Category Archives: current affairs

Winner of 2013 World Press Photo awards has been cleared of fraud claims

Posted on 15. May 2013 by Oliver Ross

An interesting discussion has arisen about the winning photograph of the 2013 World  Press Photo awards. The winning image by Swedish photographer Paul Hansen showed two young casualties of an Israeli attack on Gaza being carried through the streets by … Continue reading →

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New Google image search leads to drastic reduction in site referrals

Posted on 1. May 2013 by Oliver Ross

Earlier this year, Google changed the way its image search works. While you only used to get thumbnail previews of the original image Google now displays the full size image in its search results, essentially making it unnecessary for the … Continue reading →

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Photographers in Germany go to court over new Google image search

Posted on 29. April 2013 by Oliver Ross

Google recently changed the way its “image search” works. Previously, the search results would display only a small thumbnail of the original image. In order to see the full size image, the user had to click on the thumbnail which … Continue reading →

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World Press Photo awards 2013

Posted on 15. February 2013 by Oliver Ross

From a total of 100,000 entries, the winners of the World Press Photo awards 2013 have been announced in Amsterdam. There are some truly amazing images to be seen both among the winners and the various runner-ups. One of my … Continue reading →

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General Strike in Spain

Posted on 14. November 2012 by Oliver Ross

Today there is a general strike in Spain. Hundreds of thousands of people are on the streets in all major cities protesting against cuts in public spending, the continued privatisation of public services, and the degradation of services such as … Continue reading →

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