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Listening in on Sharky

November 22, 2017

By Tom Sheeter In 20-30 minutes, you could burn 200 or so calories, enjoy about 200 calories of pinot noir, or do either while getting up to speed on industry gossip, tech trends, and the burning questions faced by working photographers. Since 2015, the popular PetaPixel.com site has produced a twice-weekly podcast that covers all …


The photos that killed a friendship

October 31, 2017 2 comments

By Tom Sheeter Harry Houdini left us on October 31, 1926. Or perhaps his spirit lingers on, as his former friend Sir Arthur Conan Doyle believed. Even more unlikely than the mutual admiration shared by the showman and the scribe was a source of its undoing: disputed photographs and a mocking selfie. The two celebs …