In our new column, Friday Five, we spotlight weekly photography news, features and event updates that you may have missed the first time around. Here’s what caught our attention this week (Jan. 30-Feb.3) to help keep you informed.

WEEKLY PHOTOGRAPHY NEWS & EVENTS FROM JAN. 30-FEB. 3

The Business of Fine Art Photography (ASMP NY)
This free, virtual photo event by ASMP NY is for anyone interested or working in fine-art photography, including photographers who might want to expand their revenue stream this way. Guest speaker Thomas Werner, author of the new book “The Business of Fine Art Photography,” and Terry Frishman, fine-art photographer and ASMPNY Board Member, will discuss the differences in various art markets; the pros, cons and best practices to working with art galleries and museums; the function of social media; and some alternative sales channels. The presentation takes place on February 15 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Register here.

[Read: What Makes Fine-Art Photography Stand Out?]

ASMP NY is also hosting Financial Skills for Artists: Part 1 Think Like a CEO, a free, in-person event taking place Feb. 21 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Freelancers Hub, 241 37th Street 3rd Floor – Suite A326 in Brooklyn, NY. According to the event site, “Finances can be hard to navigate, and ASMP NY, the leading trade association for photographers in America, the Freelancers Union and Aktual LLC are here to help with an informative series that will take an in-depth look at how to manage your money, your taxes, set up your company, and most important how to think like an entrepreneur and not a consumer.” Register here.

Photographer Sent Bags of White Powder Instead of $3K Camera (PetaPixel)
This made us sad: PetaPixel is reporting that UK photographer and video producer Jakub Sokolowski was shocked to open up a box which he thought held his newly ordered Sony Alpha 7 IV, only to discover a bag of white powder in its place. “The parcel arrived as scheduled after a few days, handed to me by a DPD courier. When I opened it, I realized there were bags of white powder similar to flour or plaster powder perhaps,” Sokolowski explained to PetaPixel. The photo site reported that Sokolowski had bought the camera from Jessops, a national U.K. camera store, paying $1,155 (£936) up front and used a finance company, Klarna, to cover the rest which he has to pay back in installments. “When Sokolowski told Klarna he hadn’t received the goods, the company told him to contact Jessops who told him he ‘should go the police.’” Read the full story and find out what happened next here.

[Read: The Sony Alpha 7 IV Review: Leader of the Pack]

Instagram AI Scans Photos to Call Women Prostitutes… (Fstoppers)
This one is a true eyebrow-raiser! As Jeff Bennion writes for Fstoppers, “Instagram’s censoring policies make no sense at all. But the least they could do is not call women prostitutes based on what they are wearing.” In a nutshell, as Bennion posts, “[IG] Scanning a post for nudity is one thing. It’s a simple training of the AI to see if the zoomed-in fully nude buttocks is photoshopped on a public figure or if the nipples are on a man or woman (female nipples are not allowed, but male nipples are). But that’s not what Instagram is doing. It’s reading pictures and the captions and determining if the woman in the photo looks like she is asking for sex based on how she is standing or what she is wearing. It will do this regardless of what the caption says. I know because it’s happened to me over 20 times. It’s happened to numerous friends and colleagues as well.” Shocking. Read Bennion’s full post about this and IG’s bizarre and confusing nudity policies here.

Photographer Falls 80 Feet to his Death From Parking Garage (DIY Photography)
Talk about freak accidents; this one is very sad indeed. Virginia-based photographer Jason Hirschfeld lost his life while taking photos from the top of a parking garage, as recounted by DIY Photography. Apparently the 48-year-old man fell from a height of 80 feet and lost his life. He had been working as a freelancer for The Virginian-Pilot and The Associated Press, as well as The York Times, The Washington Post, Getty Images, USA Today, Sports Illustrated & ESPN, but was not on assignment when the accident happened. Read the full story here.

Camera Bodies Looking Like Movies: A Quiz!
It’s not photography news, per se, but this is a fun game to wrap the week up with… Udi Tirosh has put together an entertaining quiz for DIY Photography where he asks readers to look at 25 different cameras designed to look like certain films and then identify their famous movie counterpart. “It is extremely rare to see a camera that is not black,” he writes, “And square. I think that, except for kids’ cameras and a few experiments in the early ages of digital photography, it’s quite a boring landscape. What if, though… what if… We asked famous film directors to create cameras based on their visual film vision. I thought that it was an experiment worth having, and I asked MidJourney to create some cameras for me based on famous movies.” For the record, Rangefinder was only able to identify 3!

What weekly photography news or photo feature has caught your attention? If you have photography news links you think we need to know about, send them to: jacqueline.tobin@emeraldx.com