Street Photography- "This image captures something deeply human – the need for connection after moments of reflection and duty. Just hours earlier, these young submariners had marched with solemnity and precision, paying tribute to those who had gone before them" - Digital Camera World August 8, 2026
- Incredible Photo Collection Featuring Works by Nan Goldin and Diane Arbus Goes on Tour - PetaPixel August 8, 2026
- Street Prophets Friday: Litomyšl, More Art in the Streets (photo diary/open thread) - dailykos.com August 7, 2026
- Between Document and Violation: Where Does Street Photography End? - Collater.al Magazine August 7, 2026
- Stunning New York Reflections and Spiral Architecture Lead 2026 Street Photography Awards - freeyork August 7, 2026
- Beautiful, intimate and raw: Nan Goldin’s deeply personal exploration of female trauma and resistance is as powerful as it is sublime - Amateur Photographer August 7, 2026
- The Winners of the 2026 Pure Street Photography Awards Invoke Happenstance and Commotion - thisiscolossal.com August 6, 2026
- Atlanta photographer Leslie Andrews is dedicated to helping clients tell their stories - ABC30 Fresno August 6, 2026
- In pictures: The best street photography of 2026, from Mexico to France - Time Out Worldwide August 6, 2026
- This Is the Moment Everything Changed: Ascensia Launches Global Art and Photography Competition for World Diabetes Day - AOL.com August 6, 2026
- Japanese street photography master Daido Moriyama breaks all the rules of photography, but you can't argue with these astonishing photos - Amateur Photographer August 6, 2026
- "Street photography begins with honesty. It doesn't wait for perfection or performance. It asks us to notice what everyone else walked past" - Digital Camera World August 6, 2026
- "Street photography begins with honesty. It doesn't wait for perfection or performance. It asks us to notice what everyone else walked past" - Yahoo August 6, 2026
- Eight Winners Announced In Pure Street Photography Awards 2026 - Forbes August 6, 2026
- 8 winning photographers, selected from 1,582 submissions from 50 countries - The Telegraph August 6, 2026
- Bruce Gilden Describes the People He Photographs as His ‘Family’ - PetaPixel August 5, 2026
- Don Webb street photography at library - Gulf Islands Driftwood August 4, 2026
- This compact camera is perfect for street photography and vlogging – it's hard to find, but this US retailer still has it in stock in white - Digital Camera World August 4, 2026
- Spikin’ in Street photo page - nujournal.com August 4, 2026
- Why Street Photography Isn't About the Subject - Fstoppers July 29, 2026
- Documentary Photography
- Dark Tales: British Documentary Photography and the Gothic at Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol - we-heart.com August 5, 2026
- Shared humanity through photography on view in Astoria - discoverourcoast.com August 5, 2026
- Films Every Photographer Should See - Fstoppers July 29, 2026
- Inside Ayobami Olorunniyi’s inspiring ‘One Church, Many Nations’ photography exhibition - The Guardian Nigeria News July 28, 2026
- This new gothic-themed exhibition has a lot to teach photographers about making the ordinary feel unsettling - Digital Camera World July 26, 2026
- Framing the Unseen - artafricamagazine.org July 21, 2026
- Focus Photo: Supporting New Artistic and Documentary Photography Projects (Switzerland) - fundsforNGOs July 15, 2026
- 15 Years of Street Photography: What Camera Choice Really Means - Fstoppers July 11, 2026
- The world's best documentary photography exhibition returns to London this summer - and we have a special discount on tickets! - Amateur Photographer July 8, 2026
- Jeff Wall: Canadian Artist's Near-Documentary Photography - Monocle July 3, 2026
- East African Photography Award 2026 – Stories - fundsforNGOs June 19, 2026
- Andhra photographer’s global honour shines light on India’s documentary tradition - The Hindu June 18, 2026
- Sony World Competition: Photography capturing the spectrum of human experiences and cultures - Daily Maverick May 13, 2026
- Haunting and Hopeful Images Win the 2026 Environmental Photography Award - My Modern Met May 13, 2026
- Social Documentary Network Zeke award 2026 winners – in pictures - The Guardian May 11, 2026
- The Power of Almost Nothing: Why the Square Frame Changes Everything in Street Photography - Fstoppers May 9, 2026
- Why Your Camera Choice Is Killing Your Storytelling - Fstoppers May 7, 2026
- Activestills: Photography as the Last Act of Resistance - Collater.al Magazine April 29, 2026
- How 28mm, 35mm, and 50mm Defined Urban Photography - Fstoppers April 28, 2026
- Tokyo Streets X is back with a mashup of street photography, art and music you won’t want to miss - Time Out Worldwide April 23, 2026
Author Archives: Robert Basil
Bryan Garner’s “Tip of the Day”
You really must subscribe. Today’s was delightfully humbling: racket; racquet. For the implement used in net games, racket is standard in American English and British English alike. The variant racquet appears in some proper names (e.g., the Palm Springs Racquet Club) seemingly because the “fancy” … Continue reading
Welcome them in.
In a piece for The Conversation Canada, my Kwantlen Polytechnic University colleague Jeffrey Meyers writes about Jason Stanley and Timothy Snyder, two eminent American scholars who fled Yale University and the United States, taking positions at the University of Toronto, … Continue reading
Pope Francis
“When people ask for a blessing, an exhaustive moral analysis should not be placed as a precondition for conferring it. For those seeking a blessing should not be required to have prior moral perfection.” “A little bit of mercy makes the … Continue reading
Amtrak’s social-media marketing
My favourite way to travel is by train, so I follow all of Amtrak’s accounts. They are very witty: When Southwest Airlines announced they were charging for bags, Amtrak posted on X, “Guess we’re the only ones doing free baggage now.” … Continue reading
Fake friends
In his article “Enshittification, artificial intelligence, and the privatization of public education,” Dr. Chris Samuel warns that artificial intelligent’s infiltration into education (AIED) will likely mimic the same depressing “enshittification” users saw in platforms like Facebook, Google, and X/Twitter. First, … Continue reading
Happy Public Domain Day!
From The Public Domain Review: Another year dawns… and another bevy of works dust off their copyright and emerge fresh-faced, full of hope, into the elysian plains of the public domain! On this year’s Public Domain Day (which falls each January … Continue reading
Pernicious Balance
Scholarly journals hide everything from people who can’t afford to read them. Large language models steal everything from people who can’t afford to lose anything.
Retirement
Reposted from basil.CA: 2025 Next year, at summer’s end, I will be retiring from Kwantlen Polytechnic University. I will remain open to other contract opportunities elsewhere after that, but this will be it for me as a full-time prof. The … Continue reading
“AI-powered bias meter”
Watching owners of once-great American newspapers destroy their own property has been truly shocking to me.
Feedback
When interviewing candidates for teaching positions at my university, I often ask them how they provide and receive feedback in the workplace, to get a quick, vivid picture of their character and initiative. When you give clear and useful feedback … Continue reading