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Ottawa photo radar: One camera issues 7,000 tickets in its first two months

01/09/2024kivalina

One of Ottawa’s newest photo radar cameras caught more than 7,300 speeders in its first two months of operation, as drivers adjusted to the new set of eyes on the road in Barrhaven.

The new statistics come as the city of Ottawa continues to expand the automated speed enforcement camera program in school zones and community safety zones, with plans to install 32 new cameras by the end of 2024.

There are currently 28 cameras speed enforcement cameras set up across the city.

Statistics show the new photo radar camera on Cedarview Road, near Cedarview Middle School, issued 7,359 tickets for speeding in its first two months of operation. The camera nabbed 2,925 speeders in August and 4,434 speeding drivers in September, the final month statistics are available.

Four other cameras installed over the summer in Ottawa issued a total of 4,798 tickets.

The camera on Bridgestone Drive near Maurice-Lapointe Elementary School nabbed 1,363 speeders in its first four months, the camera on Crestway Drive near St. Andrew School caught 1,287 speeders and the camera on Chapman Mills Drive near St. Emily School caught 1,243 speeders in three months. City statistics show the new camera on Stittsville Main Street near

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25/08/2024kivalina

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How Photography Became Africa’s Most Popular Art Form

19/08/2024kivalina

Joana Choumali, Mme Djeneba Haabré, 2013–14.

Last fall, Jeanne Mercier, a French critic and curator based in Portugal, traveled to London to launch a new book. Her destination was the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, then commencing its fifth edition in the city of its founding, and the subject was Being a Photographer in Africa: The Ten Years of Afrique in Visu. Lavishly illustrated and packed with essays and interviews, the book draws on a significant history accumulated by the website Afrique in Visu, which has become an indispensable resource for followers of African photography. It also chronicles the emergence of a medium that, in the last two decades, has become contemporary Africa’s foremost art form.

Mercier created the site—whose name melds French with Latin and loosely translates as “Africa as we see it”—with her husband, the photographer Baptiste de Ville d’Avray, in Mali in 2006. As its editor-in-chief ever since, she has played a role in lending visibility and coherence to the continent’s flourishing, if often disconnected, photo communities. Mercier’s enduring work made her an ideal partner for Othman Lazraq, part of a new wave of African collectors who have

16 Largest Photography Companies In The World

01/08/2024kivalina

In this article, we will take a look at the 16 largest photography companies in the world. If you want to see more companies in this selection, go to the 5 Largest Photography Companies in the World.

According to Zion Market Research, the size of the global digital photography market stood at $105.2 billion at the end of 2020, and it is anticipated to increase to $149.4 billion by 2028. This would reflect a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.4% from 2021 to 2028. The increase in photo sharing over social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok has given a boost to the photography industry. Popular companies operating in the photography industry, such as Canon Inc (NYSE:CAJ), Sony Group Corporation (NYSE:SONY), and FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation (OTC:FUJIY), are continuously focusing on innovation and developing new technologies to enhance the quality of photography taking place globally. Additionally, a number of top camera manufacturers are investing in projects to create smaller, lighter camera bodies with equivalent shooting capabilities. It is anticipated that this will produce a favorable outlook for the industry in the upcoming years.

According to Nikkei, a cumulative 70% of the market share in the global photography industry

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