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Type of site | Photography news, reviews and guides |
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| Available in | English |
| Editor | Jaron Schneider [1] [2] |
| URL | www |
| Launched | May 2009 |
| Current status | Online |
PetaPixel is a website dedicated to digital photography and cameras, [2] including blog posts, news, guides and reviews. [3] [4] Additionally, they have interviewed award-winning photographers such as Camille Lepage, with that work being referenced by broader media organizations. [5] It was founded in May 2009. [1]
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Jaron Schneider, the editor in chief of PetaPixel, a photography and camera news website ...
A native of Angers, France, Lepage also had worked extensively in Juba, South Sudan before moving to Central African Republic. In an interview with a photography blog, PetaPixel, she said she was drawn to covering forgotten conflicts.
Michael Zhang on PetaPixel has posted a direct comparison of Mr. Rudik's original color photo with the black-and-white image submitted to World Press Photo.
The camera belonged to Jimmy Wixtröm, a photographer at Aftonbladet, Scandinavia's largest newspaper, according to PetaPixel.
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