{"id":59156,"date":"2025-03-15T18:18:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T16:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?p=59156"},"modified":"2026-10-18T17:37:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T15:37:43","slug":"paneltalk-at-the-pictaday-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/news-en\/events\/paneltalk-at-the-pictaday-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Paneltalk at the Pictaday 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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Panel talk with Prof. Lars Bauernschmitt at Pictaday 2025.<\/h1>\n

AI in the everyday life of photo agencies and editorial offices of newspapers and magazines.<\/p>\n

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How is artificial intelligence changing<\/strong> the work of picture agencies? This question is at the centre of the sixth survey on the German picture market. Prof. Lars Bauernschmitt<\/a>, Michael Gottschalk<\/a>, Head of Content at dpa picture alliance, and picture editor Henner Flohr<\/a> from F.A.Z. will discuss the results of the survey on 3 April 2025 at Pictaday in Hamburg. Since the beginning of 2022 at the latest, artificial intelligence has found its way into working with images in newspapers and magazines. This presents opportunities and risks. Artificial intelligence can speed up editorial processes. It helps to label images or adjust colour moods. But it harbours risks. AI-generated photorealistic images can suggest reality and convey false information. What does the new technology mean for the work of photo agencies and editorial offices of newspapers and magazines and what are the consequences for their collaboration? <\/p>\n\n

The “image market – business trends<\/a>” working group from the Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography degree programme at Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts is behind the study. In collaboration with the Bundesverband professioneller Bildanbieter e.V. (BVPA), the team led by Prof Lars Bauernschmitt investigated how German picture agencies use and evaluate AI technologies. <\/p>\n\n

The results of the survey will be presented in detail at Pictaday on April 3, 2025 in Hamburg.<\/p>\n\n

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Panel discussion “AI in the everyday life of picture agencies and editorial offices of newspapers and magazines”
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When<\/strong>: Thursday 3 April 2025, 17:30-18:15Speakers<\/strong>: Prof. Lars Bauernschmitt, Michael Gottschalk (dpa picture alliance), Henner Flohr (FAZ)Sponsor<\/strong>: dpa picture allianceWhere<\/strong>: Pictaday HamburgMore info<\/strong>: www.pictaday.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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How important is AI in the image market?<\/h2>\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n\n\n

In a detailed interview, Prof. Dr. Lars Bauernschmitt and Dr. Stefan Hartmann shed light on the background and evaluate the results of the current survey.<\/p>\n\n

AI is a key topic for picture agencies – even if only a few offer AI images. Almost all of them use AI tools, especially for supporting tasks such as editing, keywording and research. There are greater reservations when it comes to creative processes such as image or text creation. Legal uncertainties and a lack of usage rights for training data make the use of AI image generators difficult – especially for smaller agencies. The issue of copyright protection also remains unresolved. <\/p>\n\n

The whole interview can be read on pictorial-online.com.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n

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A central point<\/strong> of the ongoing discussions about artificial intelligence in everyday editorial work is the question of the areas in which AI can be used.<\/p>\n <\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n

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Young Perspectives on Old Conflicts.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

A picture editor, a satellite investigator, an XR producer and two photographers: on 10 November in Berlin, they\u2019ll discuss what kind of storytelling it takes for conflict reporting to be heard.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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Award of Excellence for Jonathan Funk.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

The student has been recognised in the \u2018Portrait\u2019 category of College Photographer of the Year \u2013 for an image from north-eastern Syria.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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Keeping the city clean.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

Many waste workers wonder whether their bodies will last until they retire. HsH students photographed them at work, and ver.di is showing the pictures from 27 October.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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Mats Hoff wins the VGH Photo Prize 2026.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

The HsH student receives the award for his essay \u2018Grey Grounds\u2019 about Munster, a small town shaped by the German armed forces.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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Recommended by the editors<\/h2>\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Why a break-up is not a failure, and happiness does not depend on the shape of a relationship. Three women talk about marriage.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Studying photography: How to find the right university. <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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An overview of the best-known programmes. <\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Photography law for photojournalists: image rights and press freedom explained. <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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What are photojournalists allowed to photograph and publish? This guide explains the right to one\u2019s own image under German law, where press freedom ends and personality rights begin \u2013 and how to work on the right side of the law.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Journey along the Yenisei River. <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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For her work “Hiding from Baba Yaga” Nanna Heitmann crosses Siberia, as her grandmother once did.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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When estate agent Bernd Schr\u00f6ter set out to build the world\u2019s largest amateur telescope, many people thought he was mad. But in time for Expo 2000, he really did open his observatory.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n GDR garage courts: the legacy of the \u2018Typ I Dresden\u2019 <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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On the edges of eastern German towns they stand in their thousands \u2013 once a simple parking space, today a contested piece of everyday culture.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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