CANON HONORS LEGACY OF PIONEERING PHOTOGRAPHERS AND FORMER "EXPLORERS OF LIGHT" WITH THE CANON LEGENDS PROGRAM
Number of Inductees Increases to 18 Since 2020 Program Launch
The inaugural class of Canon Legends include:
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To honor their legacy, Canon developed the Canon Legends website, featuring iconic images created by these renowned photographers over their long and illustrious careers.
"Through its Explorers of Light program, Canon has worked with some of the most successful and iconic names in the history of photography and creating the Canon Legends program is one way we can honor and preserve their legacy," said Tatsuro "Tony"
All members of the Canon Legends program are former Canon Explorers of Light and were invited to join the program through a nomination committee comprised of Canon management and other photo industry experts. Each year, the committee will review the list of former Explorers of Light and nominate new members at its discretion.
Canon Legends Participate in NFT Collection
Canon announced that several members of its Canon Legends program have partnered with Immutable Image to create NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) from a limited collection of their photographs and publish them as a collective. "The Legends Mint" will drop on OpenSea, one of the largest peer-to-peer NFT marketplaces, on
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