in existence” according to Sotheby’s, is expected to fetch between £4m and £6m at auction next month.The Shahnameh, also known as the Book of Kings, is an epic poem containing 50,000 rhyming couplets, telling the history of Persia’s rulers. It was written by the Persi
  
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• The Future of Video Editing?

  13-09-2022 00:01 via arstechnica.com
  Runway’s “Text to Video” demonstration reel shows a text input box that allows editing commands such as “import city street” or “make it look more cinematic” (applying an effect). It depicts someone typing “remove object” and selecting a streetlight with a drawing tool that then disappears. – Ars Technica
  
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