Shabangrs: Revolutionizing the Photography Space with NFTs
A few years ago, if someone asked you the monetary value of an internet meme or Jack Dorsey’s first tweet, you’d have found it strange. After all, what value can a mundane tweet or a meme hold? But today, they can be worth thousands of dollars, thanks to non-fungible tokens, a.k.a. NFTs. By creating on-chain, unique representations of everyday things like music, art, videos, and memes, NFTs catapulted their value from almost nothing to millions of dollars. So naturally, the trend spread like wildfire, opening new opportunities for artists and creative professionals across the globe to gain....
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The NFT space is exploding as more and more industries are putting their hat in the ring, launching projects of their own. Photography is no different. Photography continues to thrive thanks to social media platforms like Instagram. Today, taking photos is something people use to document their whole lives, not just take a family snapshot. […]
Photography NFTs have been relegated to a secondary role since last years’ generative art craze but still offer opportunity for artists. Since their explosion last year, nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have shown their appeal to collectors, investors and traders alike.They have especially gained attention in the art world, where an item’s provenance is everything, and owning the official, unique version of an item is much more valuable than a copy or duplicate.Some have postulated that artists creating and storing pieces on-chain can use the technology as proof of ownership for popular art....
Monstercat CEO Mike Darlington and Metalink founder Jake Udell chat with NFT Steez about the future of Web3 and music NFTs. According to Mike Darlington, the CEO of Monstercat, an electronic music platform, and Jake Udell, the founder of social NFT platform Metalink, bear markets are a time to ideate and build new products. During this week's episode of NFT Steez, a bi-weekly Twitter Space hosted by Cointelegraph analysts, both Darlington and Udell agreed that the future will be bright for crypto and especially for music NFTs. During the interview, Darlington and Udell explained the....
Looking for photography services in Australia? Customers willing to pay via bitcoin to Seagull Photography in Waitara, New South Wales, which is just outside of Sydney, can get a bargain. Anyone in need of a photographer that pays 1 BTC to the studio will receive an AU$400 voucher. Based on the current bitcoin price in Australian dollars, that's a 50% discount for using bitcoin. And it is cumbersome Australian banking processes that influenced Seagull's decision to promote bitcoin, says Mohammad Soltani, who helps his wife Azam Vahabzadeh with the technical side of the photography studio.....
On April 29, photography-focused tech start-up Picture This is finally launching the ‘Polar Bear’ NFT, which raises awareness and money towards climate change and the impact humans have on our planet.
Digital artworks have seen a booming rise in sales and popularity since the start of the decade. Minting art as an NFT has enabled artists to reach audiences in ways earlier not fathomable. Now, the photography community is finally entering the NFT space.
One devotee is Christian Houge. For decades, the artist’s dramatic photography has provoked a....