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Reportage News: Sketchers at the Paris Olympics, Calendar and an Important Update

Here are some sketchers who documented the summer Olympic Games in Paris. While none of them was specifically commissioned to be there, their work underscores the unique value of hand-drawn reportage as a visual human record of important events, especially as AI continues to flood social media with machine-generated imagery.

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Reportage news: Lydia Wood, John Donohue, Stan Mack, ‘Sketchbook Reveal’ by James Hobbs, Calendar

Meet Lydia Wood and John Donohue, two sketchers drawn to food establishments. Wood has drawn more than 300 London pubs and aspires to immortalize the more than 3,000 across the city. Donohue is on a quest to draw every restaurant in New York, Paris, London and beyond.

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Reportage News: Delphine Zigoni, Genine Carvalheira, Médar de la Cruz, Bookshelf, Calendar

Drawings to save animals Here’s a great initiative that underscores the value of reportage as a communication and marketing tool. Wildlife artist Delphine Zigoni, 11 other sketchers from USk Paris and journalist Marianne Lagrange recently teamed up to document the life of laboratory animals. They partenered with White Rabbit, a French association that finds homes for the animals when the laboratories […]

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Rewind: Lapin’s journey from drawing Paris commuters to publishing more than 40 books

Lapin’s sketchbook reportage is sought out by municipalities, museums and even the French military. How did he launch his career as an independent reportage artist and urban sketcher? In this new Artist Talk exclusive for On the Spot members, Lapin talks about his career and the strategies behind his success.

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