The Photo Feed 04.18.08

AP’s Kathleen Carroll Talks About Bilal Hussein’s Future (Editor & Publisher / PDN)
If you’re hoping to see the Associated Press run more of Bilal Hussein’s photos in the future, you will. In an interview on Thursday, AP executive editor Kathleen Carroll said that Hussein remains an AP photographer following his release by the U.S. military. For now, though, “Bilal is going to rest up and have some time with his family and go from there,” Carroll said. “Absolutely, he is an AP photographer, he still is.” She wouldn’t say specifically when she expected him to return to work. “Down the road, he has just gotten out of two-years' detention,” she added. “We will talk about specifics in the future when the time is right.”

Three More Papers Announce Layoffs And Buyouts (Editor & Publisher / NPPA / PDNPulse)
You know that old saying that bad things happen in threes? That adage rang awfully true on Thursday, when three more papers announced buyouts and layoffs. The Toronto Star’s publisher announced it would use layoffs and voluntary buyouts to cut about 160 jobs from its newspaper division, which includes the Star and several smaller Canadian dailies. While you’d normally expect this to be a sign that the paper needed to look toward the Internet, the company cut the Star’s entire Internet production staff. Meanwhile in Texas, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram announced it was axing 15 jobs through restructuring. Eight of those cuts will come in the newsroom. And in the Chicago suburbs, the Daily Herald laid off an unspecified number of staffers throughout the company.

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O: The Oprah Magazine To Get A New Cover Design (Women’s Wear Daily, 1st item)
Eight years after its launch, O: The Oprah Magazine is getting a new look. June’s cover will debut the new cover design, which features a white background, colorful cover lines—and, of course, Oprah Winfrey herself. No big design changes are planned for the magazine's inside pages.

George Lois, Esquire Go To MoMA (Folio)
Coming soon at the MoMA: an exhibit of former Esquire art director George Lois’ covers for the magazine. “George Lois: The Esquire Covers” will feature 32 of the 92 minimalist covers that Lois designed between 1962 and 1972. Among them: a controversial image of Muhammad Ali as Christian martyr St. Sebastian.

From Nude Model To Edward Weston’s Wife (The Gazette)
Before she was Edward Weston’s wife, or even his assistant, Charis Wilson was his nude model. Wilson recently spoke with Martin Coles about meeting Weston, posing nude in his studio, and realizing that his images were “real works of art.”